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Bedminster, Somerset [400]

Bedminster, Bristol [65]

Bedminster Bristol [34]

Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [21]

Bedminster Bristol, Gloucestershire [17]

Bedminster,Bristol. [16]

Bedminster, Gloucestershire [12]

Bedminster [9]

Bedminster,Somerset. [8]

Bedminster, Dorset [7]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [6]

Bedminster Bristol. [4]

Bedminster England [4]

Bedminster Somerset. [4]

Bedminster, Somerset, England [4]

Bedminster, Somersetshire [4]

Bedminster Somerset [3]

Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Bedminster Bristol Somerset. [2]

Bedminster Down Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [2]

Totterdown,Bedminster,Bristol. [2]

bedminster Bristol [2]

9, Milford Street, Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Abbots Leigh,Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [1]

Ashton Gate,Bedminster,Bristol. [1]

Ashton,Bedminster,Somerset. [1]

Barrow Gurney, Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Bedminster Somerset [1]

Bedminster Bristol Somerset [1]

Bedminster District, Somerset, England [1]

Bedminster, Bristol England [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Glos. [1]

Bedminster, Cornwall [1]

Bedminster, Glocestershire [1]

Bedminster, Gloucester [1]

Bedminster, Som [1]

Bedminster,Bristol [1]

Bedminster,Bristol, [1]

Brislington,Bedminster,Somerset. [1]

Dundry, Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Kilmorton Near Bedminster, Gloucestershire [1]

Portbury, Bedminster, Somerset [1]

St John's,Bedminster,Somerset [1]

Totterdown,Bedminster Bristol. [1]

Totterdown,Bedminster,Somerset. [1]

bedminster bristol [1]

bedminster, bristol. [1]

Rank

Private [149]

Able Seaman [21]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Corporal [8]

Leading Stoker [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Sapper [5]

Gunner [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Motor Mechanic [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

1st Airman [1]

2nd Airman [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Co Sergeant Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer (NS) [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [65]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3]

HMS New Zealand [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

HMS Devonshire [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

(RFR. Dev. B. 4323). H.M.S. "Victory II" [1]

114th Mahrattas [1]

1st Warwickshire Regiment [1]

3 S M F A [1]

305th Home Service Field Ambulance [1]

Service

Royal Navy [389]

British Army [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [79]

H [62]

S [62]

W [54]

C [50]

D [45]

P [45]

T [38]

M [37]

J [29]

G [28]

R [28]

L [24]

F [17]

A [16]

N [14]

E [13]

K [6]

V [5]

O [2]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [615]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [96]

Germany [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Bedminster, Somerset [400] Bedminster, Bristol [65] Bedminster Bristol [34] Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [21] Bedminster Bristol, Gloucestershire [17] Bedminster,Bristol. [16] Bedminster, Gloucestershire [12] Bedminster [9] Bedminster,Somerset. [8] Bedminster, Dorset [7] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [6] Bedminster Bristol. [4] Bedminster England [4] Bedminster Somerset. [4] Bedminster, Somerset, England [4] Bedminster, Somersetshire [4] Bedminster Somerset [3] Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Bedminster Bristol Somerset. [2] Bedminster Down Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [2] Totterdown,Bedminster,Bristol. [2] bedminster Bristol [2] 9, Milford Street, Bedminster, Bristol [1] Abbots Leigh,Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [1] Ashton Gate,Bedminster,Bristol. [1] Ashton,Bedminster,Somerset. [1] Barrow Gurney, Bedminster, Bristol [1] Bedminster Somerset [1] Bedminster Bristol Somerset [1] Bedminster District, Somerset, England [1] Bedminster, Bristol England [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Glos. [1] Bedminster, Cornwall [1] Bedminster, Glocestershire [1] Bedminster, Gloucester [1] Bedminster, Som [1] Bedminster,Bristol [1] Bedminster,Bristol, [1] Brislington,Bedminster,Somerset. [1] Dundry, Bedminster, Somerset [1] Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset [1] Kilmorton Near Bedminster, Gloucestershire [1] Portbury, Bedminster, Somerset [1] St John's,Bedminster,Somerset [1] Totterdown,Bedminster Bristol. [1] Totterdown,Bedminster,Somerset. [1] bedminster bristol [1] bedminster, bristol. [1]

Rank

Private [149] Able Seaman [21] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Corporal [8] Leading Stoker [7] Leading Seaman [6] Petty Officer [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Sapper [5] Gunner [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chief Stoker [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Motor Mechanic [2] Driver [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 1st Airman [1] 2nd Airman [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Co Sergeant Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Mechanician [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer (NS) [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [65] Somerset Light Infantry [27] Labour Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Grenadier Guards [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3] HMS New Zealand [3] HMS TIGER [3] HMS Vivid [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] HMS Devonshire [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS LION [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] HMS Warrior [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Welsh Regiment [2] (RFR. Dev. B. 4323). H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] 114th Mahrattas [1] 1st Warwickshire Regiment [1] 3 S M F A [1] 305th Home Service Field Ambulance [1]

Service

Royal Navy [389] British Army [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72] Australian Imperial Force [5] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [79] H [62] S [62] W [54] C [50] D [45] P [45] T [38] M [37] J [29] G [28] R [28] L [24] F [17] A [16] N [14] E [13] K [6] V [5] O [2] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [615] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [96] Germany [1] Malta [1]

Edward William Wall

Born 1865

British Army TR/9/24014 Serjeant Training Reserve

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Thomas Henry Alford, M.s.m.

Born 1877

Died 1921

British Army 3113 Regimental Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87948 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Flying Corps 72nd Sq

British Army Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Chesters

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 2040 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2000333 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 87820 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Arthur William David Roberts

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 41180 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 411237 Private Labour Corps 883 AE Company

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William Curnock

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 26078 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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Arthur Frederick Rudge

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 16328 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201203 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion

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Albert Henry Shapcott

Born 1879

Died 1927

British Army 49408 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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Edmund John Jones

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 207664 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Hildebrand"

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William Arthur Wilmot

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy F/29851 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

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Robert Neale Lawson

Born 1873

Died 1945

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

Royal Navy Captain HMS Chester - in command

Royal Navy Captain HMS Chester

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George Henry Green

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 10606 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 10606 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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William Henry Carroll

Born 1875

Died 1917

Royal Navy 156667 (R.F.R. DEV. B. 1716) Leading Seaman HMT Mendi

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Arthur George Banfield Rodgman

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 9940 2nd Airman Royal Flying Corps

British Army 9940 1st Airman Royal Flying Corps

British Army 9940 Flight Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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William A Riordan

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army 62669 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 62669 Gunner Royal garrison Artillery

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Charles Robert Passmore

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army 57818 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 2034 3 S M F A

British Army Acting Corporal 305th Home Service Field Ambulance

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Thomas Edward Rendle

Born 1884

Died 1946

British Army 7079 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 7079 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Richard Thomas Baker

Born 1890

Died 1953

British Army 2832 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 265610 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Samuel Morley Lusty

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy 160608 Petty Officer HMS Good Hope

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Edwin Ernest Dursley

Born 1887

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313707 Sergeant Major Royal Air Force (Vendome) B.E.F. France

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Harry Jubilec Bennett

Died 1918

British Army 26013 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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