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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]

Walter Henry Scott

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 199 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 500121 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Martin

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11678 Private Leicestershire Regiment 8th Bn.

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William Bernard Bagshaw

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army 6918 Serjeant Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) 1st, 2nd & 7th Battalions

British Army 6918 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 3rd, Pioneer 1/8th & Depot Battalions

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John Thomas Byrne

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 2908 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Sidney Feltham Bull

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1142

Australian Imperial Force 6040 Private Australian Infantry 19th Battalion

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Frank Ernest Ward

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5837 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372917 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Commons

Born 1885

Died 1971

British Army 3832 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 3832 Private 4th Cavalry Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Disney

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 25362 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Ernest William Gunby

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 11484 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 11484 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Albert Ernest Jarvis

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 8611 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Frederick Lakin

Died 1915

British Army 1798 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ronald Carnley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Leic Regt Territorial Force

British Army Captain Leic Regt Territorial Force

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George Arthur Freestone

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/307681 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert E Renyard

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42386 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Alfred Timson

Died 1918

British Army 40985 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 235648 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Archibald Joseph Higgins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3303 Private London Regiment

British Army 351120 Private London Regiment

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Ernest Hollowood

Died 1918

British Army 231023 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Harry Pollard

Died 1918

British Army 28183 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 28183 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Frank Sawbridge

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 43568 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Spurrett Fielding Johnson

Born 1892

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment Fresenberg Ridge

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps 56 Squadron

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