Tuesday 19 June 1917 – We Lost 436

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Cap badge of  the Durham Light Infantry

Today’s losses include:

  • Two families that will lose two sons
  • The son of a member of the clergy

Today’s highlighted casualties include:

  • Second Lieutenant Cuthbert Fosbrooke (Durham Light Infantry) is killed at age 25. He is the son of the Reverend Arthur Middleton Fosbrooke Vicar of Hartshill.
  • Private Herbert Victor Chapman (Bedfordshire Regiment) dies of wounds at age 19. His brother was killed in August 1916.
  • Private George Pile (East Kent Regiment) dies of disease in Mesopotamia. His brother was killed in January 1916.