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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [288]

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [139]

Stoke on Trent [31]

Stoke On Trent England [29]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England [29]

Stoke-On-Trent England [14]

Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [13]

Stoke on Trent England [12]

Stoke-on-Trent [12]

Stoke-on-Trent England [12]

Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [11]

Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [8]

Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [6]

Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [5]

Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [5]

Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [5]

Shelton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [4]

Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire [4]

Stoke-On-Trent [4]

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs [4]

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Hanley, Stoke on Trent [3]

Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent [3]

Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs [3]

Longton, Stoke on Trent [3]

Stoke on Trent, Staffs [3]

Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [2]

Basford, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent [2]

Endon, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Fenton, Stoke on Trent [2]

Longton, Stoke-on-Trent [2]

Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Stoke on Trent Staffordshire [2]

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Tunstall Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Wolstanton, Stoke on Trent [2]

Wolstanton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

104, Bucknall Road, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

17 Sheaf Passage,Longton,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire [1]

9 Melville Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent [1]

Bagnall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Biddulph, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Boothen, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Bucknall,Stoke on Trent,Staffordshire. [1]

Bucknell, Stoke on Trent [1]

Burslem Stoke on Trent Staffs [1]

Burslem Stoke on Trent Staffs [1]

Burslem, Nr Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [113]

Lance Corporal [18]

Gunner [17]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Sapper [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Sergeant [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

private [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chum [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Conducting Officer [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Temporary Quarter Master [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Trimmer [1]

Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [41]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Engineers [12]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Reserves [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

"B.Q." Cable Section, Royal Engineers [1]

14th Reinforcement [1]

16th Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

21st Scots Fusiliers [1]

2nd Leinster Regiment [1]

2nd Montgomery Yeomanry [1]

3rd Cavalry [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [321]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [171]

British Army [166]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [95]

H [84]

S [73]

W [64]

M [56]

C [51]

P [48]

G [38]

T [37]

L [33]

D [29]

R [29]

K [23]

A [21]

F [18]

J [17]

O [13]

E [9]

N [6]

Y [4]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [710]

Merchant Navy [28]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Australia [3]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [288] Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [139] Stoke on Trent [31] Stoke On Trent England [29] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England [29] Stoke-On-Trent England [14] Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [13] Stoke on Trent England [12] Stoke-on-Trent [12] Stoke-on-Trent England [12] Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [11] Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [8] Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [6] Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [5] Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [5] Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [5] Shelton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [4] Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire [4] Stoke-On-Trent [4] Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs [4] Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [3] Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [3] Hanley, Stoke on Trent [3] Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent [3] Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs [3] Longton, Stoke on Trent [3] Stoke on Trent, Staffs [3] Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [2] Basford, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent [2] Endon, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Fenton, Stoke on Trent [2] Longton, Stoke-on-Trent [2] Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [2] Stoke on Trent Staffordshire [2] Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire [2] Tunstall Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Wolstanton, Stoke on Trent [2] Wolstanton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] 104, Bucknall Road, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] 17 Sheaf Passage,Longton,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire [1] 9 Melville Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent [1] Bagnall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Biddulph, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Boothen, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Bucknall,Stoke on Trent,Staffordshire. [1] Bucknell, Stoke on Trent [1] Burslem Stoke on Trent Staffs [1] Burslem Stoke on Trent Staffs [1] Burslem, Nr Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [113] Lance Corporal [18] Gunner [17] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [9] Lieutenant [8] Sapper [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Captain [5] Driver [5] Sergeant [5] Able Seaman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] private [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chum [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Conducting Officer [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Temporary Quarter Master [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Trimmer [1] Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [41] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Engineers [12] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Reserves [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] "B.Q." Cable Section, Royal Engineers [1] 14th Reinforcement [1] 16th Battalion Australian Infantry [1] 21st Scots Fusiliers [1] 2nd Leinster Regiment [1] 2nd Montgomery Yeomanry [1] 3rd Cavalry [1] 4th South African Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [321] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [171] British Army [166] Australian Imperial Force [68] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [95] H [84] S [73] W [64] M [56] C [51] P [48] G [38] T [37] L [33] D [29] R [29] K [23] A [21] F [18] J [17] O [13] E [9] N [6] Y [4] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [710] Merchant Navy [28]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Australia [3] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1]

Robert Eric Keeling

Born 1899

Died 1976

British Army 52358 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114693 Royal Flying Corps

British Army 52358 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frank Glover

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19569 Private The Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 19569 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Myatt

Born 1895

Died 1935

British Army 203546 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 593114 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Ewart Brereton

Born 1898

British Army 60121 Machine Gun Corps

British Army 60121 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 7th Reserve Battalion

British Army 90966 Corporal Machine Gun Corps Reserve Depot M.G.T.C.

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John Shatwell Wagstaff

Born 1895

Died 1957

British Army 1847 Private Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”) 4th Battalion

British Army 200320 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”)

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Cyril Scarlett Jackson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 805036 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 491962 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 2590 Driver Royal Field Artillery R.F.A. (46TH DIV. SIGNAL COY., R.E.).

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Harold Rhead Dawson

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army

British Army 28 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT 02506 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Albert Foster Dawson

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army TT/02507 Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/02507 Sergeant Army Veterinary Corps

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Alfred Charles Watkin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2786 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2786 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Leonard Augustus Hedge

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2471 Lance Corporal 2nd Montgomery Yeomanry

British Army 2471 Montgomery Yeomanry

British Army 2471 Lance Corporal Montgomeryshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st Battalion

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Edmund Benjamin Bromley

Born 1898

Died 1947

Royal Navy 20246 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Private Royal Marines

Royal Navy HMS Courageous

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Alfred Sanders

Born 1892

Died 1940

British Army 16103 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 40061 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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James Thomas Shatwell

Born 1881

Died 1940

Australian Imperial Force 5210

Australian Imperial Force 5200 Private 16th Battalion Australian Infantry

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James Hargreaves

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 3004/ST Leading Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3004/ST Leading Trimmer HMS Paddle Minesweeper 'Newbury'

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Walter Hines Cumberlidge

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 013375 Lance Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Frank Minor

Born 1883

Died 1924

British Army 17691 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 5th Btn

British Army 17591 Pte Royal Fusiliers 5th Btn

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Thomas Byatt

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 4626 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200627 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200627 Private Durham Light Infantry 5th Bn.

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Frederick John Roberts

Born 1887

British Army 41836 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 41836 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 68 Battery

British Army 41836 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 50 Reserve Battery

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Harry Wootton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army GS/11453 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Robert Sherwin Shufflebotham

Born 1888

Died 1940

British Army 15483 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 15483 Private Kings Shropshire Light Infantry

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