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Manchester, Middlesex [31]

Mandeville, Manchester, Middlesex [5]

Balaclava, Manchester, Middlesex [2]

Porus, Manchester, Middlesex [2]

Comfort Hall, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Cross Keys, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Mile Gully, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Prattville, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Spur Tree, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Walderston, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Williams Field, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Williamsfield, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

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West India Regiment [27]

British West Indies Regiment [20]

Jamaica War Contingent [13]

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A [1]

D [1]

G [1]

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Y [1]

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Military Service [38]

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Jamaica [2]

Italy [1]

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People [48] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Manchester, Middlesex [31] Mandeville, Manchester, Middlesex [5] Balaclava, Manchester, Middlesex [2] Porus, Manchester, Middlesex [2] Comfort Hall, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Cross Keys, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Mile Gully, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Prattville, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Spur Tree, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Walderston, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Williams Field, Manchester, Middlesex [1] Williamsfield, Manchester, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [45] Serjeant [2] Boy [1] Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1]

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West India Regiment [27] British West Indies Regiment [20] Jamaica War Contingent [13] Royal Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [48] Other Empire Force [13]

Last name first letter

S [8] B [6] H [6] M [6] W [4] C [3] F [2] J [2] P [2] R [2] T [2] A [1] D [1] G [1] K [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [38]

Country

Jamaica [2] Italy [1]

David Swaby

Born 1893

British Army 6639 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6639 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ambrose Cook

Born 1894

British Army 6610 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edmund S Brooks

Born 1884

Other Empire Force 6612 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 8108 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Mitchell

Born 1896

British Army 5910 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Hibbert

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 7066 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7378 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Horace Canute Stedman

Born 1895

British Army 3149 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment

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James Short

Born 1886

British Army 5167 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Cyril Charles Smith

Born 1896

British Army 6749 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Stanley Whittaker

Born 1899

British Army 7498 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Robert Leopold Peart

Born 1895

British Army 3492 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Thomas Beckford

Born 1886

British Army 5878 Corporal West India Regiment

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Raymond Jones

Born 1891

Other Empire Force 2966 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4692 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Reginald Morgan

Born 1897

British Army 6791 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Rogester

Born 1892

British Army 6635 Private West India Regiment

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Benjamin Green

Born 1894

Other Empire Force 3547 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4545 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Arnold Hepburn

Born 1891

British Army 6491 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Justin Baker

Born 1893

British Army 6796 Private West India Regiment

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Harold Beckford

Born 1897

British Army 4832 Private British West Indies Regiment

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William Gilmore Staples

Born 1895

British Army 4342 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Arnold Samuda

Born 1896

British Army 6642 Private West India Regiment

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