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Leicester, Leicestershire [1774]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [308]

Leicestershire [298]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [150]

Hinckley, Leicestershire [111]

Leicester, Leicestershire, England [110]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [90]

Leicestershire England [50]

Coalville, Leicestershire [49]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [47]

Lutterworth, Leicestershire [31]

Belgrave, Leicestershire [29]

Whitwick, Leicestershire [20]

Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [19]

Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [17]

Barwell, Leicestershire [15]

Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire [15]

Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [14]

Castle Donington, Leicestershire [14]

Enderby, Leicestershire [14]

Earl Shilton, Leicestershire [13]

Leicester,Leicestershire [13]

Shepshed, Leicestershire [13]

Billesdon, Leicestershire [12]

Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire [12]

Wigston, Leicestershire [12]

Ibstock, Leicestershire [11]

Kegworth, Leicestershire [11]

Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire [11]

Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [11]

Quorn, Leicestershire [11]

Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire [11]

Syston, Leicestershire [11]

Wigston Magna, Leicestershire [11]

Humberstone, Leicester, Leicestershire [10]

Knighton, Leicestershire [10]

Leicester Leicestershire [10]

Sileby, Leicestershire [10]

Blaby, Leicestershire [9]

Loughborough, Leicestershire, England [9]

Thurmaston, Leicestershire [9]

Aylestone, Leicestershire [8]

Anstey, Leicestershire [7]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [7]

Burbage, Leicestershire [7]

Oadby, Leicestershire [7]

Saint Margarets, Leicestershire [7]

Hathern, Leicestershire [6]

Nuneaton, Leicestershire [6]

Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire [6]

Rank

Private [317]

Corporal [44]

Second Lieutenant [43]

Lieutenant [38]

Lance Corporal [37]

Serjeant [28]

Able Seaman [27]

Gunner [25]

Captain [24]

Sapper [17]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Sergeant [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Rifleman [10]

Driver [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Leading Stoker [6]

Boy Telegraphist [5]

Civilian [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Private 2nd Class [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chaplain [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Reverend [2]

Signalman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [130]

Royal Engineers [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Marine Artillery [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Coldstream Guards [7]

HMS CANADA [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

HMS Good Hope [5]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

HMS BULWARK [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Reserve (Home) [2]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2118]

Royal Navy [1573]

British Army [480]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [15]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [611]

S [436]

W [391]

H [384]

C [334]

M [293]

P [255]

G [227]

T [198]

D [173]

A [163]

R [154]

L [153]

F [137]

J [92]

K [91]

E [85]

N [84]

O [45]

V [19]

I [18]

U [12]

Y [9]

Q [6]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4187]

Merchant Navy [142]

Country

United Kingdom [227]

India [7]

France [3]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Leicester, Leicestershire [1774] Loughborough, Leicestershire [308] Leicestershire [298] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [150] Hinckley, Leicestershire [111] Leicester, Leicestershire, England [110] Market Harborough, Leicestershire [90] Leicestershire England [50] Coalville, Leicestershire [49] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [47] Lutterworth, Leicestershire [31] Belgrave, Leicestershire [29] Whitwick, Leicestershire [20] Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [19] Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [17] Barwell, Leicestershire [15] Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire [15] Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [14] Castle Donington, Leicestershire [14] Enderby, Leicestershire [14] Earl Shilton, Leicestershire [13] Leicester,Leicestershire [13] Shepshed, Leicestershire [13] Billesdon, Leicestershire [12] Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire [12] Wigston, Leicestershire [12] Ibstock, Leicestershire [11] Kegworth, Leicestershire [11] Knighton, Leicester, Leicestershire [11] Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [11] Quorn, Leicestershire [11] Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire [11] Syston, Leicestershire [11] Wigston Magna, Leicestershire [11] Humberstone, Leicester, Leicestershire [10] Knighton, Leicestershire [10] Leicester Leicestershire [10] Sileby, Leicestershire [10] Blaby, Leicestershire [9] Loughborough, Leicestershire, England [9] Thurmaston, Leicestershire [9] Aylestone, Leicestershire [8] Anstey, Leicestershire [7] Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [7] Burbage, Leicestershire [7] Oadby, Leicestershire [7] Saint Margarets, Leicestershire [7] Hathern, Leicestershire [6] Nuneaton, Leicestershire [6] Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire [6]

Rank

Private [317] Corporal [44] Second Lieutenant [43] Lieutenant [38] Lance Corporal [37] Serjeant [28] Able Seaman [27] Gunner [25] Captain [24] Sapper [17] Ordinary Seaman [16] Stoker 1st Class [14] Sergeant [13] Acting Corporal [11] Rifleman [10] Driver [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Deck Hand [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Leading Stoker [6] Boy Telegraphist [5] Civilian [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Private 2nd Class [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chaplain [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Cadet [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] L/Cpl [2] Reverend [2] Signalman [2] Sister [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Telegraphist [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [130] Royal Engineers [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24] Machine Gun Corps [20] London Regiment [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] Labour Corps [14] Royal Air Force [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Marine Artillery [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Coldstream Guards [7] HMS CANADA [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Leicestershire Yeomanry [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [5] Corps of Hussars [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] HMS Good Hope [5] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] HMS BULWARK [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS VALIANT [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Reserve (Home) [2]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2118] Royal Navy [1573] British Army [480] Australian Imperial Force [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [15] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [611] S [436] W [391] H [384] C [334] M [293] P [255] G [227] T [198] D [173] A [163] R [154] L [153] F [137] J [92] K [91] E [85] N [84] O [45] V [19] I [18] U [12] Y [9] Q [6] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4187] Merchant Navy [142]

Country

United Kingdom [227] India [7] France [3] Ireland [2] Canada [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Cyril Cassidy

Born 1889

Died 1933

British Army 10866 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

British Army 10866 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Horace Wilfred Miller

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1479 Lance Corporal Leicestershire 1/5th Bn

British Army 1479 Private Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Leicestershire regiment 5th Battalion

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William Gerald Bampton

Born 1895

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2996 Corporal

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2996 Sergeant 6 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2996

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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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John Birch

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army 9276 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hedley Vere Batchelor

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army WR/284016 Sergeant Royal Engineers

British Army 213294 Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Arthur Stevens Alias Smith

Born 1881

Died 1940

British Army Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd

British Army 1038 Private Army Pay Corp 3rd Division

British Army 1038 Corporal Army Pay Corp 3rd Division

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Gerald Wylly Palfreyman

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 6168 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 12th Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Thomas Bosworth

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 58320 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 85th Siege Battery

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Ernest Arthur Leavesley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15163 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 8th Battalion

British Army 15163 Private

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Samuel Andrew Humberston

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 71110 Private Royal Defence Corps 157th Company

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John William Smith

Born 1879

Died 1945

British Army 55705 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 379075 Private Labour Corps

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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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Frank Charles Fletcher

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 242930 Private South Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 186477 Private Royal Engineers

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Charles Frederick Ball

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 16445 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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John Morgan Thorburn

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2005 Private London Regiment

British Army 2005 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 32nd Battalion

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Howard Cyril Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant Yorks and Lancaster Regiment

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William Stanley Eames

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 7th Bn. attd 12th Bn.

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Thomas Ward Warren

Born 1880

Died 1976

British Army 15998 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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