Lest we forget

This is my grandfather's brother, Will Semple. Born 28 May 1897, he volunteered for military service in September 1914. Since he was just 17 at that time he was put into one of the London Territorial Regiments before joining the regulars in June 1915. He was finally sent to the Western Front in April 1916 where he was transferred to the East Lancashire Regiment with whom he served until he was killed in Belgium in January 1918, aged 20. The Guardian has an interactive record of the casualties...