95 died on this day: Thu 17/12/1914

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For a diary entry from Arthur Linfoot on this day 100 years ago, visit:
http://www.arthurlinfoot.org.uk/2014/12/17/17-December-1914-Thursday/

Belgium: Hainaut CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
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5579 Private JOHN BRETT 2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
7848 Private STEWARD 2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
9136 Private WALTER TAYLOR 2nd Bn. Essex Regiment


Belgium: Hainaut PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
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10147 Private DANIEL BLACK 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
5387 Private JOHN WILLIAM ILLINGWORTH 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
9433 Private MICHAEL KILCOLM 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
3/1643 Private WILFRED KNIGHTON 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
7657 Private WILLIAM SINCLAIR 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)


Belgium: Hainaut PROWSE POINT MILITARY CEMETERY
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448 Private HARDMAN 1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1888 Private RAY 1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Belgium: Hainaut TANCREZ FARM CEMETERY
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6733 Private CLARKE 2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY
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L/10173 Private TURK 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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G/724 Private WILLIAM HENRY AYTON 1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
S/8933 Private LEONARD BRISTOW 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
4253 Rifleman FRANCIS DUFFY 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
1804 Rifleman LEONARD CHARLES EBERS 1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
3/6943 Private DAVID ECKSTEIN 1st Bn. Devonshire Regiment
8977 Private ARTHUR GILLARD 1st Bn. Devonshire Regiment
6569 Rifleman THOMAS HARVEY 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
S/745 Lance Corporal WILLIAM HOLDING 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
6808 Corporal MICHAEL McGIVERN 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
6183 Rifleman FRANCIS MURPHY 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
1979 Rifleman HARRY BERTIE NICHOLLS "D" Coy. 1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
5697 Rifleman HILL QUINN 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
L/10449 Private ALBERT EDWARD SHARPE 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
7792 Lance Corporal JOHN SHERGOLD 1st Bn. Devonshire Regiment


Canada: Ontario DUNDAS (GROVE) CEMETERY
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Private GEORGE H. TOWNSEND 77th Bn. Canadian Infantry


China, (including Hong Kong): HONG KONG CEMETERY
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34699 Acting Bombardier JOHN WALTER MACKINDER 83rd Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery


Egypt: HELIOPOLIS (PORT TEWFIK) MEMORIAL
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558 Quartermaster Daffadar DURGA SINGH 1st/2nd Bn. Hyderabad Lancers


Egypt: SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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694 Lance Corporal JOHN BUTTERWORTH 2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
981 Sapper HAROLD GREENHALGH 2nd East Lancs. Field Coy. Royal Engineers
511 2nd Corporal McLEAVY 1st/2nd East Lancs. Field Coy. Royal Engineers
216 Serjeant WILLIAM MELLOR 2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
985 Sapper MOSCROP 2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
1028 Sapper JOHN NUGENT 2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Second Lieutenant BASIL HAMILTON WOODS 2nd East Lancs Field Coy. Royal Engineers


France: Nord AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS
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9209 Private BOVIN 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment


France: Nord BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
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976 Private PERCIVAL GEORGE ALLEN COSEDGE 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
8592 Serjeant COX 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
11767 Private GRAHAM 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
6910 Private MILLS 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
8711 Corporal ROBERTSON 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
Captain PHILIP ERNEST VINEY 1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment


France: Nord CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
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1416 Rifleman HAROLD ALEXANDER HOLME 16th Bn. London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Lieutenant SIDNEY ARTHUR MEAKIN 4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment


France: Nord HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Second Lieutenant SIDNEY COURTHOPE BOSANQUET 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment


France: Pas de Calais BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
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8842 Private WILLIAM HENRY PULLEN 2nd Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


France: Pas de Calais FAUQUISSART MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE
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1416 Rifleman BURDEN 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
1527 Rifleman DENTON 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
1930 Rifleman GOFF 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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1124 Private THOMAS COWSILL 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
6423 Sapper EDWARD JENNINGS 1st Siege Coy. Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers
L/12848 Private JOHN WILLIAM McGOWN 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
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5455 Serjeant WHITE 2nd Bn. Leicestershire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LE TROU AID POST CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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7408 Lance Corporal MACLENNAN 2nd Bn. Scots Guards


France: Pas de Calais NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL
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4006 Rifleman HARIKISHEN THAPA 1st Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
2984 Rifleman LALSING GURUNG 1st Bn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
1708 Sepoy NEKI 10th Jats


