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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]

Charles Battin

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 3027 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Yates

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 4544 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 14188 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Wem

Born 1876

Died 1967

British Army 22193 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 231051 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 231051 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Charles Thomas Harris

Born 1867

Died 1918

British Army 564 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203868 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203868 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 25th Battalion

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Edmund John Bowen

Born 1898

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 13th Siege Battery

British Army

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Albert E Probert

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 33841 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army SE/5 Corporal Army Veterinary Corps 1/1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section

British Army SE/5 Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps 1/1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section

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Frederick Bevan

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army 367978 Private Labour Corps

British Army 1/9795 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3/9795 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Henry Freeman

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army S2/SR01451 Private Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army T2/SB01451 Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps

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Horace William Houldey

Born 1900

Died 1983

Royal Navy J91896 Boy

Royal Navy J91896 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy K56305 Stoker 1st Class

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Herbert Mears

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 3266 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 831210 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Batson

Born 1876

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286317 Private 2

British Army 830394 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Vincent Richard Wintle

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army 1358 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240060 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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James Pass

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 5434 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd/7th Battalion

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Ralph Lesingham Spreckley

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

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Harold Leatham Stone

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2275 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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William Arthur Carwardine

Born 1897

Died 1956

British Army 3204 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 846307 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3204 and 846307 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William F Tranter

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 1123 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Albert William Benger

Born 1896

Died 1986

British Army 2143 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Frederick Davies

Born 1879

British Army 17029 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Edward Price

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11205 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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