The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch

Welcome to the Milton Keynes branch of the Western Front Association. We come from all walks of life and have a keen interest in The First World War.

[Paul Johnson @Scarletboy44]

Thinking tonight of Flight Lieutenant Percy Cyril Morgan DFM, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, who took off into the night air on 5 June 1944 in support of the D-Day operation and never returned. Remember Him. #DDay #WW2 #hertfordshire

[Paul Johnson @Scarletboy44]

Remembering Lieutenant Trevor Tooley. A Hertfordshire man who was serving with 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on 6 June 1944 during an assault on “Hillman” at Colleville-Montgomery Normandy. #DDay #WW2 #Suffolkregiment

[Paul Reed @sommecourt]

Yet another battlefield theft - there have been far too many on both #WW1 and #WW2 sites in recent years.

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1917: Following the attack on the Grand-Couronne and Pip Ridge, Cpl William Thomas Marks (21) died of wounds in Salonika and Pte Charles Bernard John Gibbons (19) died of wounds in the 35th Casualty Clearing Station at Sarigol. @TheWFA @GreatWarGroup @WW1IEPER1917 @CWGC

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1917
Pte Stanley Rouse (19) died of wounds in a casualty clearing station at Duisans
@GreatWarGroup @WFASouthScot @SussexWfa @herts_at_war @Scarletboy44 @TerryWhenham @Taff_Gillingham @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @TheWFA

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1917
Pte Stanley Rouse (19) died of wounds in a casualty clearing station at Duisans
@GreatWarGroup @WFASouthScot @SussexWfa @herts_at_war @Scarletboy44 @TerryWhenham @Taff_Gillingham @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @TheWFA

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1919: Sgt Robert Henry Pipe (26) died of wounds in hospital at Etretat. He was the last of four brothers who all died in the war @CWGC @GreatWarGroup @TheWFA @TerryWhenham @HartMilitary @WFASouthScot @Scarletboy44

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1919: Sgt Robert Henry Pipe (26) died of wounds in hospital at Etretat. He was the last of four brothers who all died in the war @CWGC @GreatWarGroup @TheWFA @TerryWhenham @HartMilitary @WFASouthScot @Scarletboy44

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1919:
Pte Harold Newton Harry Yeatman (19) died of influenza and pneumonia in the 44th casualty clearing station in Cologne @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @Scarletboy44 @WFASouthScot @SussexWfa @TerryWhenham @HartMilitary @Taff_Gillingham @greatwardaily @WW1IEPER1917

[Paul Johnson @Scarletboy44]

Final piece of the puzzle, thanks to a local authority. Off now to convince the #CWGC that a soldier who was classed as a deserter needs to be recognised. 20 years service. Awarded MM. Took his own life in 1941. NOT recognised by #CWGC. Needs to be changed and headstone erected.

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD: 1915
Pte James Edward Trevatt (49) was hit by a train while on duty in Winchester. He died of his injuries at Royal Hants County Hospital, Winchester. @TheWFA @HartMilitary @PeterHart1915 @Scarletboy44 @Taff_Gillingham @TerryWhenham @WFASouthScot @ww1cemeteries

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

1917: Pte Percy Charles Archer (26) died of Ludwig's Angina (swelling of the mouth and neck) & syncope in Endell Street Military Hospital, London @TheWFA @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @PeterHart1915 @HartMilitary @Scarletboy44 @WW1IEPER1917 @WFASouthScot @Taff_Gillingham

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1917
Pte William Grace (32) died of wounds in hospital in Rouen
Pte Reginald Lambert (27) died of sickness at a casualty clearing station near Puchevillers @TheWFA @PeterHart1915 @CWGC @GreatWarGroup @WW1IEPER1917 @ww1cemeteries

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD: 1919
Pte George Parslow (25) died of  blood poisoning from bad food while a POW in Germany. He had been repatriated 2nd Dec and died at the Royal Bucks Hospital, Aylesbury @WW1IEPER1917 @Scarletboy44 @GreatWarGroup @TheWFA @CWGC

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1918
Pte Clifford Reginald Somerton (24) died of pneumonia in the 25th casualty clearing station in Thessalonika
@TheWFA @GreatWarGroup @Taff_Gillingham @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @Scarletboy44 @PeterHart1915

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1914:
Pte Ernest John Price (21) from Winslow died of wounds in hospital near Boulogne @CWGC @TheWFA @GreatWarGroup @ww1cemeteries @Scarletboy44 @PeterHart1915 @Taff_Gillingham

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1918:
Two days before the Armistice ...
Pte William Dingley (19) died of wounds in hospital in Abbeville following fighting east of Cambrai. @TheWFA @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @GreatWarGroup @PeterHart1915 @Scarletboy44

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

We will remember them. @TheWFA @GreatWarGroup @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @PeterHart1915 @Scarletboy44 @WW1IEPER1917

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1915:
Pte John Edward Peabody was killed in action and Pte John Hadley (22) died of wounds received in fighting on the frontline along the Lys. @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @TheWFA @GreatWarGroup @WW1IEPER1917 @PeterHart1915 @Scarletboy44

[The Western Front Milton Keynes Branch @WesternfrontMKB]

OTD 1914: CSM Samuel Arthur Miller (31) & Pte Charles George Fletcher (34) both died of wounds in hospitals near Boulogne @TheWFA @GreatWarGroup @CWGC @ww1cemeteries @PeterHart1915 @Scarletboy44 @WW1IEPER1917