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Rugby, Warwickshire [281]

Rugby England [21]

Rugby, Warwickshire, England [21]

Rugby [15]

New Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [5]

Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire [4]

Grandborough, Rugby, Warwickshire [4]

Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire [4]

Hillmorton, Rugby [3]

Newbold on Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire [3]

Rugby New South Wales [3]

Rugby Warwickshire [3]

Rugby, Leicestershire [3]

Rugby, Staffordshire [3]

Rugby, Warks [2]

Warwick, Rugby, Warwickshire [2]

Bilton, RUGBY [1]

Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Broadwell, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Calthorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Church Lawford, Rugby [1]

Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Harborough Magna, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Hilmorton, Rugby [1]

Long Lawford Rugby Warwickshir [1]

Long Lawford, Rugby [1]

Marton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Monks Kirby, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Newbold, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Newbold,Rugby [1]

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

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

Old Bilton, Rugby [1]

RUGBY [1]

Rugby Northampton, Warwickshire [1]

Rugby warwickshire [1]

Rugby, [1]

Rugby, Northamptonshire [1]

Rugby, Warwick [1]

Rugby, Warwicks [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 [70]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Nurse [3]

Sapper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [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]

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]

RSM [1]

Second Officer [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Liverpool Pals [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Gymnastic Staff [1]

Army Service Corps [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]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [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]

Service

Royal Navy [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

British Army [100]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [51]

H [49]

W [40]

C [30]

M [24]

S [24]

P [22]

A [21]

R [19]

J [17]

G [16]

L [16]

D [14]

F [14]

T [11]

O [9]

K [7]

N [7]

E [6]

I [5]

U [3]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [380]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

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Rugby, Warwickshire [281] Rugby England [21] Rugby, Warwickshire, England [21] Rugby [15] New Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [5] Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire [4] Grandborough, Rugby, Warwickshire [4] Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire [4] Hillmorton, Rugby [3] Newbold on Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire [3] Rugby New South Wales [3] Rugby Warwickshire [3] Rugby, Leicestershire [3] Rugby, Staffordshire [3] Rugby, Warks [2] Warwick, Rugby, Warwickshire [2] Bilton, RUGBY [1] Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Broadwell, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Calthorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Church Lawford, Rugby [1] Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Harborough Magna, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Hilmorton, Rugby [1] Long Lawford Rugby Warwickshir [1] Long Lawford, Rugby [1] Marton, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Monks Kirby, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Newbold, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Newbold,Rugby [1] Newbold-on-Avon, near Rugby, Warks [1] Newbold-on-Avon, near Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Old Bilton, Rugby [1] RUGBY [1] Rugby Northampton, Warwickshire [1] Rugby warwickshire [1] Rugby, [1] Rugby, Northamptonshire [1] Rugby, Warwick [1] Rugby, Warwicks [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 [70] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [3] Nurse [3] Sapper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [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] 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] RSM [1] Second Officer [1] Signal Boy [1] Staff Nurse [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Liverpool Pals [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Gymnastic Staff [1] Army Service Corps [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] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [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]

Service

Royal Navy [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] British Army [100] Australian Imperial Force [24] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [51] H [49] W [40] C [30] M [24] S [24] P [22] A [21] R [19] J [17] G [16] L [16] D [14] F [14] T [11] O [9] K [7] N [7] E [6] I [5] U [3] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [380] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Australia [1] France [1] India [1]

Rupert Chawner Brooke

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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Ernest George De Lathom Hopcraft

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 635559 Private London Regiment

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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 Moore

Born 1884

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 478 Private 30th Bn

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George Oliver

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1665 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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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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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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