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Stroud, Gloucestershire [365]

Stroud New South Wales [93]

Stroud England [31]

Stroud, Kent [26]

Stroud [21]

Stroud Green, London [21]

Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire [11]

Near Stroud, Gloucestershire [10]

Stroud, Gloucester [10]

Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire [9]

Stroud Green, London, Middlesex [9]

Stroud Green, Middlesex [8]

Stroud, Glos [7]

Chalford, Stroud, Gloucestershire [5]

Minchinhampton, Stroud, Gloucestershire [5]

Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [5]

Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire [4]

Rodborough, near Stroud, Gloucestershire [4]

Stroud, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [4]

Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire [3]

Stroud, London [3]

Stroud,Gloucestershire [3]

Stroud,Gloucestershire. [3]

Whiteshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire [3]

Woodchester, Stroud, Gloucestershire [3]

Ebley near Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Oakridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Randwick, Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Stroud Gloucestershire [2]

Stroud Gloucestershire. [2]

Stroud Green, Edmonton, London, Middlesex [2]

Stroud, Glos. [2]

Stroud, Somerset [2]

Stroud,Gloucs. [2]

Amberley Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Arlingham, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Ashley near Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Avening Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Barnham-in-Stroud, Essex [1]

Bisley, Stroud, Gloucs [1]

Bowbridge, Stroud [1]

Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Burleigh, Stroud [1]

Cainscross, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Chalford, near Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Chalford,Stroud,Gloucestershire. [1]

Cliffe Stroud, Kent [1]

Cranham, Stroud [1]

Cranham, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [95]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Captain [7]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sapper [4]

Rifleman [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant (Temp) [1]

2nd Lt [1]

AB [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Director [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Seaman [1]

Canteener [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Directeur [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Cadet [Cadet Pilot] [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

O.R. Sergeant [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [42]

Royal Engineers [12]

South Wales Borderers [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Revenge [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1]

Army [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Australian Light Horse [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) [1]

Duke of Edinburghs' (Wiltshire) Regiment [1]

E. York. R. [1]

East [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorks Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [327]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148]

British Army [134]

Australian Imperial Force [126]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [87]

H [67]

S [65]

B [63]

C [56]

P [54]

M [47]

L [46]

G [42]

F [36]

R [31]

A [27]

T [27]

D [25]

J [17]

N [12]

E [10]

K [10]

O [7]

V [7]

Y [4]

I [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [727]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [95]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

Poland [1]

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Place of birth

Stroud, Gloucestershire [365] Stroud New South Wales [93] Stroud England [31] Stroud, Kent [26] Stroud [21] Stroud Green, London [21] Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire [11] Near Stroud, Gloucestershire [10] Stroud, Gloucester [10] Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire [9] Stroud Green, London, Middlesex [9] Stroud Green, Middlesex [8] Stroud, Glos [7] Chalford, Stroud, Gloucestershire [5] Minchinhampton, Stroud, Gloucestershire [5] Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [5] Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire [4] Rodborough, near Stroud, Gloucestershire [4] Stroud, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [4] Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire [3] Stroud, London [3] Stroud,Gloucestershire [3] Stroud,Gloucestershire. [3] Whiteshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire [3] Woodchester, Stroud, Gloucestershire [3] Ebley near Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Oakridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Randwick, Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Stroud Gloucestershire [2] Stroud Gloucestershire. [2] Stroud Green, Edmonton, London, Middlesex [2] Stroud, Glos. [2] Stroud, Somerset [2] Stroud,Gloucs. [2] Amberley Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Arlingham, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Ashley near Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Avening Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [1] Barnham-in-Stroud, Essex [1] Bisley, Stroud, Gloucs [1] Bowbridge, Stroud [1] Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Burleigh, Stroud [1] Cainscross, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [1] Chalford, near Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Chalford,Stroud,Gloucestershire. [1] Cliffe Stroud, Kent [1] Cranham, Stroud [1] Cranham, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [95] Second Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [16] Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Lieutenant [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Captain [7] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sapper [4] Rifleman [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant (Temp) [1] 2nd Lt [1] AB [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Director [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Seaman [1] Canteener [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Directeur [1] Drummer [1] Flight Cadet [Cadet Pilot] [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] O.R. Sergeant [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [42] Royal Engineers [12] South Wales Borderers [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] HMS TIGER [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Revenge [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1] Army [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Australian Light Horse [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) [1] Duke of Edinburghs' (Wiltshire) Regiment [1] E. York. R. [1] East [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorks Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [327] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148] British Army [134] Australian Imperial Force [126] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [87] H [67] S [65] B [63] C [56] P [54] M [47] L [46] G [42] F [36] R [31] A [27] T [27] D [25] J [17] N [12] E [10] K [10] O [7] V [7] Y [4] I [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [727] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [95] South Africa [2] Australia [1] Poland [1]

Samuel Bennett

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265023

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William Bird

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267106

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Arthur Louis White

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139353

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William Henry Peter Weight

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226789

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Sidney George Wheatley

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275510

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Albert Clement Eagle

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196811

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Samuel Robert Hodges

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305425

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Morton Ewart Postlethwaite

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 30920 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Private27876 Wiltshire. Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Henry Joseph Lucas

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233313

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Leonard Charles Swan

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 423103

Canadian Expeditionary Force 623103 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Harold Edgar Heaps

Born 1898

Died 1986

British Army 21888 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 21888 Lance Corporal Duke of Edinburghs' (Wiltshire) Regiment 1st Wiltshire

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Hubert V. Ind

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10726 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Alfred Charles Donovan Apperly

Born 1898

Died 1995

British Army 255549 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Martin William. Blackwell

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 29319 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Eric Jack Dee

Born 1898

British Army 51816(Incomplete) Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 43331(Incomplete) Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Howard Alan Farrar

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1474 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

British Army 1474 Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Patrick Persia Morse

Born 1900

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169024

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Guy Workman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202150

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Robert William Close

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 12819 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal

British Army 12819 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Percy Enoch Stockwell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 26578 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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