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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]

Clarence Wilfred Waudby

Born 1895

Died 1929

British Army 2440 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2/2nd 2nd North Midland Field Ambulance 59th Div

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Alonzo Sellears

Born 1898

Died 1976

British Army G/29216 Private East Kent Regiment

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Samuel Andrew Humberston

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 71110 Private Royal Defence Corps 157th Company

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Arthur Mackness

Born 1868

Died 1953

British Army 2047 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285488 Private 2nd Class 86 Wing 166/167 Squadrons

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Sydney Warner

Born 1894

Died 1953

British Army 10/23715 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army G/18256 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Arthur William Baguley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1896 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 522415 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Victor Lacey

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 150801 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Edward Mullins

Born 1882

Australian Imperial Force Sick Berth Steward Chief Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy

Australian Imperial Force 1606 Sick Berth Steward 1st Class Royal Australian Navy HMAS 'Sydney'

Australian Imperial Force 1606 Sick Berth Steward 1st Class Royal Australian Navy

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William Henry Foster

Born 1895

British Army 2453 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1/2 North Midland Field Ambulance

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Walter Linton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6183 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202298 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

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Frank Bayes

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army T/278326 Driver Army Service Corps

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Catherine Ball

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment 104th Nottinghamshire

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Alfred William Hopkins

Born 1879

Died 1964

British Army 204610 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Thomas Guilford

Born 1880

Died 1966

British Army M/304 Private Army Service Corps

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James W Blastock

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3461 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 266370 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Henry Clarke Almey

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6084 Private Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion

British Army 6084 Private Connaught Rangers

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George Morton

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3258 Private Royal Marines Medical Unit Deal

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Elijah Arthur Embling

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 9309 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Anderson Lempriere

Born 1867

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 7th Dragoon Guards

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William Mountain

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 10671 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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