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Hereford, Herefordshire [281]

Herefordshire [157]

Ross, Herefordshire [103]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [85]

Leominster, Herefordshire [83]

Hereford, Herefordshire, England [52]

Kington, Herefordshire [41]

Bromyard, Herefordshire [36]

Herefordshire England [21]

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire [13]

Ross on Wye, Herefordshire [11]

Weobley, Herefordshire [9]

Bosbury, Herefordshire [8]

Pembridge, Herefordshire [8]

Leominster, Herefordshire, England [7]

Cradley, Herefordshire [6]

Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire [6]

Holmer, Herefordshire [6]

Kingsland, Herefordshire [6]

Kington, Herefordshire. [6]

Mordiford, Herefordshire [6]

Walford, Herefordshire [6]

Brimfield, Herefordshire [5]

Dilwyn, Herefordshire [5]

Dorstone, Herefordshire [5]

Linton, Herefordshire [5]

Much Marcle, Herefordshire [5]

Saint James, Herefordshire [5]

Woolhope, Herefordshire [5]

Colwall, Herefordshire [4]

Fownhope, Herefordshire [4]

Hoarwithy, Herefordshire [4]

Leintwardine, Herefordshire [4]

Stoke Edith, Herefordshire [4]

Strangford, Herefordshire, England [4]

Whitchurch, Herefordshire [4]

Withington, Herefordshire [4]

Yazor, Herefordshire [4]

Allensmore, Herefordshire [3]

Bishops Frome, Herefordshire [3]

Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire [3]

Eardisland, Herefordshire [3]

Hatfield, Herefordshire [3]

Hereford,Herefordshire [3]

Kingston, Herefordshire [3]

Lugwardine, Herefordshire [3]

Madley, Herefordshire [3]

Mathon, Herefordshire [3]

Near Hereford, Herefordshire [3]

Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire [3]

Rank

Private [256]

Corporal [29]

Lance Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [19]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Driver [12]

Sergeant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Captain [8]

Gunner [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major General [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Stoker [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

25711 [1]

2nd Class Waiter [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lt [1]

2nd.Lieutenant. [1]

A Mech 2/Private 1 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Admiral [1]

Unit

Herefordshire Regiment [71]

South Wales Borderers [45]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

London Regiment [8]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Pegasus [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [545]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [453]

British Army [379]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [162]

B [155]

W [142]

H [131]

M [110]

S [99]

C [95]

G [79]

D [75]

T [75]

L [62]

J [59]

R [49]

E [45]

F [32]

A [31]

K [21]

N [18]

V [15]

O [13]

I [6]

Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1344]

Merchant Navy [78]

Country

United Kingdom [168]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

South Africa [1]

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Hereford, Herefordshire [281] Herefordshire [157] Ross, Herefordshire [103] Ledbury, Herefordshire [85] Leominster, Herefordshire [83] Hereford, Herefordshire, England [52] Kington, Herefordshire [41] Bromyard, Herefordshire [36] Herefordshire England [21] Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire [13] Ross on Wye, Herefordshire [11] Weobley, Herefordshire [9] Bosbury, Herefordshire [8] Pembridge, Herefordshire [8] Leominster, Herefordshire, England [7] Cradley, Herefordshire [6] Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire [6] Holmer, Herefordshire [6] Kingsland, Herefordshire [6] Kington, Herefordshire. [6] Mordiford, Herefordshire [6] Walford, Herefordshire [6] Brimfield, Herefordshire [5] Dilwyn, Herefordshire [5] Dorstone, Herefordshire [5] Linton, Herefordshire [5] Much Marcle, Herefordshire [5] Saint James, Herefordshire [5] Woolhope, Herefordshire [5] Colwall, Herefordshire [4] Fownhope, Herefordshire [4] Hoarwithy, Herefordshire [4] Leintwardine, Herefordshire [4] Stoke Edith, Herefordshire [4] Strangford, Herefordshire, England [4] Whitchurch, Herefordshire [4] Withington, Herefordshire [4] Yazor, Herefordshire [4] Allensmore, Herefordshire [3] Bishops Frome, Herefordshire [3] Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire [3] Eardisland, Herefordshire [3] Hatfield, Herefordshire [3] Hereford,Herefordshire [3] Kingston, Herefordshire [3] Lugwardine, Herefordshire [3] Madley, Herefordshire [3] Mathon, Herefordshire [3] Near Hereford, Herefordshire [3] Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire [3]

Rank

Private [256] Corporal [29] Lance Corporal [24] Lieutenant [19] Serjeant [17] Sapper [15] Able Seaman [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Driver [12] Sergeant [10] Stoker 1st Class [10] Captain [8] Gunner [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [6] Acting Corporal [4] Leading Seaman [4] Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major General [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Stoker [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 25711 [1] 2nd Class Waiter [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lt [1] 2nd.Lieutenant. [1] A Mech 2/Private 1 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Wheeler Serjeant [1] Admiral [1]

Unit

Herefordshire Regiment [71] South Wales Borderers [45] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] Welsh Regiment [13] Shropshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] London Regiment [8] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Worcestershire Yeomanry [4] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Pegasus [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS LION [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS Vivid [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [545] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [453] British Army [379] Australian Imperial Force [24] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [162] B [155] W [142] H [131] M [110] S [99] C [95] G [79] D [75] T [75] L [62] J [59] R [49] E [45] F [32] A [31] K [21] N [18] V [15] O [13] I [6] Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1344] Merchant Navy [78]

Country

United Kingdom [168] Australia [1] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Germany [1] South Africa [1]

Harold Martin Alfred Powell

Born 1887

Died 1961

British Army 2389 Trooper Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Alfred Charles Maund

Born 1887

Died 1927

British Army 124799 Private Machine Gun Corps 270 Company

British Army 1687 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

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Israel Breakwell Maund

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army 14647 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 689889 Private Labour Corps

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William Thomas Simmons

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 361754 Private Labour Corps

British Army 1774 Private Herefordshire Regiment, Territorial Force

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Ernest Sidney Powell

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 8048 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8048 Private (Acting Corporal) South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 8048 Corporal South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Edward Maund

Born 1892

Died 1980

British Army 2793 Private Worcestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 34 Private Army Veterinary Corps 1/1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section

British Army TT/02164 Corporal Army Veterinary Corps 1/1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section

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Sidney Healey

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 2986 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 241167 Private Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion

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Guy Hatton Sugden

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West Riding Regiment 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion

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Walter Bradley

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 1332 Private Herefordshire Regiment 1st/1st Battalion

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George Henry Alias Harry Or Henry Meredith

Born 1889

British Army 19868 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 19868 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Royal Field Artillery

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Osborne John Oakley

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 238961 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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Charles Henry Phillips

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251959

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Ernest William Powell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 16053 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Howard Hill

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138039

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George Smith

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289605

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George Brimfield

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284947

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Alfred William Batten

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264236

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Conrad Lewis

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407206

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Richard Morgan

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405876

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Albert Edward Bough

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275294

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