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Burton upon Trent [13]

Burton-Upon-Trent England [12]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [9]

Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire [8]

Burton Upon Trent [7]

Burton-upon-Trent [5]

Winshill, Burton upon Trent [2]

Burton Upon Trent England [1]

Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England [1]

Burton upon Trent,Staffordshire. [1]

Burton upon Trent,Staffs. [1]

Burton-upon-Trent England [1]

Cross Street, Burton upon Trent [1]

Horninglow, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Stanton, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Stapenhill, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Stretton, Burton upon Trent [1]

Tatenhill Common, Burton upon Trent [1]

Winshill, Burton Upon Trent [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Captain [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Apprentice Sch Master Sergeant [1]

Captain & Adjutant [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant OR Sergeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal acting sergeant, Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Paid Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Sergeant OR Sergeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Acting Serjeant [1]

Sergeant OR Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker Class 1 [1]

Stoker Class 2 [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Training [1]

Warrent Officer Class II (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant) [1]

temp. Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

137th Machine Gun Corps [1]

137th Maching Gun Corps [1]

7th Bn. Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1]

Army Cadet Force [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1]

Glamorgan Volunteer Rifles [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Furious [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King’s Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

North Staffs Regiment, Machine Gun Corps [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

R.F.R (Portsmouth) PO.B.3984 [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Otranto." [1]

Service

British Army [51]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [12]

C [10]

A [5]

H [5]

M [5]

W [5]

D [4]

E [4]

S [4]

T [4]

N [3]

L [2]

P [2]

F [1]

G [1]

I [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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People [69] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burton upon Trent [13] Burton-Upon-Trent England [12] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [9] Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire [8] Burton Upon Trent [7] Burton-upon-Trent [5] Winshill, Burton upon Trent [2] Burton Upon Trent England [1] Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England [1] Burton upon Trent,Staffordshire. [1] Burton upon Trent,Staffs. [1] Burton-upon-Trent England [1] Cross Street, Burton upon Trent [1] Horninglow, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Stanton, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Stapenhill, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Stretton, Burton upon Trent [1] Tatenhill Common, Burton upon Trent [1] Winshill, Burton Upon Trent [1]

Rank

Private [33] Corporal [8] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [4] Captain [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Acting Corporal [1] Apprentice Sch Master Sergeant [1] Captain & Adjutant [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant OR Sergeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal acting sergeant, Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Paid Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Sergeant OR Sergeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Acting Serjeant [1] Sergeant OR Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker Class 1 [1] Stoker Class 2 [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Training [1] Warrent Officer Class II (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant) [1] temp. Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] 137th Machine Gun Corps [1] 137th Maching Gun Corps [1] 7th Bn. Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1] Army Cadet Force [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1] Glamorgan Volunteer Rifles [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Furious [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Victory II [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King’s Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] North Staffs Regiment, Machine Gun Corps [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] R.F.R (Portsmouth) PO.B.3984 [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Otranto." [1]

Service

British Army [51] Australian Imperial Force [15] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [12] C [10] A [5] H [5] M [5] W [5] D [4] E [4] S [4] T [4] N [3] L [2] P [2] F [1] G [1] I [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Arthur Ewart Copeland

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1338 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment 1/6th northst Battalion

British Army 1338 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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George Edward Butcher

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 12334 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John V Nixon

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army 167560 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Cecil Abell Bassett

Born 1899

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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Baden Powell Castledine

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 94060 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Robert William Larner

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S/31213 Private Rifle Brigade

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Lawrence B Whiles

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army 50100 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35044 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Henry Walker

Australian Imperial Force 692

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William Arthur Cliff

Australian Imperial Force 1333

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Walter Archer

Australian Imperial Force 286

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John Hoult

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army 91502 Corporal Tank Corps

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Walter John Florence

Died 1915

British Army 623 Shoeing Smith Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 623 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/15816 Shoeing Smith Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Whycliffe Illsley

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 59066 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 59066 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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James William Martin

Australian Imperial Force 566

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May Ashton

Australian Imperial Force

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William Betts

Australian Imperial Force 1642

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George Coates

Australian Imperial Force 822

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Frank Arthur Stephenson

Australian Imperial Force 27604

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Albert Smith

Born 1886

British Army C/7986 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Thomas Rayworth Gee

Born 1894

British Army 5833 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 38960 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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