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Handsworth, Staffordshire [156]

Handsworth Staffordshire [7]

Handsworth, Staffordshire, England [3]

Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3]

150, Somerset Road, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Handsworth, Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Handsworth,Staffordshire [1]

West Bromwich, Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Bombadier [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Acting Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

21st Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. 'Juno' [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Locust [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

Welsh Guards [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

British Army [39]

Last name first letter

H [19]

P [17]

B [16]

S [16]

G [13]

C [11]

F [11]

T [11]

W [10]

D [9]

J [8]

L [6]

M [6]

E [5]

R [5]

A [3]

V [3]

N [2]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [164]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Handsworth, Staffordshire [156] Handsworth Staffordshire [7] Handsworth, Staffordshire, England [3] Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3] 150, Somerset Road, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Handsworth, Birmingham, Staffordshire [1] Handsworth,Staffordshire [1] West Bromwich, Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [20] Second Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Bombadier [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Acting Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Royal Flying Corps [3] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] 21st Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. 'Juno' [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Locust [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] King Edward's Horse [1] Leicestershire Yeomanry [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] Territorial Force Nursing Service [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] Welsh Guards [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] British Army [39]

Last name first letter

H [19] P [17] B [16] S [16] G [13] C [11] F [11] T [11] W [10] D [9] J [8] L [6] M [6] E [5] R [5] A [3] V [3] N [2] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [164] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [1]

Benjamin Charles Sanders

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229020

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Norman Blackburn Brearley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Herbert Samuel Wakelin

Died 1915

British Army 719 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Harry Clayton Nock

Born 1899

Died 1940

Royal Navy L8883

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Samuel Ernest Hinitt

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267424

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Bertrand Frederick Brueton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230159

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William Frederick Williams

Born 1894

British Army 4194 Guardsman Welsh Guards

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Lawrence Henley Lycett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment Attached 4th Battalion

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Alfred Mitchell

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163490

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Frank Chamberlain Lund

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299401

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Albert Edward Darby

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307056

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Charles William Richardson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12284

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Charles Edward Freeman

British Army 1118 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Rupert Glydon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1191 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Frederick Shale

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202962 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial.

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Harry Alfred Pattman

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Frederick Charles Bladon Lloyd

Born 1880

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

British Army Petty Officer Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Edwin Lewis Jones

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8416

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George Tovey

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134399

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Geoffrey Francis Scollick

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192858

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