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Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [457]

Birmingham Warwickshire England [2]

12 Court, 4 House, Brearley Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bordesley Green Birmingham Warwickshire England [1]

Rank

Private [7]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Commander [1]

Guardsman [1]

Mate [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2]

3rd Coldstream Guards [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Calliope" [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Worcestershire [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [6]

Royal Navy [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [53]

H [45]

C [44]

W [42]

P [37]

S [32]

G [29]

M [27]

D [22]

J [20]

A [17]

L [16]

F [14]

T [14]

R [12]

K [8]

E [7]

N [6]

V [6]

O [4]

Y [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [450]

Military Service [10]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [461] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [457] Birmingham Warwickshire England [2] 12 Court, 4 House, Brearley Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bordesley Green Birmingham Warwickshire England [1]

Rank

Private [7] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Commander [1] Guardsman [1] Mate [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2] 3rd Coldstream Guards [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] HMS Monmouth [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Calliope" [1] Merchant Navy [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Worcestershire [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [6] Royal Navy [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [53] H [45] C [44] W [42] P [37] S [32] G [29] M [27] D [22] J [20] A [17] L [16] F [14] T [14] R [12] K [8] E [7] N [6] V [6] O [4] Y [4] U [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [450] Military Service [10]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Francis Carroll

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 6077 Worcestershire Regiment 6th worcest Battalion

British Army 835979 Shoeing Smith Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 2124 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Theophilus Chaloner

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5817

Australian Imperial Force 5817 Lance Corporal 27th Australian infantry Batallion

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Albert Gill

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army B5202815 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army B5202815 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 2815 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Jefferies Thomas

Born 1885

Died 1940

Australian Imperial Force 5215 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alfred Percy Levick

Born 1880

Died 1957

Royal Navy 2021 Seaman Merchant Navy

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Leslie Algar

Born 1894

British Army 111231 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney Findley

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22568

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22568 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Henry Browning

Born 1874

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Calliope"

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Vincent Swinfen Cottrell

Born 1880

Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Reserve

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Jessie Muriel Bates

Born 1876

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/505

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Thomas Reginald Gidden

Born 1901

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Arthur William Fessey

Born 1893

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Albert Robert William Ashcroft

Born 1898

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Ernest Gilbert

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 191572 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Monmouth

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James Allagan

Born 1890

British Army 9057 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 9057 Guardsman 3rd Coldstream Guards

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Albert Nocks

Born 1892

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William Syson Nibbs

Born 1864

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Alfred Waltho

Born 1866

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William Charles Newman

Born 1879

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Ernest Bernard Walker

Born 1900

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