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Tipton, Staffordshire [243]

Tipton, Staffordshire, England [14]

Tipton, Staffs [14]

Tipton England [12]

Tipton [8]

Tipton Staffs [7]

Tipton Staffordshire [3]

Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffordshire [2]

Princes End, Tipton, Staffordshire [2]

TIPTON STAFFORDSHIRE [2]

Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffs [1]

Dale Street, Tipton Staffordshire [1]

Great Bridge, Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Lea Brook Road, Tipton, Staffordshire. [1]

Ocker Hill Tipton [1]

Park Lane, Tipton, Staffordshire [1]

Swan Village, Tipton, Staffordshire [1]

Tipton Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Tipton Saint Johns, Devon [1]

Tipton Staffordshire, England [1]

Tipton, Bloomfield, Staffordshire [1]

Tipton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Tipton, Devon [1]

Tipton, Dudley [1]

Tipton, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Tipton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Tipton. Staffs. [1]

tipton, staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [55]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Driver [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Captain [2]

Civilian [2]

Major [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pvt [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Air Raid Victim, Staffordshire [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

(RFR./Dev.A. 3203). H.M.S. "Vivid." [1]

7th Training Bn Belgaum India [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment. [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Military Provost Staff Corps [1]

North Staffordshire Regimen [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Officer Training Corps [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113]

Royal Navy [108]

British Army [80]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [41]

B [36]

P [32]

W [26]

R [25]

S [20]

M [19]

T [17]

C [16]

G [16]

F [15]

J [14]

D [12]

L [11]

A [8]

N [6]

E [5]

O [3]

V [3]

K [2]

Contribution

Military Service [302]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

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People [327] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tipton, Staffordshire [243] Tipton, Staffordshire, England [14] Tipton, Staffs [14] Tipton England [12] Tipton [8] Tipton Staffs [7] Tipton Staffordshire [3] Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffordshire [2] Princes End, Tipton, Staffordshire [2] TIPTON STAFFORDSHIRE [2] Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [2] Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffs [1] Dale Street, Tipton Staffordshire [1] Great Bridge, Tipton, near Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Lea Brook Road, Tipton, Staffordshire. [1] Ocker Hill Tipton [1] Park Lane, Tipton, Staffordshire [1] Swan Village, Tipton, Staffordshire [1] Tipton Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Tipton Saint Johns, Devon [1] Tipton Staffordshire, England [1] Tipton, Bloomfield, Staffordshire [1] Tipton, Cambridgeshire [1] Tipton, Devon [1] Tipton, Dudley [1] Tipton, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Tipton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Tipton. Staffs. [1] tipton, staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [55] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Able Seaman [4] Driver [4] Lieutenant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [3] Captain [2] Civilian [2] Major [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Pvt [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Royal Engineers [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Air Raid Victim, Staffordshire [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] (RFR./Dev.A. 3203). H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] 7th Training Bn Belgaum India [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment. [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Nugent." [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Military Provost Staff Corps [1] North Staffordshire Regimen [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Officer Training Corps [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113] Royal Navy [108] British Army [80] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [41] B [36] P [32] W [26] R [25] S [20] M [19] T [17] C [16] G [16] F [15] J [14] D [12] L [11] A [8] N [6] E [5] O [3] V [3] K [2]

Contribution

Military Service [302] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Frederick Houldey

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 34940 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3157 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 34940 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th (Service) Battalion

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John Vincent

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 155220 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel Colwell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 52287 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Bull

Born 1888

Died 1922

British Army 103123 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 11 Company

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William Valentine Moss

Born 1888

British Army 300246 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 15/52402 Private Royal Irish Rifles 1st, 15th Battalion, Irish Command

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Harold Benjamin Shearwood

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4928 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 26655 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Leonard Pooler

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 201029 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 3109 Private Worcestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 201029 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Walter Patrick

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 1621 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

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George Humphries

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 16580 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Charles William Hassall

Born 1896

Died 1945

British Army 302593 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Lane

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 112640 Sapper Royal Engineers 179th Tunnelling Company

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Sidney John Orlando Mills

Born 1885

Died 1951

British Army 279448 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 625454 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 625454 Bombardier Honourable Artillery Company 2/A Battery

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Frank Poole

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 28836 Private North Staffordshire Regimen 10th Battalion

British Army TR/578258 Private Training Reserve 3rd Battalion

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Abraham Aston

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3728 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 201470 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1st/7th Battalion

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Sydney Burton

Born 1893

British Army 19285 Private Worcestershire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 19285 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 19285 Private Worcestershire Regiment Depot

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Herbert William Boles

Born 1879

Died 1930

Canadian Expeditionary Force 525120

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Enoch Price

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 21238 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th

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Benjamin Millership

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4099 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army

British Army 201707 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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James Skidmore

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 8324 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 8324 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Edward Whitehouse

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 241723 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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