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Tunstall, Staffordshire [130]

Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [5]

Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [5]

Tunstall, Staffordshire, England [3]

Tunstall Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Chell near Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

Goldenhill, Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

Kidsgrove, Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

Leak near Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

Tunstall Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Tunstall Staffordshire [1]

Tunstall, Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Tunstall, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Tunstall, Staffordshire. [1]

Tunstall. Staffordshire [1]

Whitehill, Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

[probably] Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Lance Corporal [4]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

9th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Central Ontario Regiment Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Reserves [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

Tank Corps [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

Royal Navy [57]

British Army [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [20]

C [17]

M [15]

S [15]

H [11]

W [10]

G [9]

J [9]

P [9]

L [8]

D [7]

E [6]

R [5]

F [4]

K [4]

T [3]

A [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [151]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

India [1]

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People [157] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tunstall, Staffordshire [130] Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [5] Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [5] Tunstall, Staffordshire, England [3] Tunstall Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Chell near Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] Goldenhill, Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] Kidsgrove, Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] Leak near Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] Tunstall Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Tunstall Staffordshire [1] Tunstall, Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Tunstall, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Tunstall, Staffordshire. [1] Tunstall. Staffordshire [1] Whitehill, Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] [probably] Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [25] Lance Corporal [4] Gunner [3] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 9th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Central Ontario Regiment Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS TIGER [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Reserves [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [1] Tank Corps [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] Royal Navy [57] British Army [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [20] C [17] M [15] S [15] H [11] W [10] G [9] J [9] P [9] L [8] D [7] E [6] R [5] F [4] K [4] T [3] A [2] O [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [151] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19] India [1]

Bertram Bourne

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army 5/83055 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry Army reserve P

British Army 15458 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th battalion

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Joseph Frederic Lacy Spite

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 1665 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 805810 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John Henry Muscutt

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10291 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 10291 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 10291 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Burnett Buckingham Grosvenor

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 500409

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Central Ontario Regiment Canadian Infantry 1st/3rd Battalion

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Frederick Forster

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 24842 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Thomas Kelly

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 17007 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Victor Cotton

Born 1892

Died 1957

British Army 140861 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Norman Lacy Spite

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 46603 Private Labour Corps

British Army 71133 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Walter Hines Cumberlidge

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 013375 Lance Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Samuel Stanworth Burgess

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3/34509 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Richard John Sant

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 26626 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Thomas Edward Jones

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71359

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George Ernest Hemmings

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13400

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Joseph Bradbury

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66962

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Robert Dobbs

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7868 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Elkin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260078

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Benjamin Challinor

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275334

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Ernest John Dunning

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306891

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George Thomas Evanson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297773

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Charles Clay

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189195

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