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Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [429]

Aston, Birmingham [86]

Aston Birmingham [46]

Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Aston Manor, Birmingham [5]

Aston, Birmingham, Warks [4]

Aston Manor Birmingham [2]

Aston, Birmingham. [2]

Aston,Birmingham [2]

Aston,Birmingham,Warwickshire. [2]

Birmingham, Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Deritend, Aston, Birmingham [2]

107 Carpenters Road Aston Manor Birmingham [1]

Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Aston Manor Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston Manor, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston Manor,Birmingham [1]

Aston, Birmingham, [1]

Aston, Birmingham, England [1]

Aston,Birmingham,Warwickshire [1]

Aston,Birmingham. Warwickshire [1]

Court 5, Gladstone Street, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington Aston Birmingham [1]

Erdington Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Witton near Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [187]

Lance Corporal [25]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [7]

Driver [5]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mech 2. (Engineer) [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Clerk and Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [141]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

1 AD Aircraft Depot St Omer [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

2 AD Aircraft Depot Candas [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

5th Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

E Reserve [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS President 2 [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

Hendon Reserve Pool [1]

Home Establishment RAF Halton [1]

King`s Royal Rifles [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [325]

British Army [233]

Royal Navy [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [76]

H [66]

W [47]

C [44]

P [44]

S [35]

D [32]

G [29]

L [28]

M [27]

F [26]

J [26]

E [24]

T [23]

A [22]

R [15]

K [13]

N [9]

O [7]

I [6]

U [3]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [591]

Country

United Kingdom [86]

Germany [2]

India [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

United States [1]

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Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [429] Aston, Birmingham [86] Aston Birmingham [46] Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Aston Manor, Birmingham [5] Aston, Birmingham, Warks [4] Aston Manor Birmingham [2] Aston, Birmingham. [2] Aston,Birmingham [2] Aston,Birmingham,Warwickshire. [2] Birmingham, Aston, Warwickshire [2] Deritend, Aston, Birmingham [2] 107 Carpenters Road Aston Manor Birmingham [1] Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Aston Manor Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston Manor, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston Manor,Birmingham [1] Aston, Birmingham, [1] Aston, Birmingham, England [1] Aston,Birmingham,Warwickshire [1] Aston,Birmingham. Warwickshire [1] Court 5, Gladstone Street, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Erdington Aston Birmingham [1] Erdington Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Witton near Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [187] Lance Corporal [25] Serjeant [12] Corporal [11] Gunner [7] Driver [5] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mech 2. (Engineer) [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Clerk and Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [141] Royal Field Artillery [10] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 1 AD Aircraft Depot St Omer [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 2 AD Aircraft Depot Candas [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1] 5th Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devon Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] E Reserve [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS President 2 [1] HMS SUPERB [1] Hendon Reserve Pool [1] Home Establishment RAF Halton [1] King`s Royal Rifles [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [325] British Army [233] Royal Navy [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [76] H [66] W [47] C [44] P [44] S [35] D [32] G [29] L [28] M [27] F [26] J [26] E [24] T [23] A [22] R [15] K [13] N [9] O [7] I [6] U [3] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [591]

Country

United Kingdom [86] Germany [2] India [2] Canada [1] France [1] United States [1]

Samuel John Jones

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 9253 Acting Company Serjeant Major Liverpool Regiment

British Army 9253 Sergeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 9253 Company Serjeant Major The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Joseph Phillip Harford

Born 1879

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 89255

Canadian Expeditionary Force 89255 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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Henry Kirkham

Born 1893

Died 1953

British Army Y2323 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Leonard Harrison

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 113450 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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David William Philpotts

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 22245 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Field Artillery 36th Brigade, 71st Battery

British Army 22245 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 6th Brigade, 77th Battery

British Army 22245 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 36th Brigade

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Henry Serle Arkell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 759 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 759 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham)

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Sidney Smith

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 17883 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 17883 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Frederick Roe

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4337 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Lander

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3129 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Walter George Hunt

Born 1897

Died 1967

British Army 86629 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Frederick Osborne

Born 1888

Died 1925

British Army S4/239754 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/239754 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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Daniel Eyles

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6916 Army Reserve

British Army 6916 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 6916 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Parkes

Died 1916

British Army 3254 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment Depot

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John Jones

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 13111 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edgar Francis Talbot

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army B/20077 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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John Edmunds

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 33601 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 7392 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7392 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

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Sidney Beech

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 37995 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 37995 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Ernest Edward Jones

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2384 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Rogers

Died 1916

British Army 240334 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Albert Edward Cox

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S/35346 Private Rifle Brigade

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