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Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [117]

Edgbaston, Warwickshire [42]

Edgbaston Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England [3]

Rank

Private [7]

Captain [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Major [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Commandant [1]

Corporal [1]

Instructor Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Naval Instructor [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

98th Squadron [1]

Beaconswood Aux Hospital [1]

Canadian Infantry - Saskatchewan Regiment [1]

GOC 51st Infantry Brigade [1]

HMS LION [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment attached Cadet School, General Headquarters [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130]

British Army [19]

Royal Navy [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [17]

W [17]

S [14]

T [13]

C [12]

L [11]

M [11]

H [10]

J [8]

P [8]

A [7]

G [7]

E [5]

F [5]

R [5]

D [4]

I [3]

N [3]

K [2]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [158]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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People [165] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [117] Edgbaston, Warwickshire [42] Edgbaston Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England [3]

Rank

Private [7] Captain [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Major [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Commandant [1] Corporal [1] Instructor Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant [1] Major (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Naval Instructor [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] 98th Squadron [1] Beaconswood Aux Hospital [1] Canadian Infantry - Saskatchewan Regiment [1] GOC 51st Infantry Brigade [1] HMS LION [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Sussex Regiment attached Cadet School, General Headquarters [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130] British Army [19] Royal Navy [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [17] W [17] S [14] T [13] C [12] L [11] M [11] H [10] J [8] P [8] A [7] G [7] E [5] F [5] R [5] D [4] I [3] N [3] K [2] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [158] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

Frederick Sanders

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2099 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Eastwood

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194958

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William George Lynes

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54066

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Percy Tolley Robeson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165628

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William Moody

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146639

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Albert Horace Imeson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402169

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Harry James

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135135

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William Bird

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191322

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Luke Cornelius Rutter

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275920

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George Yoxall

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253120

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Harry Crighton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405438

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Charles Poyner

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147383

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J P C Greenhall

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60988

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Harry Jones

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288620

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Leonard James Payne

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280806

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William George Will

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120632

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Charles Victor Shorthouse

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78627

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Otto Ernest Augustus Adolphus

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army PS/9438 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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William John Lancaster

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 86216 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Arthur Grant

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292597

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