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Ellesmere, Shropshire [61]

Ellesmere, Shropshire, England [8]

Hordley, Ellesmere, Shropshire [3]

Dudleston Heath, Ellesmere, Shropshire [2]

Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Criftins, Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Duddleston Heath, nr Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Dudleston Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Dudleston, Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Ellesmere Shropshire England [1]

Ellesmere, Shropshire, North Wales [1]

Hordley, Nr. Ellesmere, Shropshire, England [1]

Myddle, Ellesmere,Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1]

4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

Hereford Regiment [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [1]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Rifle Dragoons [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

British Army [25]

Royal Navy [25]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [12]

J [9]

P [9]

B [8]

W [7]

D [6]

E [6]

C [5]

M [4]

S [4]

F [3]

G [3]

O [2]

T [2]

Y [2]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [72]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [84] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ellesmere, Shropshire [61] Ellesmere, Shropshire, England [8] Hordley, Ellesmere, Shropshire [3] Dudleston Heath, Ellesmere, Shropshire [2] Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Criftins, Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Duddleston Heath, nr Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Dudleston Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Dudleston, Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Ellesmere Shropshire England [1] Ellesmere, Shropshire, North Wales [1] Hordley, Nr. Ellesmere, Shropshire, England [1] Myddle, Ellesmere,Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [16] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1] 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Goliath [1] Hereford Regiment [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [1] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Rifle Dragoons [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Staffordshire Yeomanry [1] Tank Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] British Army [25] Royal Navy [25] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [12] J [9] P [9] B [8] W [7] D [6] E [6] C [5] M [4] S [4] F [3] G [3] O [2] T [2] Y [2] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [72] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Charles Boyling

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 4515 Private Royal Rifle Dragoons

British Army 3221 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Ben Hughes

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 19806 Private Cheshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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John Alfred Jones

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 7219 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Bn.

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Edward Nelson Coles

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12418 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy Ply./12418 Private HMS Goliath Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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George Harry

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265673

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John Morris

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141421

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Harry Hassall

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282149

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Thomas Godwin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 201254 Private 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion.

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Dick Griffiths

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11568

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Thomas Jones

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265434

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Samuel Jones

Born 1890

Died 1923

British Army 83562 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 83562 Sapper Royal Engineers Bedford S.D.

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Thomas Henry Edge

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145473

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Richard Cartwright

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269672

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Ernest Edward Yeomans

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 200658 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Richard Edwards

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 11865 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Edwin Speakman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3694 Private London Regiment

British Army 591564 Private London Regiment

British Army 591564 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Herbert Bowen

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 20962 Private Coldstream Guards

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James Edward Downward

Born 1899

Died 1987

British Army 279823 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 279823 Driver R.F.A.

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John Fletcher

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1099 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 50390 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 50390 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Henry Thomas Jones

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 33087 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 33087 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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