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Worcestershire England [61]

Worcester, Worcestershire, England [53]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [26]

Redditch, Worcestershire, England [15]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England [11]

Worcestershire, England [9]

Droitwich, Worcestershire, England [8]

Evesham, Worcestershire, England [5]

Pershore, Worcestershire, England [5]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England [3]

Cookley, Worcestershire, England [3]

Dudley, Worcestershire, England [3]

Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England [3]

Halesowen, Worcestershire, England [3]

Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England [3]

Daylesford, Worcestershire, England [2]

Eastham, Worcestershire, England [2]

Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England [2]

Bartley Green, Worcestershire, England [1]

Belbroughton, Worcestershire, England [1]

Bewdley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Defford, Worcestershire, England [1]

Finbury, Worcestershire, England [1]

Grimley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Guarlford, Worcestershire, England [1]

Hallow, Worcestershire, England [1]

Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England [1]

Holt, Worcestershire, England [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England [1]

Redcross, Worcestershire, England [1]

Redditch Worcestershire England [1]

Selly Oak, Worcestershire, England [1]

Spetchley, Worcestershire, England [1]

St Clement, Worcestershire, England [1]

Stourport, Worcestershire, England [1]

Stowbridge, Worcestershire, England [1]

Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England [1]

Yardley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [11]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Brigadier [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Infrantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

IASC [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [66]

British Army [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

W [25]

H [21]

S [21]

P [19]

C [15]

J [14]

D [12]

T [12]

M [11]

L [10]

R [10]

G [9]

E [6]

K [6]

A [5]

N [4]

Y [4]

F [3]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [158]

Military Service [79]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

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People [237] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Worcestershire England [61] Worcester, Worcestershire, England [53] Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [26] Redditch, Worcestershire, England [15] Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England [11] Worcestershire, England [9] Droitwich, Worcestershire, England [8] Evesham, Worcestershire, England [5] Pershore, Worcestershire, England [5] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England [3] Cookley, Worcestershire, England [3] Dudley, Worcestershire, England [3] Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England [3] Halesowen, Worcestershire, England [3] Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England [3] Daylesford, Worcestershire, England [2] Eastham, Worcestershire, England [2] Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England [2] Bartley Green, Worcestershire, England [1] Belbroughton, Worcestershire, England [1] Bewdley, Worcestershire, England [1] Defford, Worcestershire, England [1] Finbury, Worcestershire, England [1] Grimley, Worcestershire, England [1] Guarlford, Worcestershire, England [1] Hallow, Worcestershire, England [1] Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England [1] Holt, Worcestershire, England [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England [1] Redcross, Worcestershire, England [1] Redditch Worcestershire England [1] Selly Oak, Worcestershire, England [1] Spetchley, Worcestershire, England [1] St Clement, Worcestershire, England [1] Stourport, Worcestershire, England [1] Stowbridge, Worcestershire, England [1] Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England [1] Yardley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [11] Captain [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Brigadier [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Infrantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] IASC [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [66] British Army [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] W [25] H [21] S [21] P [19] C [15] J [14] D [12] T [12] M [11] L [10] R [10] G [9] E [6] K [6] A [5] N [4] Y [4] F [3] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [158] Military Service [79]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [2] Australia [1]

Albert Yarranton

Born 1881

British Army 32269 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 32269 Lance-Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Waldron

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 3245 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 305849 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Harold Cotterill

Born 1888

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5312 Lance Corporal Australian Infrantry 21st Battalion

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Charles Frederick Andrews

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1549 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240111 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Bn

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Albert William Homer Rea

Born 1887

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel

Indian Army Temporary Brigadier

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Earnest Callow

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654422

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private

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William Awford Gorton

Born 1875

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1079

Australian Imperial Force 107G Private Australian Infantry 25th Battalion

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Percy Edwin Stephens

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782363

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Charles Smith

Australian Imperial Force 3374

Australian Imperial Force 19896

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John Collins

Australian Imperial Force 18494

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Harvey Stokes

Australian Imperial Force 5910

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John Neal

Australian Imperial Force 7280

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Henry Walker

Australian Imperial Force 2416

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Theodore Leopold Lois Curnock

Australian Imperial Force 2877

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James Wilfred Badger

Australian Imperial Force 5670

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James Rainford Newman

Australian Imperial Force

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Walter Thompson

Australian Imperial Force 5127

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John Mallin

Australian Imperial Force 3883

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William George Dalby

Australian Imperial Force

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Edwin Taylor

Australian Imperial Force 2998

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