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Walsall, Staffordshire [1082]

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, Staffordshire [3]

Walsall, Stafford, Staffordshire [3]

Blakenhall, Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Cannock, Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Palfrey, Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire, [2]

Aldridge Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Bentley, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Birchills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Blockwich near Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Brown Hills near Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Brownhills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Chase Terrace, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Darlaston, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Daw End Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Goscote, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Great Bar Walsall Staffordshire [1]

Palfrey Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Penkridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Ryecroft Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, [1]

St George, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

St. Peter's, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Walsall Wood, Staffordshire, England [1]

Walsall Wood,Staffordshire. [1]

Walsall Wool, Staffordshire [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire. [1]

Walsall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Walsall,Staffordshire. [1]

Walsall. Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [100]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Able Seaman [15]

Gunner [10]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Corporal [7]

Driver [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [4]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant [2]

Signalman [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Mister [1]

Nurse [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS LION [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

H.M. Submarine E5 [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

(RFR/Ch/B/9384) H.M.S. "Conquest." [1]

(RFR/PO/67116). H.M.S. "President II." [1]

13th Hussars [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Headquarters [1]

Army Reserve B [1]

Army Service Corp [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [592]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [439]

British Army [138]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [140]

H [121]

S [99]

P [98]

W [90]

C [87]

M [82]

R [65]

G [56]

T [56]

D [50]

L [49]

A [40]

F [35]

E [33]

J [32]

N [19]

K [16]

O [16]

Y [7]

V [4]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1155]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [56]

Gibraltar [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Walsall, Staffordshire [1082] 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, Staffordshire [3] Walsall, Stafford, Staffordshire [3] Blakenhall, Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Cannock, Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Palfrey, Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Walsall, Staffordshire, [2] Aldridge Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Bentley, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Birchills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Blockwich near Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Brown Hills near Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Brownhills, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Chase Terrace, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Darlaston, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Daw End Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Goscote, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Great Bar Walsall Staffordshire [1] Palfrey Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Penkridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Ryecroft Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, [1] St George, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] St. Peter's, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Walsall Wood, Staffordshire, England [1] Walsall Wood,Staffordshire. [1] Walsall Wool, Staffordshire [1] Walsall, Staffordshire. [1] Walsall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Walsall,Staffordshire. [1] Walsall. Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [100] Stoker 1st Class [20] Able Seaman [15] Gunner [10] Ordinary Seaman [8] Corporal [7] Driver [7] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Sapper [4] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Armourer's Crew [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant [2] Signalman [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] Acting Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Mister [1] Nurse [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer Stoker 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [9] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS LION [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Wales Borderers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M. Submarine E5 [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Warrior [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] (RFR/Ch/B/9384) H.M.S. "Conquest." [1] (RFR/PO/67116). H.M.S. "President II." [1] 13th Hussars [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Headquarters [1] Army Reserve B [1] Army Service Corp [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [592] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [439] British Army [138] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [140] H [121] S [99] P [98] W [90] C [87] M [82] R [65] G [56] T [56] D [50] L [49] A [40] F [35] E [33] J [32] N [19] K [16] O [16] Y [7] V [4] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1155] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

United Kingdom [56] Gibraltar [1] India [1]

Walter Bastard

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army R/11202 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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Roland Leslie Canby

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 9152 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Kenneth William George Tite

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227253 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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James Cleobury

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 11523 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd worcest Battalion

British Army 11523 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Francis Joseph Addison

Born 1888

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Daft

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 717 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 717 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Matthias Davis

Born 1895

Died 1914

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1542 Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1542 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps Central Flying School

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Arthur Ernest Reeves

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7486 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7625 Private South Staffordshire Regiment Militia 4th Battalion

British Army 7486 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sidney Harold Haydon

Born 1895

British Army 70622 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 70622 Royal Horse & Field Artillery

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Lionel Victor Claridge

Born 1893

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1299

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1299 2nd Class Airman RFC Recruit Depot

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1299 1st Class Airman RFC

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Clement Clarence Macfarlane

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4435 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Lawrence Gameson

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army Army Headquarters 5 Army

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached to Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps 45 Field Ambulance

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Samuel Thomas Hogan

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3751 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3751 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Joseph William Burbidge

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS112368 Stpoker 1st class marked run. sentenced to 60 days detention warrant 5 of 8 Jan 14

Royal Navy SS112368 Stoker 1st class HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy SS112368 Stoker 1st class HMS Queen Mary

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Francis Bernard Cumberlidge

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army 58377 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 59285 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Joseph William Hingley

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 22234 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 22334 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas George Watts

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 20964 Acting Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 20964 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Norman Auliff

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 17668 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 17668 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Antill

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 29876 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Willetts

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 136287 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18073 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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