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Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [93]

Clifton, Bristol [41]

Clifton Bristol [15]

Clifton Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Clifton,Bristol. [5]

Clifton Bristol, Somerset [2]

Clifton Wood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bristol - Clifton [1]

Bristol, Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton Bristol Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton, Bristol Glos [1]

Clifton, Bristol Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton, Bristol, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton, Bristol, England [1]

Stoneleigh House, Clifton, Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Major [5]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Commander [3]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Director [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private/signaller [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Surgeon [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Surgeon [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

1/7 Battalion Welsh (Cyclists) Regiment [1]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

4th Army Corps [1]

9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

D Sqdn 1st. Gloucs Hussars. [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

GOC 150th Brigade [1]

GOC East Anglian Reserve Infantry Brigade [1]

Gloucestershire Hussars [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Carmania [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS EGMONT [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hannibal [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Niobe [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Suffolk [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Ordnance Depot Havre [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marines [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

British Army [41]

Royal Navy [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [19]

S [19]

W [16]

M [14]

C [13]

T [12]

L [11]

P [11]

B [10]

G [10]

R [10]

D [9]

F [6]

A [5]

N [3]

J [2]

V [2]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [167]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

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People [173] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [93] Clifton, Bristol [41] Clifton Bristol [15] Clifton Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Clifton,Bristol. [5] Clifton Bristol, Somerset [2] Clifton Wood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bristol - Clifton [1] Bristol, Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Clifton Bristol Gloucestershire [1] Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Clifton, Bristol Glos [1] Clifton, Bristol Gloucestershire [1] Clifton, Bristol, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Clifton, Bristol, England [1] Stoneleigh House, Clifton, Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [13] Captain [9] Lieutenant [8] Major [5] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Commander [3] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Director [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Private/signaller [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Surgeon [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Surgeon [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 1/7 Battalion Welsh (Cyclists) Regiment [1] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 4th Army Corps [1] 9th Gurkha Rifles [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] D Sqdn 1st. Gloucs Hussars. [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] GOC 150th Brigade [1] GOC East Anglian Reserve Infantry Brigade [1] Gloucestershire Hussars [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Carmania [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS EGMONT [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hannibal [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Niobe [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Suffolk [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Ordnance Depot Havre [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marines [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] British Army [41] Royal Navy [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [19] S [19] W [16] M [14] C [13] T [12] L [11] P [11] B [10] G [10] R [10] D [9] F [6] A [5] N [3] J [2] V [2] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [167] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Egypt [1] India [1]

David Wylie Rintoul

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Field Ambulance

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Stanley George Cooper

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 200720 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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William Henry George

Born 1867

Died 1918

British Army 370081 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Henry Dumbleton

Born 1898

Died 1979

Royal Navy J64585

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Robert Edward Glanville

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 298519 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/507333 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Edward Bush Hartnell

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Claude Wreford Wreford-Brown

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frederick George Davis

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 133198 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Cecil Irby Prowse

Born 1866

Died 1916

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

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Claude Congreve Dobson

Born 1885

Died 1940

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral

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Walter Henry Charles Cave

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion attached to 1st Battalion

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F A Jones

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South African Infantry 4th Regiment. Formerly Welsh Regiment

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Dorothea Mary Lynette Crewdson

Born 1886

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Le Treport

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Wimereux

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Etaples

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Gerard William Hodgkinson

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army Lieutenant East African Mounted Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Westminster Dragoons

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Edward Aubrey Guy Wilkinson

Born 1876

Died 1957

Royal Navy Surgeon Lieutenant Commander HMS EGMONT

Royal Navy Staff Surgeon HMS IRON DUKE

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John Ernest Bush

Born 1859

Died 1943

British Army Brigadier General GOC 150th Brigade

British Army Brigadier General GOC East Anglian Reserve Infantry Brigade

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Thomas Norman Hunt

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1991 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 1991 Private/signaller D Sqdn 1st. Gloucs Hussars.

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Francis Julian Audley Mackworth

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Wharton Shaw

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176158

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Frederick Harding

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297736

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