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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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Place of birth

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]

Robert Winter

Born 1895

Royal Navy 15862 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Raymond William Eggleton

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 4877 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 20006 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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William Selley

Born 1897

Royal Navy 14700 Royal Marine Artillery

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Walter Pearse Hewett

Born 1875

Died 1939

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

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James Miles

Born 1892

Royal Navy 14888 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION

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Lucy May Newcombe

Born 1877

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James Bellamy

Born 1899

Royal Navy J46237

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Cyril Benjamin Vale

Born 1897

Royal Navy F27231

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Harlan William Packer

Born 1895

Royal Navy J17420

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James Edward Tillion

Born 1893

Royal Navy K10325

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Henry John Sherwood Cox

Born 1897

Royal Navy K29077

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Leslie Charles Edwards

Born 1896

Royal Navy F3986

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John Richard Wagstaff

Born 1899

Royal Navy J42361

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Gilbert Harry Perkins

Born 1896

Royal Navy K26365 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K26365 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Alfred William Matthews

Born 1891

British Army 55732 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/251043 Sapper Royal Engineers

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