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Leicester, Leicestershire [1774]

Leicester [1260]

Leicester England [297]

Leicester, Leicestershire, England [110]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [47]

Belgrave, Leicester [17]

Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire [15]

Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [14]

Leicester,Leicestershire [13]

Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire [12]

Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire [11]

Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [11]

Humberstone, Leicester, Leicestershire [10]

Leicester Leicestershire [10]

Near Leicester, Leicestershire [6]

Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire [6]

Knighton, Leicester [5]

Market Harborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Saint Marks, Leicester [5]

Wigston Magna, Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Coalville, Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Highfields, Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Hugglescote, Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Leicester, England [4]

Leicester, Lincolnshire [4]

Rothley, Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Saint Margarets, Leicester [4]

Anstey, Leicester [3]

Clarendon Park, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Earl Shilton, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

East Leicester [3]

Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Fleckney, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Glenfield, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Ibstock, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Long Clawson, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Sileby, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

St Margaret's, Leicester [3]

St Marks, Leicester [3]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester [2]

Aylestone Park, Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Aylestone, Leicester [2]

Barwell, Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Billesdon, Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Birstall, Leicester [2]

Blaby, Leicester [2]

Cosby, Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [328]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Able Seaman [36]

Corporal [36]

Lance Corporal [32]

Gunner [29]

Serjeant [27]

Lieutenant [24]

Captain [22]

Ordinary Seaman [22]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Driver [12]

Sergeant [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Rifleman [11]

Leading Seaman [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Major [8]

Sapper [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Bombardier [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Private 2nd Class [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Drummer [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Mechanician [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Able Seamn [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [136]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

London Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Marine Artillery [15]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Corps of Hussars [11]

Labour Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Coldstream Guards [8]

HMS QUEEN MARY [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

HMS Good Hope [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

HMS CANADA [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1746]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1318]

British Army [471]

Australian Imperial Force [295]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [544]

S [382]

W [365]

H [357]

C [333]

M [248]

G [231]

P [217]

T [183]

R [149]

A [128]

D [127]

L [127]

F [113]

J [100]

K [88]

E [82]

N [75]

O [32]

I [16]

V [15]

U [12]

Q [6]

Y [6]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3787]

Merchant Navy [108]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [183]

India [5]

Canada [3]

Germany [2]

Australia [1]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Leicester, Leicestershire [1774] Leicester [1260] Leicester England [297] Leicester, Leicestershire, England [110] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [47] Belgrave, Leicester [17] Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire [15] Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [14] Leicester,Leicestershire [13] Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire [12] Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire [11] Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [11] Humberstone, Leicester, Leicestershire [10] Leicester Leicestershire [10] Near Leicester, Leicestershire [6] Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire [6] Knighton, Leicester [5] Market Harborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Saint Marks, Leicester [5] Wigston Magna, Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Coalville, Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Highfields, Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Hugglescote, Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Leicester, England [4] Leicester, Lincolnshire [4] Rothley, Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Saint Margarets, Leicester [4] Anstey, Leicester [3] Clarendon Park, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Earl Shilton, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] East Leicester [3] Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Fleckney, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Glenfield, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Ibstock, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Long Clawson, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Sileby, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] St Margaret's, Leicester [3] St Marks, Leicester [3] Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester [2] Aylestone Park, Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Aylestone, Leicester [2] Barwell, Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Billesdon, Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Birstall, Leicester [2] Blaby, Leicester [2] Cosby, Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [328] Second Lieutenant [42] Able Seaman [36] Corporal [36] Lance Corporal [32] Gunner [29] Serjeant [27] Lieutenant [24] Captain [22] Ordinary Seaman [22] Stoker 1st Class [21] Driver [12] Sergeant [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Rifleman [11] Leading Seaman [9] Acting Corporal [8] Major [8] Sapper [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Bombardier [4] Deck Hand [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Leading Stoker [4] Private 2nd Class [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Drummer [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Mechanician [2] Petty Officer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Able Seamn [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [136] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Army Service Corps [16] London Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Marine Artillery [15] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Leicestershire Yeomanry [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Corps of Hussars [11] Labour Corps [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [11] Royal Naval Reserve [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Coldstream Guards [8] HMS QUEEN MARY [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Canadian Infantry [6] HMS Good Hope [6] HMS IRON DUKE [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] HMS CANADA [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] HMS BULWARK [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1746] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1318] British Army [471] Australian Imperial Force [295] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [544] S [382] W [365] H [357] C [333] M [248] G [231] P [217] T [183] R [149] A [128] D [127] L [127] F [113] J [100] K [88] E [82] N [75] O [32] I [16] V [15] U [12] Q [6] Y [6] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3787] Merchant Navy [108] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [183] India [5] Canada [3] Germany [2] Australia [1] Jersey [1]

Harry Hancock

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army C990 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C990 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

British Army C990 Lance Corporal Kings Royal Rifle Corps

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Walter York

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army

British Army C358 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

British Army C358 Lance Corporal Kings Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

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William Harold Ball

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army Sergeant

British Army 18202 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Batallion

British Army Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Oliver Johnson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 204908 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George H Holland

Born 1885

Died 1947

British Army 6173 Corporal Lancers

British Army 494079 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 6173 Lance Corporal 17th Lancers

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Reginald William Arnold

Born 1897

Died 1949

British Army 724 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 610073 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 20th Brigade

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Samuel Charles Mace

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 6762 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 6762 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Frank Bates

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 17003 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Bn.

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Albert G Warren

Born 1894

Died 1950

British Army 16652 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 16652 Private Leicestershires

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John Alma Clarkson

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army 7422 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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Don Alphonso Humberston

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 5832 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5832 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5832 Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alma Humberston

Born 1861

Died 1934

British Army 4645 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 4645 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army 4645 Corporal Coldstream Guards

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Hubert Spencer Baxter

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment Attached Cheshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 1872 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Shirley Greasley

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 3018 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 3018 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1/4 leicest Battalion

British Army 3018 Private Leicestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Jacob Hardy Smith

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

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Samuel George William Andrew

Born 1896

Died 1984

British Army T4/24507 Driver Army Service Corps

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Edward Maurice Atkins

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 104 Field Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Samuel Frederick Lennard

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2331 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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James P H Cooper

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army 5370 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Henry Sutton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 201487 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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