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Erdington, Warwickshire [52]

Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire [45]

Erdington Warwickshire [25]

Erdington Aston Warwickshire [3]

Chester Road, Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington Warwickshire [1]

Erdington , Warwickshire [1]

Erdington Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Erdington Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington, Aston , Warwickshire [1]

Erdington, Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington, Warwickshire, England [1]

Erdington,Birmingham, Warwickshire. [1]

Gravelly Hill Erdington Warwickshire [1]

Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

Nechells, Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

Wishaw, Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Gunner [5]

Driver [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieut then Lieut [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bugler [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Wireless Operator [1]

temp Lt Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps. [1]

Royal Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1]

Royal Highlanders Depot [1]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

S. Staffordshire [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Special Reserve [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

The Queens Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

British Army [54]

Royal Navy [15]

Last name first letter

S [22]

B [16]

C [13]

G [11]

H [11]

W [11]

M [9]

F [7]

L [7]

R [7]

D [6]

P [6]

T [6]

N [3]

A [1]

E [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [130]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

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People [139] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Erdington, Warwickshire [52] Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire [45] Erdington Warwickshire [25] Erdington Aston Warwickshire [3] Chester Road, Erdington, Warwickshire [1] Erdington Warwickshire [1] Erdington , Warwickshire [1] Erdington Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Erdington Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Erdington, Aston , Warwickshire [1] Erdington, Aston, Warwickshire [1] Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [1] Erdington, Warwickshire, England [1] Erdington,Birmingham, Warwickshire. [1] Gravelly Hill Erdington Warwickshire [1] Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire [1] Nechells, Erdington, Warwickshire [1] Wishaw, Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [34] Gunner [5] Driver [4] Lieutenant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Lance Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieut then Lieut [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Bugler [1] CERA 2c [1] Corporal [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Wireless Operator [1] temp Lt Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Monarch [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Merchant Navy [1] Military Foot Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps. [1] Royal Army Service Corps Transport [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillery Transport [1] Royal Highlanders Depot [1] Royal Marines Medical Unit [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] S. Staffordshire [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Special Reserve [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1] The Queens Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] British Army [54] Royal Navy [15]

Last name first letter

S [22] B [16] C [13] G [11] H [11] W [11] M [9] F [7] L [7] R [7] D [6] P [6] T [6] N [3] A [1] E [1] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [130] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Francis Joseph Murphy

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12564 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Joseph Gallett

Born 1899

Died 1959

British Army 28653 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Henry Walter Featherstone

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Butler

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198658

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Thomas Edwin Greatrex

Born 1887

Died 1928

British Army G/23324 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 10 Battalion

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Henry Arthur Matthews

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 95728 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest William Cugley

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army 4094 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Rabin

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 43487 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Davies Featherstone

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery D Battery 77th Army Brigade

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Alfred Ward

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7032 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Henry Ward

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1733 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battallion

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Charles Noel Clayton

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 13606 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th Battalion.

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Frederick Smith

Born 1888

British Army 36743 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Horace Harold Willis Gray

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy Wireless Operator Merchant Navy

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William Rabone

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20349 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Frank Spencer

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 9093 Private Coldstream Guards

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William Skinner

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army B3203 Private Rifle Brigade

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John Bernard Dale

Born 1892

Died 1946

British Army 10030 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Clifford Percy Neville Guest

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 2244 Bugler Royal Army Medical Corps. 304th South Midland Field Ambulance

British Army Private The Queens Regiment 53rd (YS) Battalion

British Army G/14323 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Claude Richmond

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1118 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion 1st Battalion

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