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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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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]

Seymour Hope

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289677

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Walter James Hobley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142188

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Frederick Thomas Hobday

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293805

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Cecil John Ashby

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289115

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George Leonard Jeacock

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27336

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Joseph Bench

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 16211 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Edgar Jiggle

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2806 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Alfred Cotterill Brooke

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Samuel White

Died 1916

British Army 10053 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Alfred Charles Ward

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41088 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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George Gordon Darley Miller

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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David Laughton

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy M34139 Writer 3rd H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Frank Poole

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 20895 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles J Simpson

Died 1917

British Army 9692 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 9692 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army 9262 Acting Company Sergeant Major Royal Engineers

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Thomas William Maxwell

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111037

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Ernest Bennett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196407

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John Patrick Angell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297

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James Thomas Towers

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231614

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Henry Arthur Freeman

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206023

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Victor Craner

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy M10421 Cook's Mate HMS Bristol

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