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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1814]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [203]

Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [74]

Sneinton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [37]

Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [29]

Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [24]

Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [24]

Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [23]

Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [22]

Hyson Green, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [20]

Carrington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [13]

Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [12]

Mansfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11]

New Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11]

Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11]

Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11]

Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9]

Old Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9]

West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9]

Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [8]

Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [8]

Burton Joyce, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [7]

Kimberley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Mapperley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Netherfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Nottingham Nottinghamshire [5]

St Ann's, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Sutton In Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Gotham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Selston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Bingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Chilwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Colwick, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Cropwell Bishop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

East Leake, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Greasley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Meadows, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Southwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Bunny, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Calverton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Cotgrave, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Keyworth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

New Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Stapleford near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Trowell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Worksop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Alexandra Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Annesley Woodhouse, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Armourer's Mate [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Armourer's crew [1]

Boy [1]

Chaplain [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Master [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Cook III Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Trimmer Cook [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

HMS Victory I [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Air Force [5]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

HMS QUEEN MARY [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Dreadnaught [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Attached - Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

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

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Cressy" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

H.M.S. Wallace [1]

HM Trawler Plethos [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Cromwell [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Morning Star [1]

HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1421]

Royal Navy [859]

British Army [42]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [314]

S [270]

H [254]

W [232]

C [190]

M [166]

P [139]

R [121]

G [120]

T [114]

L [102]

F [85]

A [80]

D [79]

J [64]

N [50]

K [49]

E [46]

O [17]

V [10]

U [7]

I [6]

Y [4]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2319]

Merchant Navy [200]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

United States [1]

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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1814] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [203] Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [74] Sneinton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [37] Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [29] Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [24] Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [24] Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [23] Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [22] Hyson Green, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [20] Carrington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [13] Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [12] Mansfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11] New Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11] Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11] Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11] Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9] Old Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9] West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9] Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [8] Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [8] Burton Joyce, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [7] Kimberley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Mapperley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Netherfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Nottingham Nottinghamshire [5] St Ann's, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Sutton In Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Gotham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Selston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Bingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Chilwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Colwick, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Cropwell Bishop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] East Leake, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Greasley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Meadows, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Southwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Bunny, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Calverton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Cotgrave, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Keyworth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] New Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Stapleford near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Trowell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Worksop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Alexandra Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Annesley Woodhouse, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [26] Ordinary Seaman [14] Able Seaman [13] Deck Hand [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker [2] Munitions Worker [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Armourer's Mate [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Armourer's crew [1] Boy [1] Chaplain [1] Cook's Mate [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Master [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Cook III Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Signalman [1] Stoker First Class [1] Trimmer Cook [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] HMS Victory I [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Air Force [5] HMS Princess Royal [4] HMS QUEEN MARY [4] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Dreadnaught [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Ministry of Munitions - Chilwell [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Attached - Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Cressy" [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. Wallace [1] HM Trawler Plethos [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Cromwell [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Morning Star [1] HMS NARBOROUGH [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Nestor [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1421] Royal Navy [859] British Army [42] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [314] S [270] H [254] W [232] C [190] M [166] P [139] R [121] G [120] T [114] L [102] F [85] A [80] D [79] J [64] N [50] K [49] E [46] O [17] V [10] U [7] I [6] Y [4] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2319] Merchant Navy [200]

Country

United Kingdom [30] United States [1]

Walter Edward Garner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282548

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Ernest Clayton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260951

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Charles William Rostance

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293327

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Arthur Maltby

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 126276

Canadian Expeditionary Force 126276 Private Canadian Infantry

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Winifred Maud Brown

Born 1887

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister Voluntary Aid Detachment

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George Henry Shread

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310542

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Arthur Isaac Marshall

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262890

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William Spencer

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293957

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John Thomas Stokes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190852

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Arthur Lacey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223047

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George Anderson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265020

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William Henry Lowe

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187822

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John Henry Greensmith

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166514

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Richard Davies

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260542

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H John Brunt Higham

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268359

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George Brown

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290693

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Arthur Alouza Wilson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163963

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Walter Broughton Green

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286127

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Herbert Hyman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266575

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Charles Arthur Dorman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299685

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