87 died on this day: Thu 08/04/1915

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Australia: Victoria CASTERTON OLD CEMETERY
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118 Private GILBERT CUNNINGHAM DANCOCKS Australian Infantry Base Depot


Belgium: Hainaut CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Major GERALD CHARLES BINSTEED (M C) 2nd Bn. Essex Regiment


Belgium: Hainaut LANCASHIRE COTTAGE CEMETERY
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6394 Serjeant HELM (D C M) 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment


Belgium: Hainaut RIFLE HOUSE CEMETERY
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251 Rifleman JENKINS 5th Bn. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)


Belgium: Hainaut STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
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2245 Private HOLLAND 1st/1st Bucks Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen AEROPLANE CEMETERY
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8590 Corporal DAGGER (D C M) 1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
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2051 Private CHARLES ASHLEY 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment
9104 Private JOHN GOULDEN 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment
1932 Private JAMES HENRY McDONALD 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment
771 Private DANIEL O'BRIEN 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment
887 Private WILLIAM RUSSELL 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
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2848 Private RICHARD WILLIAM EVANS 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
2517 Private JAMES SIXSMITH 4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY
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8354 Private DAVIS ALIAS
8354 Private STEPHEN DYER 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
8836 Private GAZEY 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY
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2083 Private GEORGE WILLIE WILKINSON 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY
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2730 Private JAMES WILLIAM GEORGE ALLEN "D" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
2023 Private SHEPHERD 1st/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
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10472 Private BLACK 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE
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2671 Private HUGH AIKIN 9th Bn. Royal Scots
3/7222 Private JAMES MONTAGUE BAUSOR 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
2510 Private ROBERT JAMES SCOTT "D" Coy. 9th Bn. Royal Scots


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
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240293 Private WILLIAM CROFTS 1st/6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen SPOILBANK CEMETERY
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1080 Private ASTBURY 5th Bn. Cheshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen TUILERIES BRITISH CEMETERY
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6327 Private WATTS 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
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2815 Private HARRY GRAY 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen WOODS CEMETERY
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11535 Lance Corporal MOORE 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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3284 Private PETER ADAMS 1st Bn. Leinster Regiment
15258 Private JAMES BURKE 2nd Bn. Royal Scots
11723 Lance Corporal SIDNEY ALFRED CALLAGHAN 2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
3259 Private GEORGE JOHNSON "F" Coy. 1st Bn. Leinster Regiment
2593 Private DONALD MUNRO "C" Coy. 1st/9th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
6958 Private OSWALD PETERS 2nd Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1711 Private ALEXANDER RUSSELL 1st/9th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
11404 Lance Corporal JAMES SOWDEN 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
4392 Lance Corporal STANNING 2nd Bn. Royal Scots
7999 Lance Corporal PHILLIP ALFRED ZEPPENFIELD 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)


Canada: Manitoba WINNIPEG (ST. JOHN'S) CEMETERY
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Lieutenant STANLEY H. MITCHELL 11th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Canada: Nova Scotia HALIFAX (HOLY CROSS) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
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178 Staff Sergeant REUBEN CONWAY 63rd Regt. Canadian Militia


Canada: Ontario OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
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86840 Bombardier PETER CARRUTHERS 20th Bty. Canadian Field Artillery


Canada: Quebec QUEBEC CITY (ST. CHARLES) CEMETERY
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268 Private CYRIAS TREMBLAY 9th Regt. Canadian Militia


Denmark: TINGLEV CHURCHYARD
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5910 Rifleman CHARLES HURT 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps


Egypt: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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2519 Private PRICE 1st/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers


Egypt: PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Bristol Z/141 Able Seaman ASHTON Hood Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve


France: Nord AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS
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1108 Private FREDERICK CHARLES PEPPER 4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment


France: Nord BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
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8317 Private CRAGGS 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
9707 Lance Corporal CROSSLAND 2nd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
L/10619 Private SMITH 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment


France: Nord CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
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3/6178 Private FITZJOHN 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment


France: Nord HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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8165 Private PODMORE 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
3/5470 Corporal ROBERTSON 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment


