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Hanley, Staffordshire [395]

Hanley, Staffordshire, England [16]

Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [13]

Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire [5]

Hanley Staffordshire [3]

Hanley,Staffordshire [2]

Northwood, Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

104, Bucknall Road, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cheltow Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Cobridge, Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Greville Street, Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

HANLEY STOKE ON TRENT STAFFORDSHIRE [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire, [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire. [1]

Hanley, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Hanley, Stoke, Staffordshire [1]

Hanley,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire [1]

Trentham near Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [61]

Able Seaman [8]

Sapper [7]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Gunner [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Guardsman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Driver [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant (T) [1]

:Lance Corporal [1]

A/ S. Sergeant [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Electrician 3rd Class [1]

Electrician 4th Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Segeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

2/19th Punjabis [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps attached Lancers [1]

Army Vetinary Corps [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Coal Industry [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Empress of India [1]

HMS Forth [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Glatton [1]

HMS Hebe [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS LION [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170]

Royal Navy [168]

British Army [93]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [61]

H [50]

S [42]

W [36]

C [34]

M [29]

P [26]

R [26]

G [22]

T [17]

D [15]

F [15]

J [15]

L [15]

A [12]

E [12]

O [9]

N [7]

K [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [417]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Hanley, Staffordshire [395] Hanley, Staffordshire, England [16] Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [13] Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire [5] Hanley Staffordshire [3] Hanley,Staffordshire [2] Northwood, Hanley, Staffordshire [2] 104, Bucknall Road, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cheltow Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Cobridge, Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Greville Street, Hanley, Staffordshire [1] HANLEY STOKE ON TRENT STAFFORDSHIRE [1] Hanley, Staffordshire, [1] Hanley, Staffordshire. [1] Hanley, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Hanley, Stoke, Staffordshire [1] Hanley,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire [1] Trentham near Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [61] Able Seaman [8] Sapper [7] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Gunner [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Guardsman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Driver [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant (T) [1] :Lance Corporal [1] A/ S. Sergeant [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Electrician 2nd Class [1] Electrician 3rd Class [1] Electrician 4th Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Segeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Good Hope [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Welsh Guards [3] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 2/19th Punjabis [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps attached Lancers [1] Army Vetinary Corps [1] British Red Cross [1] Coal Industry [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Empress of India [1] HMS Forth [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Glatton [1] HMS Hebe [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS LION [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170] Royal Navy [168] British Army [93] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [61] H [50] S [42] W [36] C [34] M [29] P [26] R [26] G [22] T [17] D [15] F [15] J [15] L [15] A [12] E [12] O [9] N [7] K [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [417] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [31] India [1]

James Ernest Foxall

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 7996 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Thomas Scott

Died 1916

British Army 19494 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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John H Dickens

Died 1916

British Army 15416 Private Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

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Leonard James Tretheway

Born 1879

Died 1970

British Army 45807 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army F/23507 A/ S. Sergeant Army Service Corps Forage Dept

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Harry Robson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169443

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James Weaver

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168509

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Wilson Reeves

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161045

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Leonard Parr

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278628

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Albert Sage

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197533

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Thomas Oakes

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282812

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William Henry Pointon

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265213

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Henry Edward Banks Brown

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286649

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William Chatterton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282442

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John King

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277693

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George Smith

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134322

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Albert Street

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293155

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Ernest Cooke

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296807

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John Ralph Wardle

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275932

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Rupert Lawrence Hammersley

Born 1893

Died 1919

Royal Navy J5015 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J5015 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J5015 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Edwin Rathbone

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305219

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