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Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [150]

Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [4]

Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Melton Mowbray Leicestershire [2]

Melton Mowbray. Leicestershire [2]

Stathern, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [2]

Burrough on the Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Hoby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Hose, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Hoze Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England [1]

Nether Broughton, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Old Dalley, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Pickwell, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Somerby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Thorpe Satchville, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Twyford, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Wartnaby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Able Seaman [4]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Able Seaman [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Ordinary seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

1st Battalion King's Royal Rifles [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1]

Leicestershire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

British Army [31]

Last name first letter

S [22]

B [20]

M [15]

C [14]

H [13]

G [12]

P [12]

W [12]

D [10]

F [7]

L [7]

T [7]

K [6]

E [5]

R [5]

N [3]

A [2]

V [2]

J [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [150] Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [4] Melton Mowbray, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Melton Mowbray Leicestershire [2] Melton Mowbray. Leicestershire [2] Stathern, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [2] Burrough on the Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Hoby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Hose, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Hoze Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England [1] Nether Broughton, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Old Dalley, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Pickwell, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Somerby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Thorpe Satchville, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Twyford, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Wartnaby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [21] Able Seaman [4] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Able Seaman [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Ordinary seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS BULWARK [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifles [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Victory I [1] Leicestershire Yeomanry [1] Leicestershire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] British Army [31]

Last name first letter

S [22] B [20] M [15] C [14] H [13] G [12] P [12] W [12] D [10] F [7] L [7] T [7] K [6] E [5] R [5] N [3] A [2] V [2] J [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Arthur Thomas Meadwell

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 16377 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Waudby

Born 1864

Died 1945

British Army WR/40180 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 225643 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Harry Percy Meadwell

Born 1899

Died 1974

British Army 42383 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Alfred Edward Meadwell

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 266149 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Harry Randall

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army R128 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R8128 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

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Aubrey French

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3424 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 241165 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Prew

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army L/29092 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 160th Brigade

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George Ernest Brown

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164446

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Rowland Poyzer

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291302

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Arthur M Foster

Born 1891

British Army 548259 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 935 Private Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 1717 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

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Harold Smith

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13826

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Sydney P Lewin

Died 1917

British Army R29358 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps "C" Coy 11th Battalion

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William Faulks Morrison

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281886

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Harry Quince

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107278

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John Caton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2730

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Thomas Cordery

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26338

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Edgar Claude Donovan

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/1262 Ordinary seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Bn

Royal Navy Z/1262 Acting Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Bn.

Royal Navy Z/1262 Ordinary seaman Royal Naval Division Victory VI CP Depot

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Joseph William Reed

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 09325 Corporal Army Ordnance Corps

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Herbert Henry Biddles

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305672

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William Cadwallader

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 8380 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8380 Royal Defence Corps

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