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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]

Wilfred Coombe

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 121435 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 330th Siege battery

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James Heels

Born 1875

Died 1956

British Army T4/144770 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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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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Reginald George Collis

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8270 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Haynes

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 408 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 408 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Andrew William Burnham

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 12193 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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William Leslie Onions

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 816 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Clarence Hunt

Born 1896

Died 1922

British Army 490215 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T1863 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Joseph Holtham

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9219 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Bernard Willits

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 387958 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 7958 Corporal Royal Engineers

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George Axtell

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army 25168 Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd

British Army 34986 Acting Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 47045 Acting Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Bertram Hayward

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 20030 Private Worcestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

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George William Walden

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1885 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Martin Brislin

Born 1883

Died 1965

British Army 201477 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Clarence Fredrick Longmore

Born 1897

Died 1962

British Army 106944 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Reuben Dale

Born 1883

Died 1952

British Army G/24690 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army G/24690 Private Royal West Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army G/24690 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Arthur William Ambler

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 350887 Armourer HMS Black Prince

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Joseph Plimmer

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army 33760 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 33760 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Leonard John Turton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 14037 Private Wiltshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 14037 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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William H Cox

Born 1881

British Army 6740 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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