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Leamington, Warwickshire [176]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [71]

Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [2]

Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire [2]

Leamington Warwickshire [2]

Ashorne, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Cubbington. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Easthorpe near Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Kenilworth Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Leamington Spa Warwickshire England New South Wales [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire, England [1]

Leamington,Warwickshire [1]

Leamington,Warwickshire. [1]

Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Near Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [63]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Private, promoted to Sargeant [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [55]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

HM Submarine K6 [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Idaho [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Malaya [1]

HMS Mars [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Spitfire [1]

Indian Mountain Artillery [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Vindictive [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [164]

British Army [97]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34]

C [34]

S [26]

H [23]

T [16]

W [16]

R [14]

A [12]

M [12]

J [11]

P [10]

F [9]

L [9]

D [8]

G [7]

K [7]

E [4]

O [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

N [2]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [259]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [2]

Jersey [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [265] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leamington, Warwickshire [176] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [71] Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [2] Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire [2] Leamington Warwickshire [2] Ashorne, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Cubbington. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Easthorpe near Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Kenilworth Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Leamington Spa Warwickshire England New South Wales [1] Leamington, Warwickshire, England [1] Leamington,Warwickshire [1] Leamington,Warwickshire. [1] Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Near Leamington, Warwickshire [1] leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [63] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [6] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Brevet Major [1] Chaplain [1] Cook's Mate [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Private, promoted to Sargeant [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wing Commander [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [55] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS New Zealand [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] HM Submarine K6 [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Idaho [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Malaya [1] HMS Mars [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Spitfire [1] Indian Mountain Artillery [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Vindictive [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [164] British Army [97] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34] C [34] S [26] H [23] T [16] W [16] R [14] A [12] M [12] J [11] P [10] F [9] L [9] D [8] G [7] K [7] E [4] O [3] V [3] Y [3] N [2] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [259] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [2] Jersey [1] South Africa [1]

John George Coleman

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 47310 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Parsons

Born 1891

Royal Navy M11884 Armourer's Crew HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy M11884 Wireman 2nd Class HMS New Zealand

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Edward James Heath

Born 1875

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426902

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Frank Stephen Blunt

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy F37955

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Sydney Markham Thompson

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92293 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

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Sidney George Smith

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 614273 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Arthur Oliver Fidoe

Died 1917

British Army 266884 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert Leonard Cleaver

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army 240050 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 2184 Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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George Jennings

Died 1916

British Army 92866 Sapper Royal Engineers 213th Army Troops Coy

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William Gladstone Cleaver

Born 1886

Royal Navy 221196 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 221196 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 221196 Ordinary Seaman HMS Mars

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George Henry Cobb

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 1611 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Cyril Blackham

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 513 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Benjamin Nolan

Died 1915

British Army 357 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Albert Key

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 13317 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Cecil Bernard Orange

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18276 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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William Matthew Osborne

Died 1914

British Army 2229 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Charles Hayward

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 267962 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion

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John Chapman

Died 1915

British Army 164 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 164 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Edward Chapman

Died 1916

British Army 9950 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Frederick Coates

Died 1915

British Army 306 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 306 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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