85 died on this day: Thu 31/12/1914

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For a diary entry from Arthur Linfoot on this day 100 years ago, visit:
http://www.arthurlinfoot.org.uk/2014/12/31/31-December-1914-Thursday/

Australia: Victoria BRIGHTON GENERAL CEMETERY, VICTORIA
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Private ARCHIBALD HUTCHINSON Australian Army Service Corps


Australia: Victoria MANSFIELD PUBLIC CEMETERY
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Driver JOHN THOMAS GOUGH 3rd Australian Light Horse


Belgium: Hainaut CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Second Lieutenant JOHN EDWARD PATON (Mentioned in Despatches) 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment


Belgium: Hainaut PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
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4909 Rifleman HERBERT FOSHER 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade
9225 Rifleman PETER SEPTIMUS GATHERCOLE 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade
10591 Private CHRISTOPHER THORPE HILLIER 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment
12929 Private HERBERT KINGTON 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
4732 Private JOHN O'NEILL 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers


Belgium: Hainaut PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
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3/6667 Private DURMAN 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
7123 Private HILL 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry


Belgium: Hainaut RIFLE HOUSE CEMETERY
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5329 Rifleman SIMONS 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade


Belgium: Hainaut STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
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8138 Serjeant MUMBY 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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2272 Serjeant HENRY ROBERT BIGSBY 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
L/14276 Private GEORGE EDWARD GLADWELL 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment


France: Hauts-de-Seine NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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11001 Lance Corporal THOMAS AUSTIN 1st Bn. South Wales Borderers


France: Nord BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
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L/10555 Corporal BARBER 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Second Lieutenant GUY WILEY HUGHES 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
9465 Private PHILPOTT 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment


France: Nord CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
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1442 Private DOWNES 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
18236 Sapper NEATE 12th Field Coy. Royal Engineers


France: Nord MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Lieutenant KENNETH CLARKE THOMSON (Mentioned in Despatches) 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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9838 Private GEORGE REID 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)


France: Pas de Calais BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT
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Second Lieutenant RICHARD DOUGLAS PRYCE-JENKIN 1st Bn. South Wales Borderers


France: Pas de Calais CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
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8395 Private SHAW 2nd Bn. Scots Guards


France: Pas de Calais CUINCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Second Lieutenant ANSON LLOYD SILVESTER 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment


France: Pas de Calais GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
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2887 Lance Naik BARAMSING THAPA 2nd Bn. 9th Gurkha Rifles


France: Pas de Calais GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
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9220 Private DEAN 2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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Y/1890 Rifleman JOHN BETTS 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
1172 Lance Corporal JAMES BOWERS 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
A/7808 Private ALEXANDER BOYD 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
S/1374 Private HENRY BROWN 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
4426 Rifleman THOMAS CHARLTON 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
11476 Private ALBERT VICTOR COLSTON 1st Bn. South Wales Borderers
6560 Private RICHARD DAKER 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
11008 Private HAYWARD 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Y/1738 Rifleman ROBERT HERDMAN 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
6638 Company Quartermaster Serjeant ALFRED JOSEPH HOARE 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
11881 Rifleman ARTHUR FREDERICK JACKSON 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
10868 Private WILLIAM HENRY LAWRENCE 1st Bn. South Wales Borderers
6063 Private WILLIAM MOODY 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
11941 Rifleman CHARLES WILLIAM PAGE 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
3355 Private BENJAMIN PEEL 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
3/9403 Private CHARLES POWELL 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
3/3829 Private WILLIAM ROSS 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
L/10268 Private WILLIAM JAMES SHEPPARD 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
L/8265 Private JOHN SHORT 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
8363 Private MORGAN WALTERS 1st Bn. South Wales Borderers


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
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6126 Corporal GILBERT 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
4569 Lance Corporal GORDON 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
11281 Private ROGER TITTERINGTON 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
Lieutenant ARCHIBALD TROTTER 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards


