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Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [104]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England [2]

Brierley Hill,Staffordshire [2]

Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2]

Brierley Hill, South Staffordshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Quarry Bank Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Fitter [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Alexandra [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Conflict" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

MG corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Blackmorevale" [1]

Royal Tank Corps [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

British Army [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [14]

B [13]

H [12]

P [12]

G [7]

J [7]

W [7]

D [6]

T [6]

M [5]

R [5]

S [5]

L [4]

N [4]

A [3]

F [2]

K [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [109]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [115] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [104] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England [2] Brierley Hill,Staffordshire [2] Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2] Brierley Hill, South Staffordshire [1] Brierley Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Quarry Bank Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [17] Ordinary Seaman [4] Able Seaman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] First Lieutenant [1] Fitter [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Alexandra [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] H.M.S. "Conflict" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory I [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] MG corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Blackmorevale" [1] Royal Tank Corps [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] British Army [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [14] B [13] H [12] P [12] G [7] J [7] W [7] D [6] T [6] M [5] R [5] S [5] L [4] N [4] A [3] F [2] K [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [109] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ernest Edward Andrews

Born 1896

Royal Navy L6547

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Cort Neale Shenton

Born 1899

Royal Navy M26405

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Harry Morris

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS105147

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Lester Holt

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS107497

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Sarah Ann Alice Parnell Butcher

Born 1899

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Thomas Edward Margetts

Born 1895

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William Glover

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS5047 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy SS5047 Able Seaman HMS Agincourt

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William Marsden

Born 1895

Royal Navy J41549 Ordinary Seaman HMS NEPTUNE

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Edwin Cyril Patrick

Born 1898

Royal Navy J37477 Ordinary Seaman HMS VALIANT

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James Jeavons

Born 1898

Royal Navy J37629 Boy 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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Jesse Chance

Born 1888

British Army R/14528 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

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Handel Price

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS5721 Ordinary Seaman HMS CANADA

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William Stuart Turner

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189957

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Cecil Arthur Bucknall

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295431

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Benjamin Turner

Born 1897

Royal Navy J32119 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS MALAYA

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