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Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1498]

Wolverhampton [394]

Wolverhampton England [136]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England [97]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14]

Heath Town, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14]

Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14]

Wolverhampton, Staffs [12]

Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [11]

Wolverhampton, Warwickshire [10]

Tettenhall, Wolverhampton [9]

Heath Town, Wolverhampton [8]

Bushbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7]

Sedgley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7]

Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7]

Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6]

Penn, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Codsall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Compton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Wednesfield, Wolverhampton [3]

Willenhall, Wolverhampton [3]

Wolverhampton,Staffs. [3]

Bilston, Wolverhampton [2]

Blakenhall, Wolverhampton [2]

Bradmore, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Brewood, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Bushbury, Wolverhampton [2]

Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Pattingham, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Short Heath, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

WOLVERHAMPTON [2]

Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Willenhall, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Wolverhampton, England [2]

Wolverhampton, West Midlands [2]

Acton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bilbrook, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bilston Wolverhampton [1]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, England [1]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Bilston, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bilston,Wolverhampton,Staffordshire. [1]

Bradley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bradmore, Wolverhampton [1]

Cannock Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Cannock, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Cannock, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Christ Church, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [367]

Lance Corporal [37]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Corporal [28]

Gunner [28]

Lieutenant [25]

Sapper [22]

Able Seaman [21]

Serjeant [21]

Captain [19]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Driver [12]

Acting Corporal [7]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Sergeant [5]

Major [4]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Rifleman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

1st Mate [1]

2 Air Mechanic [1]

2nd lieutenant [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bearer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [158]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

Royal Engineers [30]

South Wales Borderers [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Air Force [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

London Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Air Service [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS BENBOW [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [820]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [797]

British Army [519]

Australian Imperial Force [138]

Other Empire Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [297]

H [220]

W [208]

C [190]

S [182]

P [156]

M [123]

T [120]

D [116]

G [108]

L [108]

R [103]

J [93]

A [83]

E [70]

F [60]

N [37]

K [31]

O [25]

I [14]

Y [14]

V [11]

U [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2207]

Merchant Navy [92]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [308]

Canada [5]

India [5]

United States [2]

Belgium [1]

Cyprus [1]

Greece [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1498] Wolverhampton [394] Wolverhampton England [136] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England [97] Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14] Heath Town, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14] Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [14] Wolverhampton, Staffs [12] Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [11] Wolverhampton, Warwickshire [10] Tettenhall, Wolverhampton [9] Heath Town, Wolverhampton [8] Bushbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7] Sedgley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7] Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7] Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6] Penn, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Codsall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Compton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Wednesfield, Wolverhampton [3] Willenhall, Wolverhampton [3] Wolverhampton,Staffs. [3] Bilston, Wolverhampton [2] Blakenhall, Wolverhampton [2] Bradmore, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Brewood, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Bushbury, Wolverhampton [2] Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Pattingham, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Short Heath, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] WOLVERHAMPTON [2] Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Willenhall, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Wolverhampton, England [2] Wolverhampton, West Midlands [2] Acton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bilbrook, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bilston Wolverhampton [1] Bilston, Wolverhampton, England [1] Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1] Bilston, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bilston,Wolverhampton,Staffordshire. [1] Bradley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bradmore, Wolverhampton [1] Cannock Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Cannock, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Cannock, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Christ Church, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [367] Lance Corporal [37] Second Lieutenant [34] Corporal [28] Gunner [28] Lieutenant [25] Sapper [22] Able Seaman [21] Serjeant [21] Captain [19] Stoker 1st Class [19] Ordinary Seaman [16] Driver [12] Acting Corporal [7] Boy 1st Class [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Leading Stoker [5] Sergeant [5] Major [4] Acting Sergeant [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Rifleman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 1st Mate [1] 2 Air Mechanic [1] 2nd lieutenant [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bearer [1] Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [158] Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] Royal Engineers [30] South Wales Borderers [24] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14] Labour Corps [12] Royal Air Force [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] London Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Naval Air Service [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS BENBOW [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4] Tank Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Australian Infantry [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Impregnable [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Scots [3] Welsh Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [820] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [797] British Army [519] Australian Imperial Force [138] Other Empire Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [297] H [220] W [208] C [190] S [182] P [156] M [123] T [120] D [116] G [108] L [108] R [103] J [93] A [83] E [70] F [60] N [37] K [31] O [25] I [14] Y [14] V [11] U [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2207] Merchant Navy [92] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [308] Canada [5] India [5] United States [2] Belgium [1] Cyprus [1] Greece [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Norman Eckstein Clutterbuck

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 533 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Samuel Rutter

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 72765 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Brigade

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Ernest Landucci

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 66879 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 90914 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 52nd Battalion

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Sidney Edward Dain

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Postal Section Royal Engineers

British Army 27760 Sapper Postal Section Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Walter James Armstrong

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9657 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Benjamin Jackson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9930 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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George William Venables

Born 1874

Died 1952

British Army T4/143612 Driver Army Service Corps

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Isaiah Baddeley

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 19593 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick William Giles

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 27987 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion

British Army 27987 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Btn

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Joseph Biddlestone

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 15956 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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John Kelly

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 240729 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Bertie Crick

Died 1917

British Army 9362 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 9362 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Alfred Joseph Blood

Born 1869

Died 1931

British Army 2604 Border Regiment 34th and 55th

British Army 5644 Lance Corporal Border Regiment Special Reserve

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Edward Day

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 5930 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5930 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Arthur Wainwright

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army D/6359 Private Dragoon Guards 3rd

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Edwin Harry Arkinstall

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2387 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 2387 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Francis Nicholas Andrews

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 15th Battalion

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Isaac Leonard Williams

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 9152 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 9152 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Greville Hobart Bird

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis Or Frank Abbiss

Born 1882

Died 1935

British Army T4/400555 Private Army Service Corps

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