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Old Wrekinian Lives Lost
Old Wrekinian Lives Lost
Former pupils of Wrekin College; formerly Wellington (Salop) College, Shropshire, who lost their lives during World War One.
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Born 1889
Died 1915
British Army First Lieutenant The South Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion, TF
More about Richard Arnold Seymour-Jones -
Born 1884
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant The Northamptonshire Regiment 3/4 Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 56th Machine Gun Company
British Army First Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 56th Machine Gun Company
More about Robert Nelson Jones -
Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army 16036 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales)
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales)
British Army Second Lieutenant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Garrison Battalion
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More about Rodric Mathafarn Williams -
Born 1888
Died 1917
British Army 1886 Private 1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry B Squadron
British Army 1886 Corporal 1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry B Squadron
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 9th (Reserve) Battalion
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More about Ernest Brereton Greenhous -
Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF 1/6th Battalion
More about Ostcliffe Harold Beaufort -
Born 1894
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2nd Battalion
More about Charles Steward -
Born 1893
Died 1917
British Army 294 Pivate The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)
British Army 294 Lance Corporal The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)
British Army 294 Corporal The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)
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More about Harry Stanyer Powell -
Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant The York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant The York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Alec Edmund Stuart Hodgson -
Born 1883
Died 1916
British Army 4679 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant The London Regiment 1/12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)
More about Arthur Blakeway Phillips -
Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF 2/6th Battalion
British Army First Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF 2/6th Battalion
More about Mervyn Bruce Grace -
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 1404 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 1/9th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant The Gordon Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant The Gordon Highlanders 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion
More about James Duncan Mctavish -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion
More about Gerald Barford Hornby -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army 9927 Acting Lance Corporal The East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 9927 Lance Corporal The East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about George William Cave Harris -
Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army 11056 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 28 Squadron
More about Eric Godwin Chance -
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army 2009 Private The Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion, TF
British Army Second Lieutenant The Manchester Regiment 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City)
British Army First Lieutenant The Manchester Regiment 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City)
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More about Norman Lees Jennison -
Born 1885
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 163420 Private Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion (Mississauga)
Canadian Expeditionary Force 163420 Private Canadian Infantry 84th Overseas Battalion
More about John Hedley Richards -
Born 1895
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) 1/5th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF 1/5th Battalion
More about Ronald Walker Aynsley -
Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 14th (Service) Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion
More about William Henry Pennington -
Born 1887
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
Royal Navy Deal/286/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
Royal Navy Deal/286/S Sergeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
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More about Bernard Julius Pelmore -
Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
British Army First Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
More about John Whitworth Davidson