France: Pas de Calais RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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7900 Private BEDFORD 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Lieutenant CHARLES ROLLO COOCH "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. Border Regiment


Gibraltar: GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY
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10552 Private HENRY HERBERT BRIDGES 1st Bn. Welsh Regiment


India: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)
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L/8653 Private HARRY GIBBS 1st Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
4961 Sepoy KARTAR SINGH 32nd Sikh Pioneers


Malta: ADDOLORATA CEMETERY
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1638 Corporal GRECH 1st Coy. Royal Malta Artillery


Namibia: LUDERITZ MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
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43 Corporal KEEPING 12th Citizen Bty. Active Citizen Force Artillery


Nigeria: LOKOJA MEMORIAL
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6215 Private MAIKERIFI YOLA Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.


South Africa: Free State BLOEMFONTEIN (IN MEMORIAM) CEMETERY
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Burgher CONRAD ENSLIN Wessel's Commando Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces


United Kingdom: Aberdeenshire ABERDEEN (TRINITY) CEMETERY
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221/TS Trimmer JARVIS H.M. Trawler "Natal." Royal Naval Reserve


United Kingdom: Bedfordshire BEDFORD CEMETERY, BEDFORDSHIRE
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1201 Corporal MacCOLL 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1542 Private ROBERT SCOULAR MACPHERSON 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders


United Kingdom: Buckinghamshire ETON WICK (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
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G/3615 Private FREDERICK THOMAS BUCKLAND The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


United Kingdom: Devon PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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K/20963 Stoker 2nd Class MICHAEL O'SHEA H.M.S. "Dove." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Durham JARROW CEMETERY
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558 Sapper SAMUEL LITTLE 1st/2nd Durham Fortress Coy. Royal Engineers


United Kingdom: Durham SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY
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177695 Able Seaman HAROLD CREDLAND H.M.S. "Doon" Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Durham WINLATON (ST. PATRICK) CHURCHYARD AND HOOKERGATE CEMETERY
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18/328 Private THOMAS MINKS 18th Bn. Durham Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Hampshire NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
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L/5201 Serjeant WOOD 2nd Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


United Kingdom: Hampshire SOUTHAMPTON OLD CEMETERY
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14783 Corporal HAROLD WALKER 8th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


United Kingdom: Lancashire LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY
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184159 Petty Officer WALTER JAMES WYATT H.M.S. Pembroke Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Lancashire MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY
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1712 Private FRANCIS BURTON LLOYD 6th Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps


United Kingdom: Lancashire RAINHILL (ST. ANN) CHURCHYARD
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2016 Private VICTOR DAVID LYON 10th Bn. formerly 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


United Kingdom: Leicestershire LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY
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2299 Private CLARENCE HENRY WILLIAM SEEDHOUSE "A" Coy. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry


United Kingdom: London TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Fisherman ERNEST JOHN CLARKE Trawler "Ivy" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Fisherman EDWARD G. GAMBLE Trawler "Ivy" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Skipper WILLIAM HENRY HILLS "Ivy." Mercantile Marine
Second Hand ARTHUR EDWARD MELHUISH Trawler "Ivy" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine
Fisherman WILLIAM WILKEN Trawler "Ivy" (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine


United Kingdom: London WOOLWICH CEMETERY
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15145 Private CHARLES MALCOLM WILLIAM ERWOOD "D" Coy. 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Middlesex EAST FINCHLEY CEMETERY AND ST. MARYLEBONE CREMATORIUM
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Lieutenant Colonel ERNEST CHAMIER BROUGHTON 3rd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment


United Kingdom: Middlesex PADDINGTON OLD CEMETERY, KILBURN
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46480 Rifleman TOWNSIN 27th Supernumerary Coy. National Reserve


United Kingdom: Norfolk SLOLEY (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD
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Captain LIONEL JOHN NEVILLE 5th Field Coy. Royal Engineers


United Kingdom: Northumberland CRAMLINGTON (MAYFIELD) CEMETERY
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1453 Private CLAUDE JOHN HOSKIN MITCHELL 5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry


United Kingdom: Northumberland NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY
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3/3958 Private FOSTER 11th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
3/10348 Private JOSEPH NIGHTINGALE 3rd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)


United Kingdom: Suffolk FELIXSTOWE (WALTON) CEMETERY
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8547 Private THOMAS STANLEY DENNIS 3rd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Wiltshire BULFORD CHURCH CEMETERY
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46026 Private JAMES WILLIAM DAVIDSON 17th Bn. Canadian Infantry