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Tamworth, Staffordshire [116]

Tamworth, Stafford, Staffordshire [4]

Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire [2]

Drayton Bassett, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1]

Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1]

Harlaston, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1]

Hopwas, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1]

Tamworth Staffordshire [1]

Tamworth, Staffordshire. [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M. Hospital Ship "Rohilla." [1]

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

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

Hussars [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

British Army [17]

Last name first letter

B [15]

H [15]

W [13]

S [12]

F [9]

G [9]

C [7]

D [7]

R [7]

P [6]

A [5]

L [5]

M [4]

J [3]

N [3]

Y [3]

T [2]

E [1]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [127]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [128] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tamworth, Staffordshire [116] Tamworth, Stafford, Staffordshire [4] Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire [2] Drayton Bassett, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1] Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1] Harlaston, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1] Hopwas, Tamworth, Staffordshire [1] Tamworth Staffordshire [1] Tamworth, Staffordshire. [1]

Rank

Private [13] Stoker 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M. Hospital Ship "Rohilla." [1] H.M.S. "Cressy" [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] Hussars [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1] Royal Scots [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] British Army [17]

Last name first letter

B [15] H [15] W [13] S [12] F [9] G [9] C [7] D [7] R [7] P [6] A [5] L [5] M [4] J [3] N [3] Y [3] T [2] E [1] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [127]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Fred Causer

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy 19193 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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John Allsop

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS111310 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Samuel Welbourne

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 18210 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Patrick Sharratt

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 21094 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial.

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Harold Hyde Ridsdale

Born 1888

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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George Henry Cotterill

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162007

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David Alexander Fox

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191873

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George White

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144595

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Arthur John Cope

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239821

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Walter Henry Hincks

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50495

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Albert T Weston

Died 1916

British Army 2283 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240352 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Chapman Sharpe

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266048

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Alfred Passam

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190947

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George Preedy

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15113 Private Hussars

British Army 15113 Private 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Harry Bird

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207897 Serjeant Royal Air Force

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George Matthews

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169167

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Alfred Horace Flint

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 14519 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Francis Gray

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207444

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James Clarke Radford

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248958

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Oliver Charles White

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 48302 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 48302 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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