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Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [104]

Brierley Hill [8]

Brierley Hill, Staffs [8]

Brierley Hill England [4]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England [2]

Brierley Hill, Stourbridge [2]

Brierley Hill, Worcestershire [2]

Brierley Hill,Staffordshire [2]

Brockmoor, Brierley Hill [2]

Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2]

Brierley Hill Worcestershire [1]

Brierley Hill, Kingswinford [1]

Brierley Hill, South Staffordshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Stafford [1]

Brierley Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffs. [1]

Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Brierley Hill,Saffordshire [1]

Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, Staffs [1]

Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Quarry Bank Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Lance Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Gunner [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Fitter [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Alexandra [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

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

H.M.S. "P 60." [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]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

MG corps [1]

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

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

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

Royal Tank Corps [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

British Army [42]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [19]

C [16]

B [15]

H [15]

D [9]

R [9]

T [9]

W [9]

G [8]

S [8]

J [7]

M [6]

L [4]

N [4]

A [3]

F [3]

K [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [138]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [148] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [104] Brierley Hill [8] Brierley Hill, Staffs [8] Brierley Hill England [4] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England [2] Brierley Hill, Stourbridge [2] Brierley Hill, Worcestershire [2] Brierley Hill,Staffordshire [2] Brockmoor, Brierley Hill [2] Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2] Brierley Hill Worcestershire [1] Brierley Hill, Kingswinford [1] Brierley Hill, South Staffordshire [1] Brierley Hill, Stafford [1] Brierley Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffs. [1] Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Brierley Hill,Saffordshire [1] Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brockmoor, Brierley Hill, Staffs [1] Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Quarry Bank Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [36] Lance Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Gunner [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] First Lieutenant [1] Fitter [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Alexandra [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] H.M.S. "Conflict" [1] H.M.S. "P 60." [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] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] MG corps [1] Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Blackmorevale" [1] Royal Tank Corps [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Yeomanry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] British Army [42] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [19] C [16] B [15] H [15] D [9] R [9] T [9] W [9] G [8] S [8] J [7] M [6] L [4] N [4] A [3] F [3] K [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [138] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Wilfred Yeates Newland

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206352

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Joseph Ebenezer Parkes

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 14971 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William B Davies

Born 1897

British Army 116573 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert Taylor

Died 1915

British Army 3/8922 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Richard Shaw

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408786

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W N Cartwright

Died 1915

British Army 18155 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Special Reserve Battalion

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Andrew Albert Thomas

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 9703 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Charles William Fowkes

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy K12738

Royal Navy K/12738 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Conflict"

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Ernest James Jarratt

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209730

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Alfred Thomas Clarke

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230574

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Edward Thomas Pargeter

Born 1881

Died 1947

British Army 57988 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army S/8903 Gunner Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Rowland Skelton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239924

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John Thomas Scott

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 428033

Canadian Expeditionary Force 428033 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Edward Brown

Born 1877

Died 1965

British Army Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Egbert Victor Carpenter

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240396

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Walter Pearson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168924

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Carl Allan Davis

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126706

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William Frederick Broome

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407774

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Thomas Charles George

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5404

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Ernest Cooke

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179025

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