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Rugby, Warwickshire [281]

Rugby, Warwickshire, England [21]

New Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [5]

Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire [4]

Grandborough, Rugby, Warwickshire [4]

Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire [4]

Newbold on Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire [3]

Rugby Warwickshire [3]

Warwick, Rugby, Warwickshire [2]

Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Broadwell, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Calthorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Harborough Magna, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Marton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Monks Kirby, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Newbold, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Newbold-on-Avon, near Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Rugby Northampton, Warwickshire [1]

Rugby warwickshire [1]

Rugby,Warwickshire [1]

Southam, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Stockton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Stretton on Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Wolfhampcote, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Woolscott, Chilvers, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [49]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Corporal [3]

Nurse [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Army Gymnastic Staff [1]

British Red Cross V.A.D [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chilwell Filling Factory [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

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

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS Bristol [1]

HMS Euryalus [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victorious [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

R.M.S. Lusitania [1]

Service

Royal Navy [150]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

British Army [68]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [44]

B [40]

W [37]

C [29]

S [21]

A [18]

P [17]

J [16]

M [16]

G [15]

L [14]

F [12]

R [12]

T [11]

D [7]

K [7]

O [7]

E [6]

N [6]

I [5]

U [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [319]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

France [1]

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People [344] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Rugby, Warwickshire [281] Rugby, Warwickshire, England [21] New Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [5] Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire [4] Grandborough, Rugby, Warwickshire [4] Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire [4] Newbold on Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire [3] Rugby Warwickshire [3] Warwick, Rugby, Warwickshire [2] Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Broadwell, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Calthorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Harborough Magna, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Marton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Monks Kirby, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Newbold, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Newbold-on-Avon, near Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Rugby Northampton, Warwickshire [1] Rugby warwickshire [1] Rugby,Warwickshire [1] Southam, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Stockton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Stretton on Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Wolfhampcote, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Woolscott, Chilvers, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [49] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Corporal [3] Nurse [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Munitions Worker [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Staff Nurse [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Army Gymnastic Staff [1] British Red Cross V.A.D [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chilwell Filling Factory [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS Bristol [1] HMS Euryalus [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victorious [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] R.M.S. Lusitania [1]

Service

Royal Navy [150] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] British Army [68] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [44] B [40] W [37] C [29] S [21] A [18] P [17] J [16] M [16] G [15] L [14] F [12] R [12] T [11] D [7] K [7] O [7] E [6] N [6] I [5] U [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [319] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [19] France [1]

William John Ayres

Born 1880

Died 1956

British Army 191653 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leonard Joseph Levi Bristol

Born 1877

Died 1935

British Army 12746 Private Acting Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 36800 Private Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Percy William Cowley

Born 1878

Died 1923

British Army 28020 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Joseph Edward Ayres

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 10484 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 10484 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 10484 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Plant Baguley

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75887 Private Canadian Infantry 29th Battalion

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Percy Hefford

Born 1881

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Second Officer R.M.S. Lusitania Mercantile Marine

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Arthur Herbert Borton

Born 1894

Died 1987

British Army GS/18362 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Rupert Chawner Brooke

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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John Glenn

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 20054 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Henry Moses Cowley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 503775 Private Royal Engineers 13th Railway.Transport.Section

British Army 307605 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 307605 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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John Hughes

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/12913 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Horace James Unsworth Goode

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army 2717 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 300956 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st/4th

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William Henry Quint Froome

Born 1895

Died 1961

British Army 526204 Sapper Royal Engineers 97th Field Company

British Army T3000 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers No. 17 Army Tramway Company

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Charles E Bagshaw

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 26348 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Frederick Baxter

Died 1916

British Army 5487 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Arthur Alic Mason

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy M6189 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Royal Navy M6189 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Goliath

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James William Bale

Died 1916

British Army 9339 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9339 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edwin John Baker

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65784

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John Thomas Oldham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299681

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Henry Arthur Giles

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278681

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