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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]

Reginald Charles Walter Wisdom

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 4222 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 16185 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 2895 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edwin Rhodes

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army 23145 Sergeant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 23145 Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army 23145 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William Charles Bullock Beech

Born 1878

Died 1929

Australian Imperial Force 1066 Private Australian Infantry 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1066 Sergeant

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Frank Ambrose Slaney

Born 1882

Died 1973

British Army 5222 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

British Army 5222 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 5222 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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William Horton

Born 1868

Died 1944

British Army 4603 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

British Army 4603 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4603 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Henry Reginald Savory

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army Private Labour Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 194144 Private Labour Corps 29th Coy

British Army 194144 Private The Kings Liverpool Regiment Labour Corps

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Richard Addison

Born 1894

Died 1973

British Army D/9154 Corporal 2nd 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army D/9154 Transport Serjeant 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army D/9154 Serjeant 1st Dragoon Guards

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Edward Thomas Griffiths

Born 1900

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306028

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306028 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Francis Gerald Vane Smith De Heriz

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 19657 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion

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Edwin Pitchford

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117091 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Evan William Harris Vaughan

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy J65794 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Henry Dimbylow

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 9651 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies

Born 1878

Died 1965

British Army Brigadier General King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Charles Ford

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 315964 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Stanley Carr Napier

Born 1898

Died 1961

British Army 29336 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Bn.

British Army M/395583 Private Army Service Corps

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Enoch Harper

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army 6220 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 32971 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 11th Unit

British Army 32971 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Unit

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John Newbrook

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3359 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

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Arthur David Davies

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 36956 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery 39th Brigade

British Army 36596 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Morris

Born 1893

Died 1945

British Army T3/029334 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Vaughan Morris

Born 1891

Died 1964

British Army T3/029333 Driver Army Service Corps

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