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Oswestry, Shropshire [164]

Oswestry, Shropshire, England [30]

St Martin's, Oswestry, Shropshire [4]

Oswestry Shropshire [3]

Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire [2]

Beatrice Street, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Drenewydd Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Llanyblodwel,Oswestry,Shropshire. [1]

Morda, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Morton, Nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Morton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Nant y Caws, near Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Oswestry, Salop, Shropshire [1]

Oswestry,Shropshire [1]

Oswestry,Shropshire. [1]

Selattyn, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Sweeney, near Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Trefonen, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Weston Lane, nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Wooton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Wootton, West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Temporary Second Corporal [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

HMS Victory I [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Shropshire Yeomanry [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

(Illegible on Record) [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

4th Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Artist's Rifles [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Formidable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Magic [1]

HMS Morning Star [1]

HMS Partridge [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Political Department [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Life Guards [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Montgomery Yeomanry [1]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [82]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

British Army [45]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [31]

W [22]

B [19]

P [18]

D [17]

E [15]

H [14]

L [14]

T [12]

M [11]

S [11]

R [8]

O [7]

C [5]

F [5]

G [4]

K [4]

A [3]

N [3]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [187]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

France [1]

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People [225] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Oswestry, Shropshire [164] Oswestry, Shropshire, England [30] St Martin's, Oswestry, Shropshire [4] Oswestry Shropshire [3] Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire [2] Beatrice Street, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Drenewydd Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Llanyblodwel,Oswestry,Shropshire. [1] Morda, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Morton, Nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Morton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Nant y Caws, near Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Oswestry, Salop, Shropshire [1] Oswestry,Shropshire [1] Oswestry,Shropshire. [1] Selattyn, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Sweeney, near Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Trefonen, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Weston Lane, nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Wooton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Wootton, West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Deck Hand [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Commodore [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Sergeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Temporary Second Corporal [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] HMS Victory I [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Shropshire Yeomanry [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] (Illegible on Record) [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 4th Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Artist's Rifles [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Formidable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Magic [1] HMS Morning Star [1] HMS Partridge [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS TIGER [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1] Hussars [1] Indian Political Department [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Life Guards [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Montgomery Yeomanry [1] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [82] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] British Army [45] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [31] W [22] B [19] P [18] D [17] E [15] H [14] L [14] T [12] M [11] S [11] R [8] O [7] C [5] F [5] G [4] K [4] A [3] N [3] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [187] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1] France [1]

George William Thomas

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 16031 Private Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 16031 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion - 1st Liverpool Pals

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Charles Davies

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 22438 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th/1st Battalion

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Harry Heritage Owen

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 12352 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 12352 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Martin Benson Lawford

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 9 Battalion

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Robert Henry Newns

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 14589 Private East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 14589 Acting Corporal East Surrey Regiment 13th

British Army 14589 Acting Corporal East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Charles

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy K25113 Victory

Royal Navy K25113 (Illegible on Record)

Royal Navy K25113 Stoker 1st Class HMS Partridge

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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Artist's Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion

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Francis Henry Humphrys

Born 1879

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

Indian Army Lieutenant

Indian Army Captain Indian Political Department

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Alfred Wynn Davies

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285841

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James Bayley

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 9336 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Valentine Richard Sperring

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 11378 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 11378 Private Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Arthur Compton Lethbridge Dumville Lees

Born 1887

Died 1961

British Army Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Major Shropshire Light Infantry

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Jonathan Derrick

Born 1879

Died 1955

British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 54710 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army 572995 Private Labour Corps

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Sydney Richard Poole

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army T/268 Driver Army Service Corps 2nd Welsh Border Mounted Brigade

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Charles Ellis Jones

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J28071 Able Seaman HMS Magic

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William L Barrett

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139340

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Harry Brown

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266768

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William Evans

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267863

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William Henry Owen

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296182

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Edward Tudor

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279144

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