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Walsall, Staffordshire [1082]

Walsall England [82]

Walsall [72]

Walsall, Staffs [44]

Walsall, Staffordshire, England [27]

Walsall Wood, Staffordshire [15]

Caldmore, Walsall, Staffordshire [9]

Pelsall, Walsall, Staffordshire [6]

Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [5]

Rushall, Walsall, Staffordshire [5]

Pleck, Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Walsall Staffordshire [4]

Walsall Wood, Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Bloxwich, Walsall [3]

Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Walsall, Hampshire [3]

Walsall, Stafford, Staffordshire [3]

Blakenhall, Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Cannock, Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Palfrey, Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

St Peter's, Walsall, Staffs [2]

Walsall Staffs [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire, [2]

Walsall, Warwickshire [2]

Walsall,Staffs. [2]

Aldridge Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Bentley, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Birchalls, Walsall, England [1]

Birchills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Blakenall, Walsall [1]

Blockwich near Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Brown Hills near Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Brownhills, Walsall [1]

Brownhills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Chase Terrace, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Chasetown, Walsall [1]

Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffs [1]

Darlaston, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Daw End Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Goscote, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Great Bar Walsall Staffordshire [1]

Newton Road, Great Barr, Walsall [1]

Ogley Hay, Walsall [1]

Palfrey Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Palfrey, Walsall [1]

Pelsall,Walsall,Staffs. [1]

Penkridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Pleck Walsall [1]

Ryecroft Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, [1]

Saint Paul's Walsall [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Gunner [22]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Able Seaman [16]

Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Driver [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Sapper [9]

Captain [7]

Serjeant [7]

Deck Hand [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Guardsman [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Reverend [2]

Signalman [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant [1]

Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [71]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS LION [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

H.M. Submarine E5 [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Service

Royal Navy [614]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [442]

British Army [268]

Australian Imperial Force [83]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [170]

H [142]

S [123]

P [109]

W [109]

M [102]

C [100]

R [74]

G [66]

T [66]

D [65]

L [59]

A [48]

F [47]

J [43]

E [40]

N [23]

O [19]

K [18]

Y [8]

V [5]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1376]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [104]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Walsall, Staffordshire [1082] Walsall England [82] Walsall [72] Walsall, Staffs [44] Walsall, Staffordshire, England [27] Walsall Wood, Staffordshire [15] Caldmore, Walsall, Staffordshire [9] Pelsall, Walsall, Staffordshire [6] Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [5] Rushall, Walsall, Staffordshire [5] Pleck, Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Walsall Staffordshire [4] Walsall Wood, Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Bloxwich, Walsall [3] Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Walsall, Hampshire [3] Walsall, Stafford, Staffordshire [3] Blakenhall, Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Cannock, Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Palfrey, Walsall, Staffordshire [2] St Peter's, Walsall, Staffs [2] Walsall Staffs [2] Walsall, Staffordshire, [2] Walsall, Warwickshire [2] Walsall,Staffs. [2] Aldridge Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Bentley, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Birchalls, Walsall, England [1] Birchills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Blakenall, Walsall [1] Blockwich near Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Brown Hills near Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Brownhills, Walsall [1] Brownhills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Chase Terrace, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Chasetown, Walsall [1] Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffs [1] Darlaston, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Daw End Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Goscote, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Great Bar Walsall Staffordshire [1] Newton Road, Great Barr, Walsall [1] Ogley Hay, Walsall [1] Palfrey Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Palfrey, Walsall [1] Pelsall,Walsall,Staffs. [1] Penkridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Pleck Walsall [1] Ryecroft Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, [1] Saint Paul's Walsall [1]

Rank

Private [185] Gunner [22] Stoker 1st Class [20] Able Seaman [16] Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Driver [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Sapper [9] Captain [7] Serjeant [7] Deck Hand [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Guardsman [3] Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Reverend [2] Signalman [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant [1] Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [71] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] Labour Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Grenadier Guards [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] East Kent Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS LION [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] H.M. Submarine E5 [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Warrior [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Service

Royal Navy [614] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [442] British Army [268] Australian Imperial Force [83] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [170] H [142] S [123] P [109] W [109] M [102] C [100] R [74] G [66] T [66] D [65] L [59] A [48] F [47] J [43] E [40] N [23] O [19] K [18] Y [8] V [5] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1376] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [104] Australia [2] India [2] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1]

Edward James Higley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army R 9768 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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William Dutton

Born 1883

Died 1973

British Army 6137 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 200014 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 200014 South Staffordshire Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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Frank Tonks

Born 1895

Died 1956

British Army 3631 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 201368 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 201368 Private South Wales Borderers Brecknockshire Battalion

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Edwin Farley

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 5672 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Charles E Booker

Born 1890

Died 1941

British Army 9568 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 73017 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 203185 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Herbert Mountford

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 10622 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10622 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Thomas Garn

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/4843 Private 16th Lancers

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John William Lewis

Born 1887

Died 1952

British Army 80740 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Rathbone

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13114 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Allsop Wistance

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Harry Burgess

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 201823 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2/5 Battalion

British Army 201825 Corporal South Staffordshire Regt 1/5 Battalion

British Army 201825 Corporal South Staffordshire Regt 2/6 Battalion

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John Edward James

Died 1921

British Army GS/66626 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 66626 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Gertrude Bytheway

Born 1880

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Charles Tate Or Tait

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 24472 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 24472 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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Alec Antony Lees

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Samuel Perry

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7742 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 7742 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 7742 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Walter Scott Ross

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 19571 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank Yarnall

Born 1896

British Army 81754 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 81754 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Patrick Burns

Died 1914

British Army 10912 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Francis Henry Merrick

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army GS/15498 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 84605 Royal Field Artillery

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