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Bilston, Staffordshire [231]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14]

Bilston England [10]

Bilston [7]

Bilston Staffordshire [6]

Bradley, Bilston, Staffordshire [5]

Bilston, Staffs [4]

Bilston, Staffordshire, England [3]

Bilston, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Bilston, Wolverhampton [2]

Coseley, Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Daisy Bank, Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Bilston Staffs [1]

Bilston Wolverhampton [1]

Bilston nr Wolverhamption, Staffordshire [1]

Bilston, Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Bilston, Lancashire [1]

Bilston, Midlothian [1]

Bilston, Roslin. [1]

Bilston, Stafford [1]

Bilston, Warwickshire [1]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, England [1]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Bilston, Yorkshire [1]

Bilston, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bilston,Wolverhampton,Staffordshire. [1]

Dilston (Bilston ?) Staffs [1]

Hurst Hill, Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

St Leonards, Bilston [1]

St Lukes, Bilston [1]

Willenhall, Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

bilston [1]

Rank

Private [49]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Stoker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cpl [1]

Fusilier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Act Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Wireman First Class [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M. Submarine E34 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Birmingham [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Devonshire [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Narbrough [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen [1]

Hussars [1]

Hussars Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117]

Royal Navy [109]

British Army [69]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [35]

H [30]

P [27]

W [26]

C [23]

S [21]

T [20]

M [19]

A [18]

L [16]

R [12]

D [11]

J [10]

E [7]

F [7]

G [7]

Y [6]

K [5]

O [5]

N [4]

Contribution

Military Service [296]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

South Africa [1]

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People [309] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bilston, Staffordshire [231] Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14] Bilston England [10] Bilston [7] Bilston Staffordshire [6] Bradley, Bilston, Staffordshire [5] Bilston, Staffs [4] Bilston, Staffordshire, England [3] Bilston, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Bilston, Wolverhampton [2] Coseley, Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Daisy Bank, Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Bilston Staffs [1] Bilston Wolverhampton [1] Bilston nr Wolverhamption, Staffordshire [1] Bilston, Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Bilston, Lancashire [1] Bilston, Midlothian [1] Bilston, Roslin. [1] Bilston, Stafford [1] Bilston, Warwickshire [1] Bilston, Wolverhampton, England [1] Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1] Bilston, Yorkshire [1] Bilston, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bilston,Wolverhampton,Staffordshire. [1] Dilston (Bilston ?) Staffs [1] Hurst Hill, Bilston, Staffordshire [1] St Leonards, Bilston [1] St Lukes, Bilston [1] Willenhall, Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Wolverhampton, Bilston, Staffordshire [1] bilston [1]

Rank

Private [49] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Driver [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Stoker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cpl [1] Fusilier [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Master at Arms [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Act Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Wireman First Class [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M. Submarine E34 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Birmingham [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Devonshire [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Narbrough [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen [1] Hussars [1] Hussars Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) [1] Rifle Brigade [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117] Royal Navy [109] British Army [69] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [35] H [30] P [27] W [26] C [23] S [21] T [20] M [19] A [18] L [16] R [12] D [11] J [10] E [7] F [7] G [7] Y [6] K [5] O [5] N [4]

Contribution

Military Service [296] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [34] South Africa [1]

Leonard Aston

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 9175 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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John Bateman

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army 3302 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240743 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240743 South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Percy James Hackett

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army

British Army S/6540 Private Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 11th Battalion

British Army S/6540 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 13th Battalion

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Charles Henry Turbin

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army TF 314 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/254223 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army ET/50683 Driver Army Service Corps

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Joseph Richards Hackett

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 203255 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 148801 Private Army Reserve

British Army 203255 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Noah Bromley

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 6380 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

British Army 6380 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Westwood

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 16766 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 16766 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Herbert Mapson

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 45378 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Shore

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army W/1068 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 1068 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Lewis

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 3/2064 Acting Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3/2064 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Albert Willmore

Died 1915

British Army 1574 Fusilier Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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Joseph Alfred Adey

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 19438 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 19438 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 25058 Hussars Regiment

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Leonard Aston

Born 1889

British Army 53214 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Albert E Wootton

Born 1887

Died 1958

British Army 31889 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Thomas Barratt

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 17114 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 17114 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 17114 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Henry Perks

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 15615 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 152260 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Edward Williams

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 11186 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 254441 Private Labour Corps

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Andrew Anderson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 71221 Royal Field Artillery

British Army G/16744 Private London Regiment 4th Battalion

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Leonard Beaman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 75838 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Leonard Bright

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 57485 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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