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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [697]

St Paul's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [10]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [7]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire [7]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [7]

St Mark's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire [2]

Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

2 New Street Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Bourton-On-Water, Rockcliffe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1]

Cheltenham registration district, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, [1]

Cheltenham. Gloucestershire [1]

Christchurch, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Colesbourne near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Compton Abdale, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

East Hayes, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Gloucester, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Painswick, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Prestbury,Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Saint Pauls Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Saint Peters Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Shipton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

St George, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

St James, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

St Luke's Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

St Luke's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

St Peter's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

St Peters, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

St,Mary's,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

St.Marks,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Swindon Village,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Trinity, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

West Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

kings Charlton,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Captain [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [6]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Gunner [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/CSM [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain Rev [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Commander [1]

Cpl [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Engineers [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

21st Lancers [1]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

5th Gurkha Rifles [1]

5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

61st King George's Own Pioneers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Chaplains UnitDepartment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bicester Red Cross Hospital [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [406]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [254]

British Army [130]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [92]

H [90]

S [75]

W [68]

P [58]

C [53]

M [47]

T [36]

J [30]

L [30]

G [29]

D [28]

R [26]

F [24]

A [23]

N [22]

E [19]

K [16]

O [12]

V [8]

I [5]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [770]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

Bermuda [1]

India [1]

Kenya [1]

Netherlands [1]

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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [697] St Paul's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [10] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [7] Cheltenham Gloucestershire [7] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [7] St Mark's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [3] Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire [2] Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] 2 New Street Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Bourton-On-Water, Rockcliffe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham [1] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1] Cheltenham registration district, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, [1] Cheltenham. Gloucestershire [1] Christchurch, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Colesbourne near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Compton Abdale, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] East Hayes, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Gloucester, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Painswick, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Prestbury,Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Saint Pauls Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Saint Peters Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Shipton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] St George, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] St James, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] St Luke's Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1] St Luke's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] St Peter's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] St Peters, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] St,Mary's,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1] St.Marks,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1] Swindon Village,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1] Trinity, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] West Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] kings Charlton,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [81] Captain [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Able Seaman [11] Lieutenant [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [7] Major [6] Sapper [6] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Gunner [3] Acting Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] 2nd Corporal [1] A/CSM [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain Rev [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Commander [1] Cpl [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Corporal [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Engineers [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Army Service Corps [8] Labour Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS TIGER [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Welsh Regiment [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 21st Lancers [1] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 5th Gurkha Rifles [1] 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 61st King George's Own Pioneers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Chaplains UnitDepartment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Reserve of Officers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bicester Red Cross Hospital [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [406] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [254] British Army [130] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [92] H [90] S [75] W [68] P [58] C [53] M [47] T [36] J [30] L [30] G [29] D [28] R [26] F [24] A [23] N [22] E [19] K [16] O [12] V [8] I [5] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [770] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [77] Bermuda [1] India [1] Kenya [1] Netherlands [1]

Oliver Arkell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1106 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Benjamin George Clarke

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 4327 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Cecil Dundas Palmer

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 351842 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport.

British Army M/351842 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred Henry Nottingham

Born 1876

Died 1933

British Army 24286 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 24286 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 24286 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

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Arthur George Hart

Born 1885

Died 1939

British Army WR/500035 Serjeant Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army 55915 Sgt Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot, Longmoor Camp

British Army 500035 Sgt Royal Engineers BEF

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Percy Arkell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3403 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 241151 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean)

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Fred Herbert Carr

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84099 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Frederick James Hawker

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 8 Battalion

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Eric Godwin Chance

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 11056 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 28 Squadron

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John William O'nion

Born 1872

Died 1919

British Army 371498 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 3rd/8th Battalion

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Albert Wilfred Nottingham

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 34726 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Thomas Downes Richards

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 134168 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 301st Siege Bty.

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Henry Widdows

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 63632 Sergeant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alick James Tyler Harris

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 5700 Private 21st Lancers

British Army G/19870 Private Royal West Kent Regiment Depot

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Herbert Albert Brough Hart

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army 6430 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 148558 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6430 Pte and Lcpl Worcestershire Regt/Army Cyclist Corps

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Frederick Gerald Strange

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8552 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force 75 (HD) Squadron,

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8552 Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Frederick Leonard Pierson

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Regiment of Artillery 114th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Henry Mountstephen

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 15984 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Barnard

Born 1870

Died 1924

British Army 6568 Private 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 6568 Acting Corporal 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry Valentine Inwood Wicks

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 114351 Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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