France: Pas de Calais NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL
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Follower AITWARI 1st Bn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
Follower BASAWA 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
49 Follower IMAM Indian Veterinary Corps


France: Pas de Calais NEUVILLE-SOUS-MONTREUIL INDIAN CEMETERY
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1875 Sepoy ADRAM 6th Jat Light Infantry
2778 Lance Naik GORIA GURUNG 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles


France: Pas de Calais ST. HILAIRE-COTTES CHURCHYARD
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Major ERNEST KERR MOLESWORTH Royal Engineers


France: Pas de Calais WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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9307 Private ALBERT HENRY BIRD 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


France: Seine-Maritime ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
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15826 Private FREDERICK LANT 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
10852 Serjeant ALBERT EDWIN ROWE 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
5970 Private ALBERT EDWARD VICKERY 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment


France: Seine-Maritime STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
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TS/2871 Private SIDNEY ATKINSON Base Remount Depot Army Service Corps


India: BANGALORE (HOSUR ROAD) CEMETERY
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5550 Private WILLIAM EATOCK 2nd Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment


India: JUBBULPORE CANTONMENT CEMETERY
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Major FRANCIS BRUCE CARLISLE 4th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)


New Zealand: Wellington City WELLINGTON (KARORI) CEMETERY
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Private JOHN JOSEPH KEATING Home Service Section. New Zealand Military Forces


United Kingdom: Bedfordshire BEDFORD CEMETERY, BEDFORDSHIRE
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1598 Private MACLEOD 4th Bn. Cameron Highlanders


United Kingdom: Bedfordshire MEPPERSHALL (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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18203 Private GEORGE RAINBOW 10th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: County Londonderry LONDONDERRY (OR DERRY) CITY CEMETERY
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2301 Private CANNING 6th Bn. Royal Irish Regiment


United Kingdom: Derbyshire BRAMPTON (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD
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14553 Private CATHERALL 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


United Kingdom: Devon PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY
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PLY/5971 Private JOHN THOMAS CHARD H.M.S. "Talbot." Royal Marine Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Durham DARLINGTON NORTH CEMETERY
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5/290 Corporal FOSTER 1st/5th Bn. Durham Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Hampshire HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
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K/20947 Stoker 2nd Class CLAPP H.M.S. "Marlborough" Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Hampshire PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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PO/12786 Private FRANK WARD H.M.S. "Minerva." Royal Marine Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Hampshire WINCHESTER (WEST HILL) OLD CEMETERY
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L/13464 Private ARTHUR ALFRED MOORE 3rd Bn. Middlesex Regiment


United Kingdom: Kent CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
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J/7022 Telegraphist JAMES ALEXANDER SMITH H.M. S/M. "C23." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Kent SWANSCOMBE CEMETERY
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S/1131 Private JOHN THOMAS GILES 3rd Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)


United Kingdom: Lancashire MOORSIDE (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD
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6110 Private BUCKLEY Lancashire Fusiliers


United Kingdom: Lancashire MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
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9181 Private SAMUEL SMITH 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment


United Kingdom: London WOOLWICH CEMETERY
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365 Private PRYER 3rd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment


United Kingdom: Northumberland NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY
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Second Lieutenant KENNETH SAUNDERS 16th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers


United Kingdom: Surrey LONG DITTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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Lieutenant EDWIN ALLEN JAMES EDWARDS 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Sussex PATCHAM DOWN INDIAN FORCES CREMATION MEMORIAL
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3702 Sepoy PHUMAN SINGH 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)


United Kingdom: Warwickshire BIRMINGHAM (YARDLEY) CEMETERY
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3700 Private HUGH HOLLAND 5th Reserve Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Wiltshire BULFORD CHURCH CEMETERY
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46877 Private PUDDINGTON 17th Bn. Canadian Infantry


United Kingdom: Yorkshire SHEFFIELD (BURNGREAVE) CEMETERY
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10584 Private BRIGGS 11th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)