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Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [193]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England [13]

Overbury, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [3]

Deerhurst, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Ashelworth near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Forthampton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Longdon Nr Tewkesbury Gloucestershire [1]

Overbury near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Tewkesbury Gloucestershire [1]

Tewkesbury,Gloucestershire [1]

Tewkesbury,Gloucestershire. [1]

Twyning, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [64]

Lance Corporal [9]

Corporal [7]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter’s Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing-Smith [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [40]

Labour Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment/Labour Corps [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Marlborough [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

HMS Vivid II/HMS Leonidas/HMS Albatross [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery Depot [1]

Service

British Army [90]

Royal Navy [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [24]

W [24]

S [22]

P [20]

B [17]

M [15]

R [15]

T [14]

C [13]

J [13]

G [12]

D [7]

N [6]

A [5]

K [4]

F [3]

L [3]

E [2]

O [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [199]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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Place of birth

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [193] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England [13] Overbury, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [3] Deerhurst, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Ashelworth near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Forthampton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Longdon Nr Tewkesbury Gloucestershire [1] Overbury near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Tewkesbury Gloucestershire [1] Tewkesbury,Gloucestershire [1] Tewkesbury,Gloucestershire. [1] Twyning, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [64] Lance Corporal [9] Corporal [7] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [4] Driver [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Carpenter’s Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing-Smith [1] Signal Boy [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [40] Labour Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Engineers [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire [1] Gloucestershire Regiment/Labour Corps [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Bellona" [1] H.M.S."Vivid" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Marlborough [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Vivid II [1] HMS Vivid II/HMS Leonidas/HMS Albatross [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery Depot [1]

Service

British Army [90] Royal Navy [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [24] W [24] S [22] P [20] B [17] M [15] R [15] T [14] C [13] J [13] G [12] D [7] N [6] A [5] K [4] F [3] L [3] E [2] O [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [199] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Albert George Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 23146 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 23146 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Arthur Thacker

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1851 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 41112 S4/248524 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd South East Lancashire)

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Albert Ernest Wilkes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 12128 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 12128 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Frank William Wilkinson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 145234 Sapper Royal Engineers 130th Field Company

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Thomas Williams

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 622421 Acting Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery B Battery, 298th Brigade

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Richard Charles Wyse

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 8707 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Neale

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2849 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars A Squadron

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Harry Hurcombe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 69682 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 78th Siege Battery

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Arthur William Wallace

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 48834 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William George Keylock

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6169 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter King

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8642 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Hurcombe

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2021 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Frank Hodges

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7693 Drummer Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 7693 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Noah Green

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 36799 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Albert Smith

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3083014

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3083014 Private Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment)

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Herbert George Rowley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 29339 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Arthur Joseph Sallis

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15974 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 5673 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 201514 Private Welsh Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Walter William Pittman

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11643 Shoeing-Smith Royal Field Artillery 147th RFA Regiment

British Army 11643 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery 147th RFA Regiment

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Robert Cecil Sayer

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1781 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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William Halling

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 221206 Able Seaman HMS Monmouth

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