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Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [36]

Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9]

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England [1]

Greasley, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

New Eastwood, Greasley, Nottinghamshire [1]

New Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [7]

Lance Corporal [3]

2nd Lieutenant. [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant. [1]

Officer Cadet. [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corp. [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Special Reserve. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

British Army [11]

Last name first letter

W [10]

C [7]

P [7]

G [4]

H [3]

M [3]

A [2]

B [2]

J [2]

L [2]

N [2]

S [2]

K [1]

R [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [48]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [49] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [36] Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9] Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Greasley, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1] New Eastwood, Greasley, Nottinghamshire [1] New Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [7] Lance Corporal [3] 2nd Lieutenant. [1] 2nd Lieutenant. [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant. [1] Officer Cadet. [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corp. [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Special Reserve. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] British Army [11]

Last name first letter

W [10] C [7] P [7] G [4] H [3] M [3] A [2] B [2] J [2] L [2] N [2] S [2] K [1] R [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [48] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Frank Carvel Williamson

Born 1896

Royal Navy F40121

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Edgar Grass

Born 1890

Royal Navy K10728

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John William Purdy

Born 1898

Royal Navy K48816

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Cecil Rollin Vickers

Born 1878

Royal Navy M23036

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Herbert Moss

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS100059

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Aaron Hufton

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS108391

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John Watts

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS108388

Royal Navy RFR/B/6765 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy PO/SS/108388(RFR/B/6765) Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion

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Samuel Simpson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 302265

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Fred Hewitt

Born 1884

Royal Navy 365352

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Leonard Malley Worrell

Born 1898

Royal Navy SS120639

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Edwin Pearson

Born 1892

Royal Navy F23915

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Thomas Cooper Livermore

Born 1900

Royal Navy J83255

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Albert Williamson

Born 1899

Royal Navy K44351

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Samuel James

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS10270

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Herbert Maltby

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS105160

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Samuel Gregory

Born 1883

Royal Navy SS106936

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Frank Perrons

Born 1890

British Army 416 Gunner Machine Gun Corps Motor Machine Gun Section

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John Burrows

Born 1893

British Army 117445 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 52397 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Henry Allcock

Born 1884

Royal Navy 213469

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John Hudson Wilson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210437

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