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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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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]

Archibald Thomas William Hyde

Born 1884

Died 1933

British Army 202239 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 202239 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Bromley

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army M2/221806 Private Army Service Corps

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Harold Mackness

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 11266 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 3rd Battalion

British Army 5230 Private Leicestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112316 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Tom Davenport

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 20441 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Bn.

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Frederick Arthur Manning

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3577 Private Leicestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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William Vincent Branson

Born 1892

Died 1945

British Army 6379 Corporal 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6377 Corporal 1st Dragoon Guards

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Fred Gustavus Tunnicliffe

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army C/851 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/851 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/851 Lance-Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Oliver Bernard Ellis

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Sub Lieutenant

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Arthur Cecil Small

Born 1884

Died 1971

British Army 3986 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200996 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200996 Sgt Leicester Regt 6th Battalion

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Arthur Mackness

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army 108289 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 108289 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No.12 AA Mobile Battery

British Army 108289 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No.50 AA Company

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Tom Parker

Born 1882

Died 1962

British Army 6558 Lance Corporal The Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6558 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 6558 The Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Gerald Norman Screaton

Born 1892

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/32 Lieutenant Auckland Regiment Infantry Battalion

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Reginald William Horton

Died 1918

British Army 15/477 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/477 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/477 Sergeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion

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Edwin Walter Austin

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy K61 Stoker Class II HMS London Channel Fleet

Royal Navy K61 Stoker Class I HMS London Channel Fleet

Royal Navy K61 Stoker Class I HMS Pembroke II Chatham, Kent

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Frank Gulson

Born 1884

Died 1963

British Army 29897 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Ernest Brice

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Warren

Born 1869

Died 1923

British Army 117392 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 290582 Private Labour Corps

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Samuel Collis Harding

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2653 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Tank Corps F Battalion

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Frank Brown

Born 1899

Died 1969

British Army 40952 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 94524 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 94524 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion 9th Brigade

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William Simpkin Jarvis

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army STK/2292 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1st Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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