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West Bromwich, Staffordshire [701]

West Bromwich [74]

West Bromwich, Staffs [59]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [25]

West Bromwich England [24]

West Bromwich, Warwickshire [14]

West Bromwich Staffordshire [6]

Hill Top, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [5]

West Bromwich,Staffordshire [4]

Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3]

West Bromwich, Birmingham [3]

Great Bridge, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Handsworth, West Bromwich [2]

WEST BROMWICH [2]

West Bromwich Birmingham [2]

West Bromwich, Staffs. [2]

West Bromwich,Staffs. [2]

150, Somerset Road, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

47 Dial Lane, West Bromwich [1]

Great bridge, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Grit's Green, West Bromwich [1]

Hill Top West Bromwich [1]

Hill Top, West Bromwich [1]

Hill Top, West Bromwich. [1]

Lyndon, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

New Street,West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Oldbury, West Bromwich [1]

Sandwell, West Bromwich [1]

Swan Village, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

WEST BROMWICH Staffordshire [1]

WEST BROMWICH, STAFFS [1]

Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

West Bromwich New South Wales [1]

West Bromwich Staffs [1]

West Bromwich, Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

West Bromwich, Kent [1]

West Bromwich, Stafford [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [1]

West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [130]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lieutenant [19]

Corporal [18]

Captain [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Lance Corporal [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Serjeant [12]

Gunner [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Major [7]

Driver [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

3 Air Mechanic [1]

Act. Bombr [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Greaser [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant 2nd Quarter Master [1]

Honourable Captain [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant / Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Royal Air Force [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

HMS TIGER [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS NARBOROUGH [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

15th Light Car Patrol [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [385]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311]

British Army [209]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [114]

H [104]

W [100]

S [99]

P [68]

C [62]

M [48]

G [47]

R [44]

L [41]

F [39]

T [38]

D [35]

A [30]

J [29]

E [15]

K [15]

N [11]

O [6]

I [4]

V [4]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [904]

Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [113]

New Zealand [2]

Argentina [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [701] West Bromwich [74] West Bromwich, Staffs [59] West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [25] West Bromwich England [24] West Bromwich, Warwickshire [14] West Bromwich Staffordshire [6] Hill Top, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [5] West Bromwich,Staffordshire [4] Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3] West Bromwich, Birmingham [3] Great Bridge, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Handsworth, West Bromwich [2] WEST BROMWICH [2] West Bromwich Birmingham [2] West Bromwich, Staffs. [2] West Bromwich,Staffs. [2] 150, Somerset Road, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] 47 Dial Lane, West Bromwich [1] Great bridge, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Grit's Green, West Bromwich [1] Hill Top West Bromwich [1] Hill Top, West Bromwich [1] Hill Top, West Bromwich. [1] Lyndon, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] New Street,West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Oldbury, West Bromwich [1] Sandwell, West Bromwich [1] Swan Village, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] WEST BROMWICH Staffordshire [1] WEST BROMWICH, STAFFS [1] Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] West Bromwich New South Wales [1] West Bromwich Staffs [1] West Bromwich, Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] West Bromwich, Kent [1] West Bromwich, Stafford [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [1] West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [130] Second Lieutenant [28] Lieutenant [19] Corporal [18] Captain [14] Able Seaman [13] Lance Corporal [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Serjeant [12] Gunner [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Major [7] Driver [6] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 3 Air Mechanic [1] Act. Bombr [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Greaser [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant 2nd Quarter Master [1] Honourable Captain [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant / Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Royal Field Artillery [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] South Wales Borderers [10] Royal Air Force [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] HMS TIGER [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS NARBOROUGH [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 15th Light Car Patrol [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [385] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311] British Army [209] Australian Imperial Force [26] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [114] H [104] W [100] S [99] P [68] C [62] M [48] G [47] R [44] L [41] F [39] T [38] D [35] A [30] J [29] E [15] K [15] N [11] O [6] I [4] V [4] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [904] Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [113] New Zealand [2] Argentina [1] Canada [1] Germany [1] India [1]

Charles Henry Chaffer

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 2437 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 5836 Private The Worcester Regiment 3/8th Battalion

British Army 5815 Private The Worcester Regiment 3/7th Battalion

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Edward Perry

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army 800512 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army

British Army 1991 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2/3rd North Midland Brigade

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Robert Edwin Phillips

Born 1895

Died 1968

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached Royal Air Force

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Thomas Evans Shadwell

Born 1892

Died 1945

British Army 21364 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 4925 Private King’s Own Scottish Borderers 2/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion

British Army 28561 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Edmund Carrington

Born 1897

Died 1990

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant / Acting Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st City (14th) Battalion

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Leonard Henn

Born 1876

Died 1948

British Army 32631 Private Labour Corps Various companies: 55, 360, 517, 508 & 527

British Army 48434 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 50 Labour Company

British Army 32631 Private Labour Corps Northern Command - Ripon, Yorkshire

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Fritz Vincent Schurhoff

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army 16/219 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 198145 Private Royal Engineers

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16 (Service) Battalion

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Frederick Michael Chilton

Born 1986

Died 1916

British Army S/9918 PRIVATE GORDON HIGH.

British Army

British Army 18228 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Walter Hugh Evans

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3309 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 3309 East Surrey 2nd Battalion

British Army 3309 Private East Surrey 2nd Battalion

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William Griffiths Bristow

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 35200 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Orrell Perry

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 55917 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 55917 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 340 'S' Battery

British Army 55917 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 47th Siege Battery

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David Turner

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army S/22171 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army 2196 Act. Bombr RFA 82nd Battery

British Army 2196 Army Service Corps

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Joseph Edward Appleby

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 724 Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st /9th Battalion

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Joseph William Perkins

Born 1881

British Army 61466 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6617 Private South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

British Army 6617 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Samuel Hinton

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 6627 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William H Dearn

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army L/43741 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Somerset Batchelor

Born 1887

Died 1952

British Army 251797 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 251797 Driver Royal Artillery

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John William Hill

Born 1886

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135818 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Herbert Henn

Born 1866

Died 1944

British Army 1550 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion (Militia)

British Army 6771 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion (Militia)

British Army 9846 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Henn

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 186157 Private Labour Corps

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