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Oldbury, Worcestershire [145]

Langley Green, Oldbury, Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury,Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury,Worcestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

HMS BENBOW [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Royal Naval Depot Crystal Palace [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

British Army [24]

Last name first letter

H [20]

B [18]

S [17]

W [15]

P [13]

T [8]

C [7]

L [7]

A [6]

M [6]

D [5]

O [5]

F [4]

G [4]

R [4]

E [3]

K [2]

N [2]

J [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

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People [150] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Oldbury, Worcestershire [145] Langley Green, Oldbury, Worcestershire [1] Oldbury Worcestershire [1] Oldbury, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Oldbury,Worcestershire [1] Oldbury,Worcestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] HMS BENBOW [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Royal Naval Depot Crystal Palace [1] Training Reserve [1] Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] British Army [24]

Last name first letter

H [20] B [18] S [17] W [15] P [13] T [8] C [7] L [7] A [6] M [6] D [5] O [5] F [4] G [4] R [4] E [3] K [2] N [2] J [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [8] India [1]

George Cooper

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279165

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John Cooksey

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288352

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Elijah Wright

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 14/545 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Millership

Died 1918

British Army 50264 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Leonard Horton

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR8/9217 Private Training Reserve 35th Battalion

British Army 8/9217 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Andrew Withers

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10522

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Edwin Waller

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45341

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Walter John Arch

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64918

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Samuel Hadley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167507

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Samuel Herbert Stamp

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207294

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William Smallwood

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240521

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John William Bray

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196145

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John Joseph Hollyhead

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45311

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Ted Dillon

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army T4/239795 Driver Army Service Corps

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Harry Taylor

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/12276 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division

Royal Navy Bristol Z/12276 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Royal Naval Depot Crystal Palace

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Enoch Ernest Oakes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236491

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David Mckay Fell

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312229

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Thomas Wimbush

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294742

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James Edward Bridge

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267090

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John Woodhouse

Born 1889

British Army F/41 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/41 Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army F/41 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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