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Lichfield, Staffordshire [173]

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England [12]

Lichfield Staffordshire [2]

Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffordshire [2]

Alrewas, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Brentwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Brownhills, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Burntwood near Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Chasetown, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Dovehouse Fields Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Elmhurst,King Bromley,Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire. [1]

Hammerwich, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Lichfield , Staffordshire [1]

Lichfield, Brownhills, Staffordshire [1]

Lichfield, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Rugeley, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Sandfield Lichfield Staffordshire [1]

Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Yeomanry House, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Yoxall, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Gunner [4]

Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2/Lt [1]

Acting Corporal (Paid) [1]

Assistant Quartermaster-General [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Brevet Brigadier General [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenent [1]

Major Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Pay Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Expeditionary Force [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke of Edinburgh [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H,M,S Monmouth in South China Sea [1]

H.M.S Avon in South China Sea [1]

H.M.S. "Aroca." [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS YARMOUTH [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Impregnable [1]

Infantry Brigade [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Kings Royal Rifles [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment Depot [1]

Ministry of Munitions [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [98]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

British Army [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [27]

H [25]

B [22]

C [16]

R [14]

L [13]

G [12]

D [11]

J [10]

M [10]

P [10]

A [9]

T [9]

W [9]

K [3]

E [2]

O [2]

V [2]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [191]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

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Place of birth

Lichfield, Staffordshire [173] Lichfield, Staffordshire, England [12] Lichfield Staffordshire [2] Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffordshire [2] Alrewas, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Brentwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Brownhills, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Burntwood near Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Chasetown, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Dovehouse Fields Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Elmhurst,King Bromley,Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire. [1] Hammerwich, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Lichfield , Staffordshire [1] Lichfield, Brownhills, Staffordshire [1] Lichfield, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Rugeley, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Sandfield Lichfield Staffordshire [1] Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Yeomanry House, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Yoxall, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [27] Second Lieutenant [7] Ordinary Seaman [5] Gunner [4] Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2/Lt [1] Acting Corporal (Paid) [1] Assistant Quartermaster-General [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Brevet Brigadier General [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenent [1] Major Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Munitions Worker [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Pay Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Tank Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Expeditionary Force [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke of Edinburgh [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H,M,S Monmouth in South China Sea [1] H.M.S Avon in South China Sea [1] H.M.S. "Aroca." [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS YARMOUTH [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Impregnable [1] Infantry Brigade [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Kings Royal Rifles [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment Depot [1] Ministry of Munitions [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [98] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] British Army [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [27] H [25] B [22] C [16] R [14] L [13] G [12] D [11] J [10] M [10] P [10] A [9] T [9] W [9] K [3] E [2] O [2] V [2] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [191] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Robert Harold Winter

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Walter Leonard Partridge

Born 1886

Died 1966

British Army 10188 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Henry Alfred Morris

Born 1900

Died 1921

British Army 4905221 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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William Carmi Goode

Born 1894

Died 1975

British Army 1749 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70177 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Charles Henry Hill

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300

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Sydney Thomas Collier

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 253060 Pioneer Royal Engineers Bedfordshire Depot

British Army 253060 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 2190 Private Royal Field Artillery

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Tom Holdsworth Lister Thornburn

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290762

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George Herbert Devall

Born 1899

Died 1977

Royal Navy J31863 Boy I Impregnable

Royal Navy J31863 Boy I Pembroke

Royal Navy J31863 Boy I Duke of Edinburgh

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Frederick Victor Chapman

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 50901 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 02 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Noel Wilkie Andrews

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208082

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Howard John Johnson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6367

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Walter Cecil Wood

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176399

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Charles Hill

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184262

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William Augustus Jackson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319676

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George Gilbert

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army 3/6040 Private Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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William Henry Baker

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 29634 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

British Army RX4/214087 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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George Jones

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212359

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Alan Jones

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212863

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Alan Townsend Richardson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219820

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Colin Harvey Rowe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221562

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