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Shrewsbury, Shropshire [493]

Shrewsbury England [70]

Shrewsbury [60]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [59]

St. Mary's, Shrewsbury [5]

Bicton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [4]

Shrewsbury, Salop [4]

Hadnall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3]

Acton Burnell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Astley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Condover, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Cound, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Meole, Shrewsbury [2]

Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Shrewsbury Salop, Shropshire [2]

Uffington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Wellington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

43 Chester Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury [1]

Acton Reynold, Shrewsbury [1]

Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury [1]

Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Bicton, Shrewsbury [1]

Bridge Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Church Stretton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Clive, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Condover Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Cressage near Shrewsbury, England [1]

Culverbatch near Shrewsbury [1]

Grafton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Great Ness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Hanwood, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Hodnet, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Holy Cross, Shrewsbury, Salop [1]

Hook-a-Gate, nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Kenley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Market Drayton, Shrewsbury [1]

Minsterley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Montford, Shrewsbury [1]

Montford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Mountfield, Shrewsbury [1]

Rank

Private [105]

Serjeant [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Sapper [7]

Gunner [6]

Driver [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private, Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker (Second Class) [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temp. Captain [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [24]

South Wales Borderers [18]

Shropshire Light Infantry [14]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Scots Guards [3]

The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS LION [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

1st South Wales Borderers [1]

2nd South Wales Borderers [1]

3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

5 Light Horse Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [283]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [215]

British Army [167]

Australian Imperial Force [76]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [81]

B [80]

H [66]

W [58]

C [51]

M [51]

J [48]

G [46]

T [46]

S [43]

R [42]

D [40]

E [35]

L [25]

A [22]

F [21]

N [14]

O [14]

K [6]

V [5]

Y [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [721]

Merchant Navy [58]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Belgium [3]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

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Shrewsbury, Shropshire [493] Shrewsbury England [70] Shrewsbury [60] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [59] St. Mary's, Shrewsbury [5] Bicton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [4] Shrewsbury, Salop [4] Hadnall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3] Acton Burnell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Astley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Condover, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Cound, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Meole, Shrewsbury [2] Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Shrewsbury Salop, Shropshire [2] Uffington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Wellington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] 43 Chester Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury [1] Acton Reynold, Shrewsbury [1] Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury [1] Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Bicton, Shrewsbury [1] Bridge Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Church Stretton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Clive, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Condover Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Cressage near Shrewsbury, England [1] Culverbatch near Shrewsbury [1] Grafton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Great Ness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Hanwood, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Hodnet, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Holy Cross, Shrewsbury, Salop [1] Hook-a-Gate, nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Kenley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Market Drayton, Shrewsbury [1] Minsterley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Montford, Shrewsbury [1] Montford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Mountfield, Shrewsbury [1]

Rank

Private [105] Serjeant [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Able Seaman [10] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [9] Sapper [7] Gunner [6] Driver [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Major [2] Trooper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private, Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Stoker (Second Class) [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Temp. Captain [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [24] South Wales Borderers [18] Shropshire Light Infantry [14] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Scots Guards [3] The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) [3] Army Pay Corps [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS LION [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 1st South Wales Borderers [1] 2nd South Wales Borderers [1] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 5 Light Horse Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [283] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [215] British Army [167] Australian Imperial Force [76] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [81] B [80] H [66] W [58] C [51] M [51] J [48] G [46] T [46] S [43] R [42] D [40] E [35] L [25] A [22] F [21] N [14] O [14] K [6] V [5] Y [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [721] Merchant Navy [58]

Country

United Kingdom [58] Belgium [3] Australia [1] Egypt [1] France [1] India [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1]

George Lambert

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3493 Private Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 54414 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas James Davies

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 6513 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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Alan Humphrey Pilcher

Born 1898

Died 1957

British Army 161676 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Ernest Blakemore

Born 1868

Died 1935

British Army 4283 Serjeant 4th Hussars

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Harry Williams

Died 1915

British Army 11842 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 11842 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Owain Glyndwr Wilfred Davies

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48614 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 93642 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Henry Cyril Pecker

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Thomas William Davies

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 21075 Private King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2/4th Battalion.

British Army 21075 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry Depot

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David Hamer

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 30983 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Able Lowe

Died 1915

British Army 9352 Private 3rd (King's Own) Hussars

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Frank Meredith

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 89299 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur John Blackmore

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1558 Private Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment 10th Stockbrokers Battalion

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Frank Davies

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2603 Driver Household Battalion

British Army 4318 Driver Welsh Guards

British Army 4318 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Joseph Edward Spencer

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 16530 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 16530 Lance Corporal King's Shropshire Light Infantry Depot

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Alfred Harris

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army S4/090621 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S4/090621 Corporal Army Service Corps A Coy.

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Francis John Logan

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4394 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371995 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Turner

Born 1890

Died 1951

British Army 100677 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Reginald English Rumsey

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 10th Battalion (1st Rhondda)

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army Temp. Captain Welsh Regiment

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Charles Kew

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7807 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Bertie Turner

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 604092 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 604092

British Army 604092 Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery

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