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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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Place of birth

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]

William Joseph Parsons

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army 3267 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 3267 Private Coldstream Guards

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John Bithell

Born 1895

Died 1986

British Army 12189 Leading Signalman Hampshire Regiment

British Army 12189 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Harry Harris

Born 1873

Died 1951

British Army L/7701 Private 5th Lancers

British Army Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army Sergeant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Charles Edward Leatherland

Born 1898

Died 1992

British Army 1073 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1073 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1073 Clerk and Company Quarter Master Sergeant X Corps Headquarters

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David Prowitte Deakin

Born 1884

Died 1972

British Army 8457 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Francis Collicott

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 10518 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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William Edward Peake

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 3210 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Martin Bartley Taylor

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 13126 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 39042 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/5th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Frederick Richard Kirk

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 35563 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2/4th Battalion

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Abel Walker

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 4821 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 4821 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Bert Partridge

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 3899 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Bithell

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army 222404 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 222404 Gunner Royal Horse & Field Artillery

British Army 222404 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 60th (R)

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William Crowson

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3766 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3766 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Leonard Beach

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 16024 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Oliver Thomas Wakefield

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1024 Private /Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1024 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1024 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Sidney Ernest Willoughby Hathaway

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 8100 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Joseph Hill

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 1936 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Charles Arundel Rudd

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 356629 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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Wilfred Coombe

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 121435 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 330th Siege battery

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Reginald Blythe Day

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army L/5121 Driver Royal Field Artillery 153rd Brigade

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