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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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People [176] Stories Communities

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]

John Henry Thomas Smith

Born 1894

Royal Navy K14227

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Frank Morley

Born 1894

Royal Navy K15704

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James Wilson Doyle

Born 1900

Royal Navy K49639

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Percy Sellers

Born 1887

Royal Navy L8583

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Harry Stableford

Born 1890

Royal Navy M1346

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Thomas William Hewson

Born 1895

Royal Navy M35724

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Thomas Edward Pritchett

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS5881

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John Shaw Shimeld

Born 1880

Royal Navy SS100063

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Robert Pears

Born 1890

Royal Navy SS111122

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Alfred Frederick Percival Early

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS124624

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Arthur W Wilford

Born 1886

British Army 46692 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Arthur John Burton

Born 1882

Royal Navy 208311

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Florence Garner

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Frank Henry Ward

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army M2/226181 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Harold Buxton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140935

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Frederick Arthur Tomblin

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1854 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 2nd RM Battalion

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