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Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [429]

Aston, Warwickshire [337]

Aston, Birmingham [86]

Aston Birmingham [46]

Aston Clinton [37]

Aston Warwickshire [37]

Aston, Warks [21]

Aston [19]

Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [14]

Aston Manor, Warwickshire [14]

Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Aston England [10]

Aston, Staffordshire [10]

Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [10]

Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire [10]

Aston,Warwickshire [8]

Aston, Cheshire [6]

Aston Manor, Birmingham [5]

Aston Manor, Warks [4]

Aston, Birmingham, Warks [4]

Aston, London [4]

Aston,Warwickshire. [4]

Aston, Hertfordshire [3]

Aston, Warwick [3]

Erdington Aston Warwickshire [3]

ASTON [2]

Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire [2]

Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aston Clinton, Bucks [2]

Aston Ingham, Herefordshire [2]

Aston Manor Birmingham [2]

Aston Manor Warwickshire [2]

Aston Registration District, Warwickshire [2]

Aston Upthorpe [2]

Aston Warwick [2]

Aston on Trent, Derbyshire [2]

Aston, Avening, Glos [2]

Aston, Birmingham. [2]

Aston, Middlesex [2]

Aston, Stevenage, Hertfordshire [2]

Aston, Yorkshire [2]

Aston,Birmingham [2]

Aston,Birmingham,Warwickshire. [2]

Aston-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire [2]

Aston-under-Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Birmingham, Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Deritend, Aston, Birmingham [2]

North Aston, Oxfordshire [2]

Rank

Private [399]

Lance Corporal [49]

Corporal [32]

Gunner [30]

Lieutenant [30]

Serjeant [25]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Driver [15]

Able Seaman [13]

Sapper [12]

Captain [10]

Rifleman [10]

Acting Corporal [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Reverend [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2 [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2 A/M [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

A/CQM Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mech 2. (Engineer) [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [193]

Worcestershire Regiment [31]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

London Regiment [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Labour Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Reserve [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [549]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [475]

Royal Navy [253]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [177]

H [143]

W [107]

S [90]

P [85]

C [83]

M [66]

T [60]

D [54]

L [54]

A [53]

G [53]

R [51]

F [50]

E [43]

J [37]

K [32]

N [21]

O [11]

I [9]

U [6]

Q [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1253]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [302]

Canada [4]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Germany [2]

United States [2]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [429] Aston, Warwickshire [337] Aston, Birmingham [86] Aston Birmingham [46] Aston Clinton [37] Aston Warwickshire [37] Aston, Warks [21] Aston [19] Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [14] Aston Manor, Warwickshire [14] Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Aston England [10] Aston, Staffordshire [10] Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [10] Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire [10] Aston,Warwickshire [8] Aston, Cheshire [6] Aston Manor, Birmingham [5] Aston Manor, Warks [4] Aston, Birmingham, Warks [4] Aston, London [4] Aston,Warwickshire. [4] Aston, Hertfordshire [3] Aston, Warwick [3] Erdington Aston Warwickshire [3] ASTON [2] Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire [2] Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire [2] Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Aston Clinton, Bucks [2] Aston Ingham, Herefordshire [2] Aston Manor Birmingham [2] Aston Manor Warwickshire [2] Aston Registration District, Warwickshire [2] Aston Upthorpe [2] Aston Warwick [2] Aston on Trent, Derbyshire [2] Aston, Avening, Glos [2] Aston, Birmingham. [2] Aston, Middlesex [2] Aston, Stevenage, Hertfordshire [2] Aston, Yorkshire [2] Aston,Birmingham [2] Aston,Birmingham,Warwickshire. [2] Aston-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [2] Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire [2] Aston-under-Lyne, Lancashire [2] Birmingham, Aston, Warwickshire [2] Deritend, Aston, Birmingham [2] North Aston, Oxfordshire [2]

Rank

Private [399] Lance Corporal [49] Corporal [32] Gunner [30] Lieutenant [30] Serjeant [25] Second Lieutenant [24] Driver [15] Able Seaman [13] Sapper [12] Captain [10] Rifleman [10] Acting Corporal [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Reverend [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2 [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Signalman [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2 A/M [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] A/CQM Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mech 2. (Engineer) [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer [1] Assistant Matron [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [193] Worcestershire Regiment [31] Royal Field Artillery [30] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] London Regiment [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] Labour Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] Coldstream Guards [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Royal Air Force [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Tank Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Reserve [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] General List [2] Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [549] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [475] Royal Navy [253] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [177] H [143] W [107] S [90] P [85] C [83] M [66] T [60] D [54] L [54] A [53] G [53] R [51] F [50] E [43] J [37] K [32] N [21] O [11] I [9] U [6] Q [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1253] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [302] Canada [4] India [3] Australia [2] Germany [2] United States [2] France [1] South Africa [1]

Walter Kimberley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5465 Private Coldstream Guards 5th (Reserve), 10th Battalion

British Army 5465 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 5th Battalion

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William Joseph Parsons

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army 3267 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 3267 Private Coldstream Guards

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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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George Weston

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 16976 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Robert Basford

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 38594 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 206 Field Company

British Army 38594 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 385th Field Company

British Army 38594 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 11th Field Company

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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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Richard John Philip Hewetson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Fanthom Hingeley

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army 695 Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (s) Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant

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Percival Ernest James Worrall

Born 1897

Died 1923

British Army 87847 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Jesse Ernest Buy

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 6237 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300535

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George Henry King

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army R14182 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R14182 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Thomas Flanagan

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army M/288065 Private Army Service Corps 816th M.T. Company

British Army M/288065 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 816th Mechanical Transport Company

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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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Frederick Wigan Jones

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2648 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion (Territorial)

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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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Charles Henry Laight

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army 3906 Guardsman Welsh Guards

British Army 3906 Guardsman Welsh Guards

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Albert Beckett Baker

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army T1/SR/51 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Labour Corps Battalion

British Army TSR/51 Driver Army Service Corps No.1 Coy.

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John Charles Hastings

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 9255 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Alfred Shepherd

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 15544 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 13th

British Army 5/20296 Lance Serjeant 6th Training Regiment

British Army 39970 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 34 IBD France

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Harry Francis Collicott

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 10518 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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