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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]

Charles Niblett

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38978 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 5727 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8th Territorial Reserve Battalion

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John George Cox

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 34461 Private Worcestershire Regiment "C" Coy. 1st Garrison Battalion

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Archie Ethelbert O'brien

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army 53772 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Albert Hudson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 30395 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps "G" Coy

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Alfred Harold Pyart

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1511 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 494294 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 494294 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Thomas Henry Baker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 374538 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 374538 Rifleman London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

British Army 8594 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Trevor Rhys Allaway

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment south wales borderers attached 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve)

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George Bevan

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 20624 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 20624 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Sigismund Payne Best

Born 1885

Died 1978

British Army Second Lieutenant Intelligence Corps

British Army Captain Intelligence Corps

British Army Captain Intelligence Corps M.I.6

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Christopher James Staite

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army M2/114419 Private Army Service Corps

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Frank Rowland

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 29542 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ernest James Fricker

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army S/29367 Private Army Service Corps 2nd Unit

British Army S/29367 Private Army Service Corps

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Edward Mills Nash

Born 1897

Died 1945

British Army 1842 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 78480 Serjeant Tank Corps

British Army 141743 Major Gloucester Regiment

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John Welch

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7252 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Alfred Matthews

Born 1864

Died 1937

British Army 55693 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army WR/251015 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

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George Edwards

Born 1881

British Army 7493 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7493 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 7493 Private South Wales Borderers

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Henry Greville Marshall

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy F50180 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250180 Air Mechanic 2nd Class attd. H.M.S. "President II" (Tregantle)

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Henry Charles Jordan

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 398004 2nd Corporal Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers

British Army 35105 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion.

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James Keith Dick-Cunyngham

Born 1877

Died 1935

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Head Quarters Staff

British Army Brigadier General GOC 152nd Brigade

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Richard Annesley West

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel Tank Corps/ North Irish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Irish Horse

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