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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]

Charles William Turner

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5207 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2950157 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Thomas Malpas

Born 1877

Died 1957

British Army 2330 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

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William Henry Jakeman

Born 1881

British Army 6838 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 6838 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Alexander George Keeling

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 41409 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 11 Garrison Battalion

British Army 46913 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 18 Battalion

British Army 105512 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Enoch Ha

Born 1988

Died 1969

British Army 43638 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1229 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Henry Males

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2776 Private London Regiment

British Army 2776 Rifleman London Regiment 6th City of London Rifles

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Frederick Thomas Harold Dewson

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 31388 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2268 Army Service Corps Divisonal Supply

British Army 1000482 Driver Royal Artillery

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Herbert Hawley

Born 1887

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Alfred Brittain

Born 1898

Died 1987

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63657

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Ernest Millett

Born 1888

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263812 Private Royal Air Force 38th Sqdn.

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Arthur Swann

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 30262 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Jerome Klapka Jerome

Born 1859

Died 1927

Other Empire Force Driver French Red Cross

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Frank Henry Garn

Born 1891

British Army 9117 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9117 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st battalion

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Thomas Ryan

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1042 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 9th Bn.

British Army B/1042 Private Rifle Brigade

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Richard Davies

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 125961 Private Labour Corps

British Army 8203 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8203 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Kenneth Marshall

Died 1916

British Army 13237 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Alfred Adams

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 3294 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 3294 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Samuel John Vaughan

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8457 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ronald St John Sheppard

Born 1899

Died 1962

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Reynolds

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 038951 Private Army Ordnance Corps 2nd Sect. (Tidworth)

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