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Dudley, Worcestershire [389]

Dudley, Staffordshire [196]

Dudley England [43]

Dudley [30]

Dudley New South Wales [26]

Dudley Worcestershire [8]

Dudley, Worcs [6]

Dudley Hill, Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Dudley Port, Staffordshire [3]

Dudley, Warwickshire [3]

Dudley, Worcestershire, England [3]

Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

DUDLEY WORCESTERSHIRE [2]

Dudley, Northumberland [2]

Dudley, Staffordshire, England [2]

Kates Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

Netherton, Dudley [2]

Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

3 Windsor Terrace, Dudley Road, Ventnor, I.W. [1]

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

Cradley, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

DUDLEY STAFFORDSHIRE [1]

Dudley Birmingham [1]

Dudley Castle England [1]

Dudley Port England [1]

Dudley Staffordshire England [1]

Dudley Wood, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley Worcs [1]

Dudley, [1]

Dudley, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Dudley, Leicestershire [1]

Dudley, Netherton, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley, New South Wales [1]

Dudley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Dudley, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire, [1]

Dudley, Staffs [1]

Dudley, West Midlands, England [1]

Dudley, Worcester [1]

Dudley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley, Yorkshire [1]

Dudley,Rowley Regis,Staffordshire. [1]

Dudley,Worcestershire. [1]

Dudley,Worcs. [1]

Eve Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Gornal Wood, Dudley [1]

Great Bridge, Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Hartshill Dudley [1]

Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [93]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Corporal [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Serjeant [7]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [4]

Sapper [4]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Sergeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Seargeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Motor Driver [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private (at start of war) [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Worcester Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Victory." [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

HMS 'Tiger' [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

Service

Royal Navy [386]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [178]

British Army [140]

Australian Imperial Force [73]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [95]

B [78]

W [74]

S [63]

P [60]

C [52]

R [45]

G [41]

M [39]

D [36]

T [35]

J [31]

L [30]

A [19]

F [19]

E [18]

N [15]

K [13]

O [9]

Y [5]

I [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [755]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

India [3]

Gibraltar [1]

Malta [1]

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People [780] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dudley, Worcestershire [389] Dudley, Staffordshire [196] Dudley England [43] Dudley [30] Dudley New South Wales [26] Dudley Worcestershire [8] Dudley, Worcs [6] Dudley Hill, Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Dudley Port, Staffordshire [3] Dudley, Warwickshire [3] Dudley, Worcestershire, England [3] Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire [3] Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [3] DUDLEY WORCESTERSHIRE [2] Dudley, Northumberland [2] Dudley, Staffordshire, England [2] Kates Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [2] Netherton, Dudley [2] Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [2] 3 Windsor Terrace, Dudley Road, Ventnor, I.W. [1] 6 Cross Street, Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Cradley, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] DUDLEY STAFFORDSHIRE [1] Dudley Birmingham [1] Dudley Castle England [1] Dudley Port England [1] Dudley Staffordshire England [1] Dudley Wood, Worcestershire [1] Dudley Worcs [1] Dudley, [1] Dudley, Blyth, Northumberland [1] Dudley, Leicestershire [1] Dudley, Netherton, Worcestershire [1] Dudley, New South Wales [1] Dudley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Dudley, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire [1] Dudley, Staffordshire, [1] Dudley, Staffs [1] Dudley, West Midlands, England [1] Dudley, Worcester [1] Dudley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Dudley, Yorkshire [1] Dudley,Rowley Regis,Staffordshire. [1] Dudley,Worcestershire. [1] Dudley,Worcs. [1] Eve Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Gornal Wood, Dudley [1] Great Bridge, Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Hartshill Dudley [1] Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [93] Stoker 1st Class [12] Corporal [8] Able Seaman [7] Serjeant [7] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [6] Leading Stoker [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [4] Sapper [4] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Sergeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Seargeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Motor Driver [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Private (at start of war) [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Royal Engineers [1] Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker First Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [36] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Monmouth [3] HMS Victory I [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Worcester Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Victory." [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] H.M.S. "Resolution." [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS 'Tiger' [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Colossus [1]

Service

Royal Navy [386] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [178] British Army [140] Australian Imperial Force [73] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [95] B [78] W [74] S [63] P [60] C [52] R [45] G [41] M [39] D [36] T [35] J [31] L [30] A [19] F [19] E [18] N [15] K [13] O [9] Y [5] I [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [755] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [48] India [3] Gibraltar [1] Malta [1]

George Frederick Round

Born 1884

Died 1970

British Army 11339 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 11339 Private (at start of war)

British Army 11339 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Batallion

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Ernest Attwell

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army R/29364 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Robert Leslie Taylor

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Officers' Cadet Corps

British Army 31504 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 12th Battalion

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Stephen Castle

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 7528 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army PS/7528 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army PS/7528 Private Royal Fusiliers

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James Ankers

Born 1894

Died 1931

British Army 14475 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 14475 Private Worcester Regiment 9th Battalion

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Basil Skidmore

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 3168 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 19760 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Martin O'connor, M.s.m.

Born 1888

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1085 Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1085 Serjeant Major Royal Air Force 41st Squadron.

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Leonard Pooler

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 201029 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 3109 Private Worcestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 201029 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Roland Or Rowland Baker

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 235123 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 235123 King's Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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Henry Or Harry Jones

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 4452 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7452 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st.Battalion

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Abraham Wilkinson

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 20134 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Francis Simms Brookbanks

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 5798 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 45145 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 16th Battalion

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Gleeson Edward Robinson

Born 1881

Died 1978

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Trench Mortar Battery in 17th Division

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Edwin Longmore

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 11858 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Noel Thomas Davies

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 27675 Private Worcestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Enoch J Gallier

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 38127 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Ewart Smith

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 1625 Private Worcestershire Regiment Territorial Force - G Company

British Army 1625 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/7th

British Army 1625 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1/7th

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Thomas Parkes

Born 1888

British Army 146445 Corporal Royal Engineers No 2nd OC Battalion

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Ezekiel Parkes

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 112582 Sapper Royal Engineers 179th Tunnelling Company

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William Horace Dimmock

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army GS/13033 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 13033 Private Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion

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