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Stourbridge, Worcestershire [280]

Stourbridge, Staffordshire [28]

Stourbridge England [23]

Stourbridge [14]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England [11]

Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [7]

Halesowen, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [4]

Stourbridge, Worcs [4]

Old Swinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [3]

Stourbridge, Worcester [3]

Brierley Hill, Stourbridge [2]

Cradley, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Hagley, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Halesowen,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [2]

Stourbridge, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire & Staffordshire [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire and Staffordshire [2]

Stourbridge, Worcs. [2]

Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Amblecote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Belbroughton Nr Stourbridge [1]

Belbroughton, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Blackheath,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1]

Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Clent, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Greensforge nr Stourbridge [1]

Lye Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Lye near Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Lye, Stourbridge, Worcs. [1]

Lye, near Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Lye,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1]

Old Swinford, Stourbridge [1]

Quarry Bank, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE, WORCS [1]

St John's, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Stourbridge Staffordshire [1]

Stourbridge Union Workhouse, Wordsley, West Midlands [1]

Stourbridge, Clent, Worcestershire [1]

Stourbridge, Lye, Worcestershire [1]

Stourbridge, Warwickshire [1]

Stourbridge,Halesowen,Worcestershire. [1]

Stourbridge,Staffs. [1]

Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1]

Thornleigh, Hagley Road, Stourbridge, Worcs [1]

Tye near Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcs [1]

Worcester Stourbridge [1]

Rank

Private [57]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Gunner [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Signalman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Aircraftsman 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanician [1]

Medical Orderly [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Physician And Surgeon [1]

Second Liuetenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major Class 2 [1]

Sergeant Major WO1 [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Brigadier [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

34th Divisional Train [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Army British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "P 60." [1]

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

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

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

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS CAROLINE [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Minion [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Simoom [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Service

Royal Navy [182]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124]

British Army [81]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [55]

H [52]

W [48]

C [36]

P [33]

T [25]

S [24]

G [22]

D [21]

M [19]

L [14]

R [14]

F [12]

A [10]

J [10]

E [9]

N [5]

V [5]

K [4]

I [3]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [407]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [280] Stourbridge, Staffordshire [28] Stourbridge England [23] Stourbridge [14] Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England [11] Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [7] Halesowen, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [4] Stourbridge, Worcs [4] Old Swinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [3] Stourbridge, Worcester [3] Brierley Hill, Stourbridge [2] Cradley, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Hagley, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Halesowen,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [2] Stourbridge, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire & Staffordshire [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire and Staffordshire [2] Stourbridge, Worcs. [2] Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Amblecote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Belbroughton Nr Stourbridge [1] Belbroughton, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Blackheath,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1] Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Clent, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Greensforge nr Stourbridge [1] Lye Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Lye near Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Lye, Stourbridge, Worcs. [1] Lye, near Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Lye,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1] Old Swinford, Stourbridge [1] Quarry Bank, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE, WORCS [1] St John's, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Stourbridge Staffordshire [1] Stourbridge Union Workhouse, Wordsley, West Midlands [1] Stourbridge, Clent, Worcestershire [1] Stourbridge, Lye, Worcestershire [1] Stourbridge, Warwickshire [1] Stourbridge,Halesowen,Worcestershire. [1] Stourbridge,Staffs. [1] Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1] Thornleigh, Hagley Road, Stourbridge, Worcs [1] Tye near Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Wollaston, Stourbridge, Worcs [1] Worcester Stourbridge [1]

Rank

Private [57] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Gunner [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Signalman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Aircraftsman 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Cadet [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanician [1] Medical Orderly [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Physician And Surgeon [1] Second Liuetenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major Class 2 [1] Sergeant Major WO1 [1] Signal Boy [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Brigadier [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 34th Divisional Train [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Army British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "P 60." [1] H.M.S. "Tiger." [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS CAROLINE [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Minion [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Simoom [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vanguard [1]

Service

Royal Navy [182] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124] British Army [81] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [55] H [52] W [48] C [36] P [33] T [25] S [24] G [22] D [21] M [19] L [14] R [14] F [12] A [10] J [10] E [9] N [5] V [5] K [4] I [3] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [407] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32] South Africa [1]

Joseph Southall

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army 301700 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 239302 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 301700 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Thomas Parrock

Born 1874

Died 1927

British Army 48941 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148613 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148613 Sergeant Major Class 2 Royal Air Force

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George Harry Gaudan

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 8584 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 8584 Acting Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Charles Wellings

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6553 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Edward Felix Baxter

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 32072 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment 1/8th (Irish) Battalion

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Charles George Matthew Munday

Born 1882

Died 1958

British Army 4407 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 4407 Private Coldstream Guard

British Army 4407 Private Coldstream Guards

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Caleb Stephen Cresswell

Born 1876

Died 1958

British Army 9014 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot Battalion

British Army 9014 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion

British Army 9014 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Thomas Bryan

Born 1882

Died 1945

British Army 22040 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 22040 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 22040 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Tyneside Irish 25th Service Battalion

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Laurence Barnett Timmis

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army 10130 Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army 9878 Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army 9878 Private Army Reserve

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William Albert Watkins

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1396 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1396 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1396 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Frederick James Thomas

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 60079 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John White

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

Other Empire Force Medical Orderly British Army British Red Cross Society Friends Ambulance Unit

British Army

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Abratha Kettley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 19994 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Pargeter

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 9860 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9860 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9860 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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Frank Cascarino

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 13370 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 136812 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 136812 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Dulson

Born 1880

British Army 16483 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Ernest Hawkeswood

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army R/20448 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 203700 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 7th Battalion

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Ernest Harry Everton

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7548 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 7548 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd worcest Battalion

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William George Butterworth

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2140 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/2140/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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James Goody

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 25740 Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Garrison Battalion

British Army 1826 Private Oxs & Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 124719 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 9th Coy

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