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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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People [447] Stories Communities

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]

William Poole

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS113647

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George Chawner

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS113645

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William Barlow

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS115487

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Joseph William Walker

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS125782

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Thomas Henry Bailey

Born 1882

Royal Navy 203686

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Albert Percy Richards

Born 1882

Royal Navy 205829

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Alfred Agustus Simpson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 208275

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Charles Williams

Born 1886

Royal Navy 215344

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Harold George Stanway

Born 1884

Royal Navy 218083

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James Matthews

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS111664 Stoker 1st Class HMS Princess Royal

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Joseph Wilson

Born 1897

Royal Navy J35012 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Thomas Heaton

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS1492 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Fred Simpson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230364

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Frank Hayes

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237484

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John Cresswell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260653

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Sidney George Heath

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401443

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Harold Hughes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184458

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Edward Frank Edwards

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5267

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Joseph Bamford Matthias

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269350

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Benjamin Smith

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17050 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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