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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]

Frederick Russell

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 9631 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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George Harold Watkinson

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army M-314600 Private Army Service Corps

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Arthur Donald Hunt

Born 1898

Died 1990

British Army 191613 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Tomlin

Born 1890

British Army 20023 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 242523 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Thomas Powell

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1939 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1939 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Leeson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2369 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Reginald Jinks Black

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41468 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41468 Bombardier 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery

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Benjamin Small

Born 1888

Died 1969

British Army 93161 Private Tank Corps

British Army 93161 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 93161 Private Tank Corps 'G' Battalion

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Joseph Micklewright

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5465 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ronald Howarth Roe

Born 1889

Died 1972

Royal Navy 27 Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Albert Gordon Smyth

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenent Royal Lancashire Regiment

British Army B23589 and 72189 Corporal Royal Fusiliers and Training Reserve Battalion 26th Battalion and Training Reserve Battalion

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George Charles Sawbridge

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 33139 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 33139 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Henry Rupert Sharman

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 18828 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Henry Broughton

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army TR8/6349 Private Training Reserve 12th Battalion

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John Boughton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 16580 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Henry Marshall

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army 8109 Private Shropshire Light Infantry Depot

British Army 8109 Private King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Charles James Spencer

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

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William Edgar Durrad

Born 1882

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Henry Douglas Neep

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 233998 Able Seaman HMS OPAL

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Richard Oswald Allen

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army PS/1557 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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