France: Nord MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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5690 Private EDWIN ASHWORTH 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
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6/548 Rifleman HOLLOWAY 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
7434 Corporal WALTER WENTWORTH NICHOLSON 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
G/6420 Private JOHN ELGAR COLLINS STARKEY 2nd Bn. East Surrey Regiment


France: Pas de Calais CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
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10031 Lance Corporal ROBERT MILLER "B" Coy. 1st Bn. Scots Guards


France: Pas de Calais CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
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22868 Pioneer CHARLES HENRY HUTCHINS 11th Field Coy. Royal Engineers


France: Pas de Calais CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
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1003 Private DOUGLAS CAMPBELL 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment


France: Pas de Calais GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
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10220 Private MATTHEW DEANS RICKABY 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry


France: Pas de Calais LE TOUQUET-PARIS PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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S/1515 Private ALFRED HOWARTH 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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3/9688 Private SIDNEY ALTHORPE 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
TF/3060 Private THOMAS SIMMONS 1st/5th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
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55657 Sapper CHARLES EDWARD HIGGINS 112th Coy. Royal Engineers


France: Pas de Calais MEERUT MILITARY CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-LES-BOULOGNE
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31 Follower CHHAILIO Sardar Risala Jodhpur Lancers


France: Pas de Calais NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL
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3873 Sepoy HAYAT MUHAMMAD 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry


France: Pas de Calais RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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893 Private WALLACE 8th Bn. Royal Scots


France: Pas de Calais RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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7744 Private GEORGE DAWSON "C" Coy. 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


Germany: Hessen NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY
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4348 Serjeant THORNDICK 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)


Iraq: BASRA MEMORIAL
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3521 Driver CHANDAR Jaipur Transport Corps


Ireland, Republic of: County Kildare CURRAGH MILITARY CEMETERY
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97511 Driver BIRD "A" Bty. 56th Bde. Royal Field Artillery


Namibia: SWAKOPMUND MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
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Lieutenant HERMAN JOHANN DEMPERS Uys' Scouts


United Kingdom: Aberdeenshire AUCHINDOIR PARISH CHURCHYARD
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11106 Private JOHN SMITH 1st/6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders


United Kingdom: County Tyrone COOKSTOWN NEW CEMETERY
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8092 Private BLAIR Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers


United Kingdom: Edinburgh EDINBURGH (NORTH MERCHISTON) CEMETERY
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1678 Private SWINTON 5th Bn. Royal Scots


United Kingdom: Glasgow GLASGOW (ST. KENTIGERN'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
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65912 Sapper EDWARD SHERRY 133rd Fortress Coy. Royal Engineers


United Kingdom: Isle of Man DOUGLAS CEMETERY, ISLE OF MAN
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9206 Private KILLEN Border Regiment


United Kingdom: Kent BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY
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Wales Z/314 Ordinary Seaman MORGAN 5th Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
28098 Private VARTANIAN 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry


United Kingdom: Kent DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY
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K/6875 Stoker 1st Class HENRY JOHN BOBSIN H.M.S. Ghurka Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Lancashire LIVERPOOL (KIRKDALE) CEMETERY
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20320 Rifleman HUGH REGAN 5th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


United Kingdom: London GREENWICH CEMETERY
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53284 Driver JEANS 24th Reserve Bty. Royal Field Artillery


United Kingdom: Middlesex HENDON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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DS/336 Private EDWIN ALFRED WILLIAM SNELL 16th Bn. Middlesex Regiment


United Kingdom: Northamptonshire PETERBOROUGH OLD (BROADWAY) CEMETERY
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4296 Private ROBERT CHARLES GREEN 3rd Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Northumberland NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY
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19849 Private HARTSHORN 4th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


United Kingdom: Perthshire PERTH (WELLSHILL) CEMETERY
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3208 Private CAMERON 1st/1st Scottish Horse


United Kingdom: Warwickshire STRATFORD-ON-AVON (ST. GREGORY THE GREAT) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
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70290 Sapper WILFRED JOHN BUDD Royal Engineers