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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [697]

Cheltenham [111]

Cheltenham England [90]

Cheltenham Victoria [77]

Cheltenham, Gloucs [13]

St Paul's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [10]

Cheltenham South Australia [8]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [7]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire [7]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [7]

Cheltenham, England [5]

St Mark's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Cheltenham, Glos [4]

Cheltenham, Gloucester [4]

Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham [2]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2]

Cheltenham Gloucs. [2]

Cheltenham, Glos. [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire [2]

Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

St Peter's, Cheltenham [2]

St. Paul's, Cheltenham [2]

2 New Street Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

All Saints, Cheltenham [1]

Allchurch, Cheltenham, Glos. [1]

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

Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

CHELTENHAM [1]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucs [1]

Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,Gloucs. [1]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1]

Cheltenham Gloucs [1]

Cheltenham registration district, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucester [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, County Leicester [1]

Cheltenham, Glostershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucs. [1]

Cheltenham, Kent [1]

Cheltenham, Manawatu [1]

Cheltenham,Glos [1]

Cheltenham. Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [172]

Captain [30]

Lieutenant [25]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [19]

Major [16]

Lance Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Driver [6]

Gunner [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Sergeant [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/CSM [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombadier (acting rank) [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [74]

South Wales Borderers [24]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Labour Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [2]

South Wales Borderers Depot [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

10th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

12th Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [419]

British Army [273]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259]

Australian Imperial Force [177]

Indian Army [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [138]

H [120]

S [101]

W [94]

P [81]

C [78]

M [74]

T [50]

R [49]

D [46]

G [43]

L [41]

F [40]

J [38]

A [33]

N [29]

E [23]

K [21]

O [20]

V [13]

I [6]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1103]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [128]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Bermuda [1]

Kenya [1]

Netherlands [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [697] Cheltenham [111] Cheltenham England [90] Cheltenham Victoria [77] Cheltenham, Gloucs [13] St Paul's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [10] Cheltenham South Australia [8] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [7] Cheltenham Gloucestershire [7] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [7] Cheltenham, England [5] St Mark's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Cheltenham, Glos [4] Cheltenham, Gloucester [4] Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [3] Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham [2] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2] Cheltenham Gloucs. [2] Cheltenham, Glos. [2] Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire [2] Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] St Peter's, Cheltenham [2] St. Paul's, Cheltenham [2] 2 New Street Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] All Saints, Cheltenham [1] Allchurch, Cheltenham, Glos. [1] Bourton-On-Water, Rockcliffe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] CHELTENHAM [1] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucs [1] Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,Gloucs. [1] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1] Cheltenham Gloucs [1] Cheltenham registration district, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucester [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, County Leicester [1] Cheltenham, Glostershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, [1] Cheltenham, Gloucs. [1] Cheltenham, Kent [1] Cheltenham, Manawatu [1] Cheltenham,Glos [1] Cheltenham. Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [172] Captain [30] Lieutenant [25] Second Lieutenant [22] Serjeant [22] Corporal [19] Major [16] Lance Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Able Seaman [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Driver [6] Gunner [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Sergeant [3] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] A/CSM [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombadier [1] Bombadier (acting rank) [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [74] South Wales Borderers [24] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [12] Labour Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Air Force [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS TIGER [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [2] South Wales Borderers Depot [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 10th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 12th Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [419] British Army [273] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259] Australian Imperial Force [177] Indian Army [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [138] H [120] S [101] W [94] P [81] C [78] M [74] T [50] R [49] D [46] G [43] L [41] F [40] J [38] A [33] N [29] E [23] K [21] O [20] V [13] I [6] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1103] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [128] Australia [2] India [2] Bermuda [1] Kenya [1] Netherlands [1] New Zealand [1]

Herbert Harry Merchant

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 9308 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 9453 private Northamptonshire 1st Battalion

British Army 9453 private 2nd Norhamptonshire 2nd Battalion

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William G Hill

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 26930 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 26930 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Thomas Attwood

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 26502 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 44685 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Thomas Clifford

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7975 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 7975 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Sidney Ernest Wills

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 28076 Company Quarter Master Royal Engineers

British Army 28076 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 28076 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Oliver Arkell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1106 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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James Kidd

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 50767 Private Royal Defence Corps 13th Observation Coy

British Army 29170 Private Worcester Regiment

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Harry Gilbert Hayward

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2391 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 240533 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 240533 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st

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William Charles Mills

Born 1889

Died 1977

British Army 15795 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 15795 Warrant Officer Class 2 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 5429448 Warrant Officer Class 2 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Rupert John Chabbert Meyricke

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery B/58 Brigade

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Frederick Lionel Beacham

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 656053 Bombadier (acting rank) Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade

British Army 656053 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade

British Army 656053 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade

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Benjamin George Clarke

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 4327 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Norman Frank Ewart Cole

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10406 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10406 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10406 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frederick John Baldwin

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 12995 Private Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion

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George Albert Witts Maslin

Born 1856

Died 1941

British Army 51616 Saddler Royal Field Artillery

British Army 51616 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 5484 R.F.A. No 3rd Depot

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Ernest Edwin Tanner

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 2980 Private Coldstream Guards

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Harold Beard

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1646 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Herbert Or Hubert Charles Craddock

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1723 Trumpeter Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 3773 Trumpeter Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 3773 Trumpeter Royal Fusiliers Hussars

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Thomas Phillip Gay

Died 1916

British Army 29586 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd 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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