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Place of birth

Newport, Shropshire [73]

Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire [2]

Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Chetwyn Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Chetwynd Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Donnington Wood, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Great Chatwell, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Great Chatwell, near Newport, Shropshire [1]

Lilleshall, Newport, Shropshire [1]

Newport (Shropshire) [1]

Newport Salop, Shropshire [1]

Newport Shropshire [1]

Newport, Shropshire & Staffordshire [1]

Newport, Shropshire, England [1]

Newport,Shropshire. [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1]

Reverend [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Recruit [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment [1]

Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [17]

Last name first letter

A [10]

S [9]

B [8]

T [8]

P [7]

W [7]

H [6]

E [5]

F [4]

D [3]

L [3]

N [3]

O [3]

V [3]

C [2]

G [2]

M [2]

R [2]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [88] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newport, Shropshire [73] Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire [2] Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1] Chetwyn Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1] Chetwynd Aston, Newport, Shropshire [1] Donnington Wood, Newport, Shropshire [1] Great Chatwell, Newport, Shropshire [1] Great Chatwell, near Newport, Shropshire [1] Lilleshall, Newport, Shropshire [1] Newport (Shropshire) [1] Newport Salop, Shropshire [1] Newport Shropshire [1] Newport, Shropshire & Staffordshire [1] Newport, Shropshire, England [1] Newport,Shropshire. [1]

Rank

Private [6] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1] Reverend [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Recruit [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment [1] Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [17]

Last name first letter

A [10] S [9] B [8] T [8] P [7] W [7] H [6] E [5] F [4] D [3] L [3] N [3] O [3] V [3] C [2] G [2] M [2] R [2] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] India [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur David Davies

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 36956 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery 39th Brigade

British Army 36596 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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William Joseph Tubb

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 172661 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 172661 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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John Ludden

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 122804 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Alfred Neville

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 15226 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Garmson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267103

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Charles Harold Corbett

Born 1867

Died 1915

British Army Major 18th Hussars

British Army Major 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Harry Maddox

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267091

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Edmund Arrowsmith

Died 1915

British Army 2429 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial

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Henry Denis Waldron

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298826

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James Stanley Thorpe

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161377

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John Sambrook

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135462

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James Stevens

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282672

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Frederick Morris

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45533

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Evan John Allen

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy J51049 Ordinary Seaman HMS Recruit

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William Bertrand Ashmole

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232135

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Robert Scott

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284837

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William Wood

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163311

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William Jones

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10693

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William Henry Smith

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189448

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Samuel Beswick Hayward

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220761

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