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Lichfield, Staffordshire [173]

Lichfield [15]

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England [12]

Lichfield, Staffs [10]

Lichfield England [6]

Lichfield Staffordshire [2]

Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffordshire [2]

Alrewas, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Beacon Place, Lichfield [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]

Lichfield, Waikato, Auckland [1]

Lichfield, Warwickshire [1]

Rugeley, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Sandfield Lichfield Staffordshire [1]

Shenstone, Lichfield [1]

St Mary's, Lichfield, Staffs [1]

St. Chads, Lichfield, Staffs [1]

St. Michaels, Lichfield, Staffs [1]

Wall - Lichfield [1]

Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Whittington, Lichfield [1]

Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Yeomanry House, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Yoxall, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Major [7]

Gunner [6]

Captain [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2/Lt [1]

Acting Corporal (Paid) [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Quartermaster-General [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Brevet Brigadier General [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Caprain [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenent [1]

Major Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

General List [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Pay Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Expeditionary Force [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Edinburgh [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Egyptian Army [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force [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]

Service

Royal Navy [99]

British Army [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [31]

S [28]

B [24]

C [20]

M [17]

R [16]

L [14]

W [14]

G [13]

A [12]

D [12]

P [12]

J [11]

T [11]

E [3]

K [3]

O [2]

V [2]

F [1]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [226]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

New Zealand [1]

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People [247] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lichfield, Staffordshire [173] Lichfield [15] Lichfield, Staffordshire, England [12] Lichfield, Staffs [10] Lichfield England [6] Lichfield Staffordshire [2] Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffordshire [2] Alrewas, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Beacon Place, Lichfield [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] Lichfield, Waikato, Auckland [1] Lichfield, Warwickshire [1] Rugeley, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Sandfield Lichfield Staffordshire [1] Shenstone, Lichfield [1] St Mary's, Lichfield, Staffs [1] St. Chads, Lichfield, Staffs [1] St. Michaels, Lichfield, Staffs [1] Wall - Lichfield [1] Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Whittington, Lichfield [1] Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Yeomanry House, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Yoxall, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [41] Second Lieutenant [9] Major [7] Gunner [6] Captain [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Corporal [4] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2/Lt [1] Acting Corporal (Paid) [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Quartermaster-General [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Brevet Brigadier General [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Caprain [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenent [1] Major Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Munitions Worker [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Somerset Light Infantry [3] General List [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Pay Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Expeditionary Force [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Derbyshire Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Edinburgh [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Egyptian Army [1] Essex Regiment [1] Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force [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]

Service

Royal Navy [99] British Army [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [31] S [28] B [24] C [20] M [17] R [16] L [14] W [14] G [13] A [12] D [12] P [12] J [11] T [11] E [3] K [3] O [2] V [2] F [1] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [226] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [39] New Zealand [1]

Percy Hackett

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 202106 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 202106 Acting Corporal (Paid) South Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

British Army 202106 Acting Corporal (Paid) South Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Anthony Hackett

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army S/2167 Private Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalion

British Army S/2167 Private Middlesex Regiment Depot

British Army S/2167 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Deacon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 18297 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army TR5-88317 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 53rd (Young Soldiers) Battalion

British Army TR5/88317 Acting Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 53rd Battalion

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Joseph Hines

Born 1887

Died 1965

British Army 5052 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 76344 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Eric James Hackett

Born 1893

Died 1984

British Army 831404 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3639 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2/2nd South Midland Brigade, RFA

British Army 831404 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Base, RFA

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Thomas Henry Parker

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 36892 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 36892 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry

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George Anthony Sharman

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army S/10291 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Harold Victor Hackett

Born 1894

Died 1942

British Army 1557 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 846241 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D/149 Brigade

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Evan Gibb

Born 1877

Died 1947

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army Major Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General Army Service Corps

British Army Assistant Quartermaster-General British Expeditionary Force General Headquarters

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Evelyn Herbert Lightfoot Southwell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

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Alfred Murrell

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 20154 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion.

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Geoffrey William Pepperall Abraham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Captain Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Howard Marshall

Born 1884

Died 1977

British Army 93770 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 93770 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Tricklebank

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 11/18221 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 77082 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter Blagg Gething, Mid

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 51889 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 3312 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion

British Army 51889 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 9th Squadron

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Arthur Hackett

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army 338695 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 75873 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery 142 (Durham) Heavy Battery

British Army 338695 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 142 (Durham) Heavy Battery

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Herbert Pearson

Born 1892

Died 1970

Royal Navy J7927

Royal Navy H.M.S Avon in South China Sea

Royal Navy H,M,S Monmouth in South China Sea

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Ernest Lees

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5970 Private London Regiment

British Army 5970 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373024 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Wright

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 10492 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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