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Shrewsbury, Shropshire [493]

Shropshire [284]

Wellington, Shropshire [217]

Oswestry, Shropshire [164]

Ludlow, Shropshire [115]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [90]

Shropshire England [88]

Whitchurch, Shropshire [85]

Newport, Shropshire [73]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [68]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [61]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [59]

Shifnal, Shropshire [55]

Madeley, Shropshire [45]

Oswestry, Shropshire, England [30]

Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [26]

Wem, Shropshire [26]

Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire [24]

Oakengates, Shropshire [22]

Church Stretton, Shropshire [21]

Broseley, Shropshire [19]

Dawley, Shropshire [19]

Atcham, Shropshire [18]

Shropshire, England [17]

Clun, Shropshire [14]

Much Wenlock, Shropshire [14]

Bridgenorth, Shropshire [13]

Albrighton, Shropshire [12]

Coalbrookdale, Shropshire [12]

Ludlow, Shropshire, England [12]

Craven Arms, Shropshire [11]

Hadley, Shropshire [11]

Worfield, Shropshire [10]

Ironbridge, Shropshire [9]

Llanymynech, on the borders of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire [9]

Salop, Shropshire [9]

Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire [9]

Chirbury, Shropshire [8]

Ellesmere, Shropshire, England [8]

West Felton, Shropshire [8]

Minsterley, Shropshire [7]

Wombridge, Shropshire [7]

Worthen, Shropshire [7]

Claverley, Shropshire [6]

Cressage, Shropshire [6]

Hodnet, Shropshire [6]

Hopesay, Shropshire [6]

Lilleshall, Shropshire [6]

Prees, Shropshire [6]

Wem, Shropshire, England [6]

Rank

Private [511]

Second Lieutenant [50]

Corporal [49]

Serjeant [46]

Gunner [42]

Lieutenant [42]

Lance Corporal [38]

Able Seaman [35]

Captain [33]

Sapper [25]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Stoker 1st Class [23]

Driver [22]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Rifleman [13]

Major [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Deck Hand [9]

Sergeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Leading Stoker [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Bombardier [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [4]

Reverend [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Signalman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Cadet [2]

Chaplain [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [137]

Shropshire Light Infantry [55]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [49]

South Wales Borderers [45]

Royal Engineers [42]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [38]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Army Service Corps [31]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Labour Corps [26]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Royal Air Force [16]

Shropshire Yeomanry [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Herefordshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

South Wales Borderers Depot [7]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Monmouthshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

HMS LION [5]

HMS MALAYA [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1094]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1088]

British Army [760]

Australian Imperial Force [95]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [352]

H [289]

W [269]

P [268]

J [208]

M [198]

S [187]

D [177]

C [166]

T [165]

R [152]

L [147]

E [146]

G [146]

F [94]

A [86]

O [54]

K [41]

N [41]

Y [16]

V [14]

I [5]

U [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2980]

Merchant Navy [171]

Country

United Kingdom [398]

Canada [12]

India [9]

Australia [3]

Belgium [3]

France [2]

Germany [2]

South Africa [2]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Shrewsbury, Shropshire [493] Shropshire [284] Wellington, Shropshire [217] Oswestry, Shropshire [164] Ludlow, Shropshire [115] Market Drayton, Shropshire [90] Shropshire England [88] Whitchurch, Shropshire [85] Newport, Shropshire [73] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [68] Ellesmere, Shropshire [61] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [59] Shifnal, Shropshire [55] Madeley, Shropshire [45] Oswestry, Shropshire, England [30] Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [26] Wem, Shropshire [26] Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire [24] Oakengates, Shropshire [22] Church Stretton, Shropshire [21] Broseley, Shropshire [19] Dawley, Shropshire [19] Atcham, Shropshire [18] Shropshire, England [17] Clun, Shropshire [14] Much Wenlock, Shropshire [14] Bridgenorth, Shropshire [13] Albrighton, Shropshire [12] Coalbrookdale, Shropshire [12] Ludlow, Shropshire, England [12] Craven Arms, Shropshire [11] Hadley, Shropshire [11] Worfield, Shropshire [10] Ironbridge, Shropshire [9] Llanymynech, on the borders of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire [9] Salop, Shropshire [9] Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire [9] Chirbury, Shropshire [8] Ellesmere, Shropshire, England [8] West Felton, Shropshire [8] Minsterley, Shropshire [7] Wombridge, Shropshire [7] Worthen, Shropshire [7] Claverley, Shropshire [6] Cressage, Shropshire [6] Hodnet, Shropshire [6] Hopesay, Shropshire [6] Lilleshall, Shropshire [6] Prees, Shropshire [6] Wem, Shropshire, England [6]

Rank

Private [511] Second Lieutenant [50] Corporal [49] Serjeant [46] Gunner [42] Lieutenant [42] Lance Corporal [38] Able Seaman [35] Captain [33] Sapper [25] Ordinary Seaman [23] Stoker 1st Class [23] Driver [22] Boy 1st Class [13] Rifleman [13] Major [12] Acting Corporal [11] Boy 2nd Class [11] Deck Hand [9] Sergeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Leading Stoker [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Bombardier [5] Leading Seaman [5] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Aircraftman 2nd Class [4] Reverend [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Signalman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Brigadier General [2] Cadet [2] Chaplain [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [137] Shropshire Light Infantry [55] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [49] South Wales Borderers [45] Royal Engineers [42] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [38] Royal Field Artillery [36] Army Service Corps [31] Cheshire Regiment [29] Labour Corps [26] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Royal Air Force [16] Shropshire Yeomanry [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Herefordshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] South Wales Borderers Depot [7] Grenadier Guards [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Monmouthshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [6] Welsh Regiment [6] HMS LION [5] HMS MALAYA [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Border Regiment [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1094] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1088] British Army [760] Australian Imperial Force [95] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [352] H [289] W [269] P [268] J [208] M [198] S [187] D [177] C [166] T [165] R [152] L [147] E [146] G [146] F [94] A [86] O [54] K [41] N [41] Y [16] V [14] I [5] U [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2980] Merchant Navy [171]

Country

United Kingdom [398] Canada [12] India [9] Australia [3] Belgium [3] France [2] Germany [2] South Africa [2] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

William Knowles

Born 1898

British Army 35093 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harry Wilfred Link

Born 1895

British Army 26678 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 362244 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harry France

Born 1897

Royal Navy J25522 Able Seaman HMS MAENAD

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William Cornes

Born 1888

British Army 1229 Private London Regiment 3rd city of lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Thomas Hughes

Born 1886

British Army 23594 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 9th (2nd Reserve) Battalion

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