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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]

George Spencer

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Iris II

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sublieutenant

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Henry William Bristoll

Born 1893

Died 1935

British Army 2348 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 58987 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry [Corps of Hussars]

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Reginald Tivey

Born 1888

Died 1950

British Army 3076 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur William Pyatt

Born 1883

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79263 RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79263 Air Mechanic 3rd Class RAF

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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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Ernest Arthur Hastings

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army 73195 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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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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Edwin Wager

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 269796 Driver Royal Field Artillery 35th D.A.C

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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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Joseph William Wright

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 22190 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Charles Leonard Perkins

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1420 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Ernest Henry Jeffries

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army G/1247 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1247 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 5010 Private South Stafford Regiment 4th Battalion

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George Lovegrove

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 324060 Rifleman London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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George Melville Cooper

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army 3631 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 3rd seaforth highland Battalion

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Charles Edward Sheppard

Born 1883

Died 1965

British Army 19874 Private Gloucestershire Regiment Depot

British Army 19874 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 19874 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneers)

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Ernest Bristoll

Born 1890

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37527 Air Mechanic 2 Royal Flying Corps No. 54 Training Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37527 Air Mechanic 1 Royal Flying Corps No. 54 Training Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37527 Corporal Royal Flying Corps No. 54 Training Squadron

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