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Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [400]

Newport Monmouthshire Wales [5]

St. Woolos, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales [1]

Newport,Monmouthshire,Wales. [1]

Newport. Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

St. Woolas, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Sapper [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Matron [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [5]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Curative Hospital [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 15th Field Ambulance [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [28]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [47]

W [41]

S [35]

B [32]

C [26]

M [25]

P [25]

D [24]

J [24]

R [24]

L [22]

G [17]

F [14]

A [13]

E [12]

T [9]

N [6]

K [5]

V [4]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [380]

Military Service [30]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

France [1]

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People [411] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [400] Newport Monmouthshire Wales [5] St. Woolos, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2] Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales [1] Newport,Monmouthshire,Wales. [1] Newport. Monmouthshire, Wales [1] St. Woolas, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [17] Sapper [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Matron [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [5] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Curative Hospital [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 15th Field Ambulance [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [28] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [47] W [41] S [35] B [32] C [26] M [25] P [25] D [24] J [24] R [24] L [22] G [17] F [14] A [13] E [12] T [9] N [6] K [5] V [4] I [2] O [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [380] Military Service [30]

Country

United Kingdom [13] France [1]

Edward Shearsmith

Died 1918

British Army 537276 Private London Regiment

British Army 537276 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Sidney Waring Saxton

Born 1888

Died 1968

Royal Navy Paymaster Commander

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Clifford Denton Jones

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/1612 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Albert Leslie Batten

Died 1917

British Army 99851 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Charles Booth

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army 2511 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 37631 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 043494 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Francis John Needs

Born 1880

Died 1950

British Army 6353 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 267063 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Reginald John Garland

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 7688 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 15th Field Ambulance

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Alfred John Critchley

Born 1891

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Nellie Georgina Reeve

Born 1890

Died 1980

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Zaydee Pauline Moore Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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William Newton

Born 1903

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John Herbert Vincent

Born 1898

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Thomas William Turner

Born 1885

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Robert John Trenchard

Born 1881

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Peter James Thomas

Born 1881

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Arthur Francis Thomas

Born 1895

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Edward Claridge Thomas

Born 1893

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Arthur Wilfred Thompson

Born 1891

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Frederick Swanton

Born 1886

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John Padmore Sutherland

Born 1884

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