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Dudley, Worcestershire [389]

Dudley Worcestershire [8]

Dudley, Worcestershire, England [3]

Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

DUDLEY WORCESTERSHIRE [2]

Kates Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

6 Cross Street, Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Cradley, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley Wood, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley, Netherton, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley,Worcestershire. [1]

Eve Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Quarry Bank Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Rowley Regis Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

St John's, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

St Thomas, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Wood Street Dudley Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Gunner [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant Major [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Worcester Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Resolution." [1]

HMS 'Tiger' [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Flirt [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Officers' Cadet Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [195]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168]

British Army [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [54]

H [50]

P [34]

W [34]

S [31]

C [23]

G [22]

R [22]

L [21]

M [21]

T [20]

D [16]

E [13]

J [13]

F [10]

K [10]

N [10]

A [8]

O [6]

Y [4]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [410]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

India [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Dudley, Worcestershire [389] Dudley Worcestershire [8] Dudley, Worcestershire, England [3] Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire [3] Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [3] DUDLEY WORCESTERSHIRE [2] Kates Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [2] 6 Cross Street, Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Cradley, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Dudley Wood, Worcestershire [1] Dudley, Netherton, Worcestershire [1] Dudley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Dudley,Worcestershire. [1] Eve Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Oldbury, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Quarry Bank Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Rowley Regis Dudley, Worcestershire [1] St John's, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] St Thomas, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Wood Street Dudley Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [37] Stoker 1st Class [9] Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Gunner [3] Leading Stoker [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant Major [3] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] HMS Good Hope [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Worcester Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Resolution." [1] HMS 'Tiger' [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Flirt [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Victory I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Officers' Cadet Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [195] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168] British Army [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [54] H [50] P [34] W [34] S [31] C [23] G [22] R [22] L [21] M [21] T [20] D [16] E [13] J [13] F [10] K [10] N [10] A [8] O [6] Y [4] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [410] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20] India [2] Gibraltar [1] Malta [1]

Charles Edward David Philpott

Born 1883

British Army 4943 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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George Albert Knott

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 28749 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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John Leonard Ludlow

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 48533 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Rowland Rowlands

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army A951 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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William Jones

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280610

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Thomas Anyon Sherratt

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4746 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 241597 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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William Brown

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 22/518 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 22nd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

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Charles Monks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5471

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John Hughes

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278691

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Frederick John James Levett

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298386

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Richard Cole

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 8925 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8925 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Benjamin Read

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166563

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Isaac Newey

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287697

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Charles Lawrence Corbett

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275174

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Edgar Lambeth James

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282144

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Wilfred George Williams

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5328

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Sidney Randolph White

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285625

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Albert Samuel Robinson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193686

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Sidney Rupert Hughes

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11493

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John Thomas Poultney

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262623

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