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Stone, Staffordshire [87]

Stone, Bucks [19]

Stone, Kent [18]

Stone England [14]

Stone Hut South Australia [10]

Stone, Dartford, Kent [9]

Stone, Buckinghamshire [6]

Stone Allerton, Somerset [4]

Stone [3]

Stone, Kent, England [3]

Stone, Stafford, Staffordshire [3]

Stone, Staffs [3]

Stone Cross [2]

Stone, Ashford, Kent [2]

Stone, Gloucestershire [2]

Stone, Yorkshire [2]

Almond, Big Stone, Minnesota [1]

Barlaston, Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Bishop Stone England [1]

Burston, Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Church Stone, Cornwall [1]

Cross Stone, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Dartford, Stone, Kent [1]

Eccleshall, Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Hillhouse Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent [1]

King stone, Hertfordshire [1]

Little Stoke, Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Oulton, Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Park Stone, Dorset [1]

STONE STAFFORDSHIRE [1]

Sedrup, Stone, Bucks [1]

Shipston on Stone, Worcestershire [1]

St Michael's, Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Stone , Staffordshire [1]

Stone Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Stone Dartford, Kent [1]

Stone Devonport, Devon [1]

Stone Gate, Sussex [1]

Stone House Gloucester [1]

Stone House Scotland [1]

Stone House, Devon [1]

Stone Hurst, Nova Scotia [1]

Stone Kent England [1]

Stone New South Wales [1]

Stone Staffordshire [1]

Stone Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Stone cum Ebony, Tenterden, Kent [1]

Stone in Oxney, Nr. Ashford, Kent [1]

Stone of Morphie, Forfar [1]

Stone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

66th Punjabis, Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Chaplains Department [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Ophir" [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Non-Combatant Corps [1]

Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67]

British Army [65]

Royal Navy [63]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40]

H [25]

C [21]

S [19]

W [18]

D [15]

M [14]

G [12]

P [12]

T [10]

F [9]

L [8]

E [6]

K [6]

R [6]

A [3]

J [2]

O [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [222]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

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Place of birth

Stone, Staffordshire [87] Stone, Bucks [19] Stone, Kent [18] Stone England [14] Stone Hut South Australia [10] Stone, Dartford, Kent [9] Stone, Buckinghamshire [6] Stone Allerton, Somerset [4] Stone [3] Stone, Kent, England [3] Stone, Stafford, Staffordshire [3] Stone, Staffs [3] Stone Cross [2] Stone, Ashford, Kent [2] Stone, Gloucestershire [2] Stone, Yorkshire [2] Almond, Big Stone, Minnesota [1] Barlaston, Stone, Staffordshire [1] Bishop Stone England [1] Burston, Stone, Staffordshire [1] Church Stone, Cornwall [1] Cross Stone, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Dartford, Stone, Kent [1] Eccleshall, Stone, Staffordshire [1] Hillhouse Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent [1] King stone, Hertfordshire [1] Little Stoke, Stone, Staffordshire [1] Oulton, Stone, Staffordshire [1] Park Stone, Dorset [1] STONE STAFFORDSHIRE [1] Sedrup, Stone, Bucks [1] Shipston on Stone, Worcestershire [1] St Michael's, Stone, Staffordshire [1] Stone , Staffordshire [1] Stone Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Stone Dartford, Kent [1] Stone Devonport, Devon [1] Stone Gate, Sussex [1] Stone House Gloucester [1] Stone House Scotland [1] Stone House, Devon [1] Stone Hurst, Nova Scotia [1] Stone Kent England [1] Stone New South Wales [1] Stone Staffordshire [1] Stone Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Stone cum Ebony, Tenterden, Kent [1] Stone in Oxney, Nr. Ashford, Kent [1] Stone of Morphie, Forfar [1] Stone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [42] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Lance Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Labour Corps [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 66th Punjabis, Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Chaplains Department [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Ophir" [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Vivid [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Non-Combatant Corps [1] Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67] British Army [65] Royal Navy [63] Australian Imperial Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40] H [25] C [21] S [19] W [18] D [15] M [14] G [12] P [12] T [10] F [9] L [8] E [6] K [6] R [6] A [3] J [2] O [2] I [1] N [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [222] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Arthur George Swinnerton

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 13926 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 13926 Guardsman Coldstream Guards 4th Pioneer Battalion

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Robert Buchanan Wilkes Gosse

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 9323 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment cheshire regiment attached 1/6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Charlie Howlett

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 58770 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 104028 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Marriott Wood

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army

British Army 57107 Private 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion

British Army 57107 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Leonard Brown

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 108411 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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William Henry Finney

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 72280 Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 35907 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Frederick John Wood

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army 16563 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Roy Lynam

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 100 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 806674 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Hemmings

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14161 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Charles Jenkins

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army M/335070 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M / 335070 Acting Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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Frederick Lionel Woodford

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army M2/181943 Private Army Service Corps

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Leonard William Harfield Horton

Born 1892

Died 1960

Royal Navy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205447

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Donald Cameron Corbett Turnham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 20610 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Herridge

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 66900 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Cheadle

Born 1893

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20250 Leading Aircraftman RFC 53rd Sqdn

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Clifford Baldwin

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army P/574 Colour Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army P/574 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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Louis Victor Smith

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 5847 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 254305 Private Labour Corps

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Ernest Eames

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 14626 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Withington

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192559

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William Smith

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198586

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