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Leamington, Warwickshire [176]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [71]

Leamington [18]

Leamington Spa [14]

Leamington England [10]

Leamington Spa England [3]

Leamington, Ontario [3]

Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [2]

Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire [2]

Leamington Spa, Warks [2]

Leamington Spa.Warwickshire [2]

Leamington Warwickshire [2]

Leamington, England [2]

Leamington, Warks [2]

Leamington, Warwick [2]

Milverton, Leamington [2]

All Saints, Leamington [1]

Ashorne, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Cubbington. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Ealthorpe, Leamington [1]

Easthorpe near Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Harbury, Leamington [1]

Kenilworth Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Leamington Cambridge [1]

Leamington Hastings [1]

Leamington On Tyne England [1]

Leamington Spa Warwickshire England New South Wales [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwichshire [1]

Leamington on Lyne, Northumberland [1]

Leamington, Hampshire [1]

Leamington, Hastings [1]

Leamington, Shropshire [1]

Leamington, Staffordshire [1]

Leamington, War [1]

Leamington, Warwicks [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire, England [1]

Leamington,Warwickshire [1]

Leamington,Warwickshire. [1]

Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Milverton, Leamington, Warks [1]

Near Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

New Milverton, Leamington [1]

Saint Johns Leamington [1]

St Pauls, Leamington [1]

St. Mary's, Leamington [1]

leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Captain [6]

Gunner [6]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Sapper [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Commander [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner 1st Class [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Private, promoted to Sargeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Officer [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

18th Hussars [1]

1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

64th Pioneers [1]

6B Reserve Brigade [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Dragoons attached Royal Engineers [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

HM Submarine K6 [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Coleen [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

Service

Royal Navy [179]

British Army [144]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47]

C [45]

H [31]

S [28]

W [23]

R [20]

T [19]

M [18]

F [17]

A [14]

P [13]

D [11]

J [11]

G [10]

L [9]

K [7]

E [6]

V [4]

O [3]

Y [3]

N [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Jersey [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [344] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leamington, Warwickshire [176] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [71] Leamington [18] Leamington Spa [14] Leamington England [10] Leamington Spa England [3] Leamington, Ontario [3] Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [2] Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire [2] Leamington Spa, Warks [2] Leamington Spa.Warwickshire [2] Leamington Warwickshire [2] Leamington, England [2] Leamington, Warks [2] Leamington, Warwick [2] Milverton, Leamington [2] All Saints, Leamington [1] Ashorne, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Cubbington. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Ealthorpe, Leamington [1] Easthorpe near Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Harbury, Leamington [1] Kenilworth Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Leamington Cambridge [1] Leamington Hastings [1] Leamington On Tyne England [1] Leamington Spa Warwickshire England New South Wales [1] Leamington Spa, Warwichshire [1] Leamington on Lyne, Northumberland [1] Leamington, Hampshire [1] Leamington, Hastings [1] Leamington, Shropshire [1] Leamington, Staffordshire [1] Leamington, War [1] Leamington, Warwicks [1] Leamington, Warwickshire, England [1] Leamington,Warwickshire [1] Leamington,Warwickshire. [1] Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Milverton, Leamington, Warks [1] Near Leamington, Warwickshire [1] New Milverton, Leamington [1] Saint Johns Leamington [1] St Pauls, Leamington [1] St. Mary's, Leamington [1] leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [81] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Captain [6] Gunner [6] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Sapper [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Commander [1] Cook's Mate [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner 1st Class [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Private, promoted to Sargeant [1] Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Officer [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Warwickshire Yeomanry [3] Army Service Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS New Zealand [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] 64th Pioneers [1] 6B Reserve Brigade [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Dragoons attached Royal Engineers [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] HM Submarine K6 [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Coleen [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1]

Service

Royal Navy [179] British Army [144] Australian Imperial Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47] C [45] H [31] S [28] W [23] R [20] T [19] M [18] F [17] A [14] P [13] D [11] J [11] G [10] L [9] K [7] E [6] V [4] O [3] Y [3] N [2] Q [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Canada [2] India [2] Jersey [1] South Africa [1]

Hugh William Rainbow

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 614181 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 614181 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

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William Crew Tremearne

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 538 Trooper King Edward's Horse

British Army Sergeant King Edward's Horse Cambridge University Troop

British Army 2477/3 Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Officer Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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George James King

Born 1876

Died 1920

British Army 5222 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 5222 Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Cecil Strachan Wood

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Herbert

Born 1884

Died 1963

British Army 240555 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2400555 Private, promoted to Sargeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment Royal Engineers

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Arthur Charles Curle

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 249 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Reginald Stanley Caldwell

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army G/24549 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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John Owen Iles

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment Attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Charles Heritage

Died 1918

British Army 20088 Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 4765 Private Royal Defence Corps 154th Protection Company

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Edgar Horace Reeve Toone

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 372306 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4881 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Sidney John Hale

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 940 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Clifford C Brayne

Born 1899

Died 1984

British Army 36328 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 49961 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 36328 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Philip Templer Furneaux

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion (8th Foot)

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment

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Gerald Curle

Born 1893

Died 1977

British Army Captain Adjutant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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William Henry Timms

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army T836914 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 286996 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph England

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 18886 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 18886 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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James Francis Bunn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 777 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 777 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Phillips

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 7 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Claude Du Pre Stansfeld Mauleverer Gowan Mauleverer

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Vanguard

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Richard Bradshaw

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 779 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 773 Private Seaforth Highlanders Second Battallion

British Army 779 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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