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Worcester, Worcestershire [528]

Worcester [433]

Worcester England [100]

Worcester, Worcestershire, England [53]

Worcester Park, Surrey [10]

Bromsgrove, Worcester, Worcestershire [9]

Bromsgrove, Worcester [5]

Upton on Severn, Worcester, Worcestershire [5]

Worcester, England [5]

Pershore, Worcester, Worcestershire [4]

Claines, Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Hallow, Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Ombersley, Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Saint Peters, Worcester [3]

Stourbridge, Worcester [3]

Worcester, Worcs [3]

All Saints, Worcester [2]

Blockley, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Bransford, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Claines, Worcester [2]

Cropthorne, Worcester [2]

Kempsey, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Kings Norton, Worcester [2]

Leigh, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Martley, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Northfield, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Powick, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Saint Andrews, Worcester [2]

Saint John's, Worcester [2]

St Johns, Worcester [2]

Stourbridge, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Worcester, [2]

Worcester. [2]

Abberley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Acocks Green Worcester [1]

Ambersley, Worcester [1]

Blackheath, Worcester [1]

Boraston, Worcester [1]

Born at Worcester. [1]

Bransford, Worcester [1]

Breadon, Worcester [1]

Bricklehampton, St. Andrew's, Worcester [1]

Broadway, Worcester [1]

Chaddesley Corbet, Worcester [1]

Clifton, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Clowds Top, Worcester [1]

Comer Gardens, Worcester [1]

Cradley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Droitwich, Worcester [1]

Droitwich, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [152]

Gunner [23]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Able Seaman [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Captain [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Serjeant [9]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Rifleman [6]

Major [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Sapper [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

AC 1 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Craftsman II [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Artificer 4c [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

ERA 1 [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [52]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

South Wales Borderers [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [9]

London Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS Impregnable [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

16th Lancers [1]

18th Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [536]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [388]

British Army [229]

Australian Imperial Force [103]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [144]

H [137]

S [111]

W [109]

P [104]

C [89]

M [79]

T [69]

R [64]

G [63]

L [61]

D [55]

F [46]

J [43]

A [41]

E [37]

K [21]

N [19]

O [11]

Y [8]

I [6]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1231]

Merchant Navy [53]

Country

United Kingdom [98]

Canada [2]

India [2]

New Zealand [2]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Worcester, Worcestershire [528] Worcester [433] Worcester England [100] Worcester, Worcestershire, England [53] Worcester Park, Surrey [10] Bromsgrove, Worcester, Worcestershire [9] Bromsgrove, Worcester [5] Upton on Severn, Worcester, Worcestershire [5] Worcester, England [5] Pershore, Worcester, Worcestershire [4] Claines, Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Hallow, Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Ombersley, Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Saint Peters, Worcester [3] Stourbridge, Worcester [3] Worcester, Worcs [3] All Saints, Worcester [2] Blockley, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Bransford, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Claines, Worcester [2] Cropthorne, Worcester [2] Kempsey, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Kings Norton, Worcester [2] Leigh, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Martley, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Northfield, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Powick, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Saint Andrews, Worcester [2] Saint John's, Worcester [2] St Johns, Worcester [2] Stourbridge, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Worcester, [2] Worcester. [2] Abberley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Acocks Green Worcester [1] Ambersley, Worcester [1] Blackheath, Worcester [1] Boraston, Worcester [1] Born at Worcester. [1] Bransford, Worcester [1] Breadon, Worcester [1] Bricklehampton, St. Andrew's, Worcester [1] Broadway, Worcester [1] Chaddesley Corbet, Worcester [1] Clifton, Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Clowds Top, Worcester [1] Comer Gardens, Worcester [1] Cradley, Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Droitwich, Worcester [1] Droitwich, Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [152] Gunner [23] Second Lieutenant [18] Able Seaman [15] Lieutenant [14] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Captain [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Serjeant [9] Boy 1st Class [7] Acting Corporal [6] Driver [6] Rifleman [6] Major [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Sapper [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] AC 1 [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Craftsman II [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Artificer 4c [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Cadet [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Saddler [1] ERA 1 [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Forewoman [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [52] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] South Wales Borderers [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [9] London Regiment [8] Labour Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Army Service Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS Impregnable [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Good Hope [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Worcestershire Yeomanry [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Warwickshire Yeomanry [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 16th Lancers [1] 18th Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [536] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [388] British Army [229] Australian Imperial Force [103] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [144] H [137] S [111] W [109] P [104] C [89] M [79] T [69] R [64] G [63] L [61] D [55] F [46] J [43] A [41] E [37] K [21] N [19] O [11] Y [8] I [6] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1231] Merchant Navy [53]

Country

United Kingdom [98] Canada [2] India [2] New Zealand [2] Sierra Leone [1]

Ernest William Toogood

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 14975 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 14975 Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Francis William Box

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 379 Gunner Royal Field Artillery. Territorials 3rd South Midland Brigade

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery. Territorials 48th Division Ammunition Column

British Army 845277 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery, 240 Brigade

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Harry Stanley Dowdeswell

Born 1867

Died 1916

British Army 2429 Corporal Saddler Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Percy Roland Gibbs

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 14th Battalion

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John Wall

Born 1883

Died 1930

British Army 8671 Company Serjeant Major Grenadier Guards

British Army 9671 Warrant Officer Class 1 Grenadier Guards

British Army 75061 Warrant Officer Class 1 Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Vallender

Born 1883

British Army 89313 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 20th Company RGA

British Army 89313 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No. 4 Depot RGA

British Army 89313 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 251 Siege Battery

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James William Jones

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29788 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Hubert George Howse

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1556 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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Ernest Charles Avery

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army 148 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 845116 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Finn

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 5337 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 5337 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5337 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Douglas Morgan Owins

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 5105 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5105 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Edwin Chetwyn

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 371204 Corporal London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3301 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371204 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Rupert Edward Roberts

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Major Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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William Henry Abell

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick George Dancox

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 21654 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th worcest Battalion

British Army 21654 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Clement Ross

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 6601 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 701416 Private Labour Corps

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James Corson Forsyth

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3616 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Shepherd

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404198 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404198 Corporal Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force A4198 Light Trench Mortar Battery 1st

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Dudley Harrison

Born 1895

Died 1957

British Army

British Army PS/2752 (Incomplete) Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Royal Fusiliers

British Army

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Thomas Henry Tooze

Born 1880

Died 1964

British Army 5054 Colour Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5054 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment

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