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Kingswinford, Staffordshire [32]

Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Kingswinford, Brockmoor, Staffordshire [1]

Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England [1]

Stafford, Kingswinford, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Captain [2]

Sapper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Senior Special Service Officer [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Warrant Mechanician [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [2]

5th Cavalry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Africa [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS CASTOR [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Cossack [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Jodhpur Lancers [1]

Oxfordshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Royal Navy [12]

British Army [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [7]

M [6]

P [5]

F [3]

H [3]

J [3]

N [2]

T [2]

A [1]

D [1]

L [1]

R [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [34]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [36] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kingswinford, Staffordshire [32] Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Kingswinford, Brockmoor, Staffordshire [1] Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England [1] Stafford, Kingswinford, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Captain [2] Sapper [2] Able Seaman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Senior Special Service Officer [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Warrant Mechanician [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [2] 5th Cavalry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Africa [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS CASTOR [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Cossack [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Victory [1] Jodhpur Lancers [1] Oxfordshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Royal Navy [12] British Army [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [7] M [6] P [5] F [3] H [3] J [3] N [2] T [2] A [1] D [1] L [1] R [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [34] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Charles Lloyd

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195453

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William Eugene Pitts

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32005 Boy 1st Class HMS CASTOR

Royal Navy J32005 Able Seaman HMS CASTOR

Royal Navy J32005 Ordinary Seaman HMS Castor

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Alfred Joseph Bate

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279545

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Wilfred Yeates Newland

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206352

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Albert Dennis Poultney

Born 1902

Royal Navy J82640

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Walter Worton

Born 1901

Royal Navy J90965

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Harold Purcell

Born 1900

Royal Navy F53059

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Harry Boraston

Born 1897

Royal Navy M15896

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Ernest William Jones

Born 1888

Royal Navy 310648

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Joel Farley

Born 1900

Royal Navy F50868

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Howard Arthur Friday

Born 1902

Royal Navy J87475

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Edward Homfrey Addenbrooke

Born 1846

British Army Gloucestershire Regiment 9th gloucest Battalion

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 9th gloucest Battalion

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William Henry Baker

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214620

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William Ernest Bennett

Born 1881

Royal Navy 292952 Mechanician HMS Africa

Royal Navy 292952 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cossack

Royal Navy 292952 Mechanician HMS Arethusa

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Ernest Reginald Moreton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247209

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James Allen Haden

Born 1878

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