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Wednesbury, Staffordshire [332]

Wednesbury, Staffs [14]

Wednesbury England [11]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England [10]

Wednesbury [7]

Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6]

Wednesbury Staffordshire [2]

Albert Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands [1]

WEDNESBURY STAFFS [1]

Wednesbury Staffs [1]

Wednesbury, Stafford [1]

Wednesbury, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Wednesbury, Warwickshire [1]

Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Wednesbury,Dudley,Staffs. [1]

West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

wednesbury [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Gunner [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Craftsman [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

14th Hussars [1]

Air Service [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Formidable [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Malaya [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Pheasant [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fuisilliers [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

Royal Navy [150]

British Army [50]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

B [55]

W [44]

C [34]

H [31]

S [29]

M [24]

P [24]

D [23]

G [23]

J [19]

R [13]

E [12]

F [12]

T [10]

A [9]

L [9]

K [7]

O [6]

N [3]

U [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [375]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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People [393] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [332] Wednesbury, Staffs [14] Wednesbury England [11] Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England [10] Wednesbury [7] Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6] Wednesbury Staffordshire [2] Albert Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1] Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands [1] WEDNESBURY STAFFS [1] Wednesbury Staffs [1] Wednesbury, Stafford [1] Wednesbury, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Wednesbury, Warwickshire [1] Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Wednesbury,Dudley,Staffs. [1] West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1] wednesbury [1]

Rank

Private [36] Stoker 1st Class [6] Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Driver [3] Gunner [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Craftsman [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Signalman [1] Stoker [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 14th Hussars [1] Air Service [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Formidable [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Malaya [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Pheasant [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Victory [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fuisilliers [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] Royal Navy [150] British Army [50] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

B [55] W [44] C [34] H [31] S [29] M [24] P [24] D [23] G [23] J [19] R [13] E [12] F [12] T [10] A [9] L [9] K [7] O [6] N [3] U [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [375] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

John Henry Enticott

Born 1888

Died 1927

British Army 673281 Corporal Labour Corps 595 (Home Service) Employment Company

British Army 18764 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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George Pooler

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 48274 Private Worcestershire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Archibald Whitehouse Darby

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 10/631 Driver Royal Field Artillery 38th Brigade

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Brian John Millward

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 37101 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 332744 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Harry Watts

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 29712 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 29712 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Hardwicke

Born 1876

Died 1944

British Army Surgeon French Red Cross

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William Henry Clapp

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 203690 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick T. 'fred' Wilkes

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army R13193 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/13193 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

British Army R/13195 (mistake) Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps *mistake in CWGC records

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Joseph Barnes

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 1864 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 232nd North Midland Bde.

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Frank Stockdale

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Frederick Wall

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 10861 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/10861 Private HMS Goliath

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William Millner

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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John Henry James

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 17284 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 17284 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd Bn.

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Charles Clifford Watts

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 37882 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 37882 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Leslie Pymm

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1418 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Bn.

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Edward Moran

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132742

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132742 Private Canadian Infantry

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Victor Phillips

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 23855 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Albert Shorthouse

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 200885 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Anthony Aston

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 9th northst Battalion

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 3rd northst Battalion

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Thomas Arthur Green

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198717

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