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Redditch, Worcestershire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Kirkwall, Orkney [3]

Oxford [3]

Bow, London [2]

Broadway, Worcestershire [2]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2]

Cardiff, Wales [2]

Childswickham, Worcestershire [2]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2]

Fair Isle [2]

Gloucester [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [2]

Lyndhurst, Hants. [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alcester, Worcestershire [1]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Alvechurch, Worcestershire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire [1]

Avebury, Wiltshire [1]

Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bagley Wood, Berkshire [1]

Balbeggie, Dysart, Fife [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barnfield House, Exeter, Devon [1]

Barnsley, South Yorkshire [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Berry Pomeroy, Devon [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire. [1]

Blackawton, Devon [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bleadon, Somerset [1]

Blockley, Worcestershire [1]

Bodham, Norfolk [1]

Boscombe, Hants. [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [138]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [16]

Lance Corporal [13]

Corporal [12]

Rifleman [12]

Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [5]

Member [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Gunner [4]

Major [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Driver [3]

Guardsman [3]

Sapper [3]

Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

AB [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

1st Class AIr Mechanic [1]

2/LT [1]

2nd Class AIr Mechanic [1]

2nd Lieut. [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain (TP) [1]

Captain (Temporary) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain Rev [1]

Chaplain and Naval Instructor [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

WRAF [3]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Household Cavalry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Service

British Army [215]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Other Empire Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38]

S [32]

H [21]

M [20]

W [20]

P [18]

A [16]

C [16]

D [15]

G [13]

F [11]

E [10]

R [10]

T [10]

L [9]

N [6]

J [5]

K [4]

I [3]

V [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [251]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [252]

Australia [3]

Ireland [2]

Bermuda [1]

India [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Redditch, Worcestershire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Kirkwall, Orkney [3] Oxford [3] Bow, London [2] Broadway, Worcestershire [2] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2] Cardiff, Wales [2] Childswickham, Worcestershire [2] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2] Fair Isle [2] Gloucester [2] Holloway, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [2] Lyndhurst, Hants. [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] 6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alcester, Worcestershire [1] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Alvechurch, Worcestershire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire [1] Avebury, Wiltshire [1] Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bagley Wood, Berkshire [1] Balbeggie, Dysart, Fife [1] Balham, London [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barnfield House, Exeter, Devon [1] Barnsley, South Yorkshire [1] Barton upon Irwell, Eccles, Lancashire [1] Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Berry Pomeroy, Devon [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire. [1] Blackawton, Devon [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bleadon, Somerset [1] Blockley, Worcestershire [1] Bodham, Norfolk [1] Boscombe, Hants. [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [138] Second Lieutenant [26] Lieutenant [21] Captain [16] Lance Corporal [13] Corporal [12] Rifleman [12] Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [5] Member [5] Nursing Sister [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Gunner [4] Major [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Driver [3] Guardsman [3] Sapper [3] Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] AB [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Midshipman [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] 1st Class AIr Mechanic [1] 2/LT [1] 2nd Class AIr Mechanic [1] 2nd Lieut. [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteener [1] Captain (TP) [1] Captain (Temporary) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain Rev [1] Chaplain and Naval Instructor [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [33] Devonshire Regiment [14] London Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] HMS BLACK PRINCE [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Labour Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] WRAF [3] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Infantry [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Household Cavalry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2]

Service

British Army [215] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Other Empire Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38] S [32] H [21] M [20] W [20] P [18] A [16] C [16] D [15] G [13] F [11] E [10] R [10] T [10] L [9] N [6] J [5] K [4] I [3] V [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [251] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [252] Australia [3] Ireland [2] Bermuda [1] India [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1]

Percy Walter Johnson Timson

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 57 Squadron

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William Samuels

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284833 Private 2nd Class No.3 Fighting School

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John Osborn Walford

Born 1869

Died 1922

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd/8th Battalion

British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

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Christopher Lorton Sapwell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army SE 9470 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Albert John Westwood

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 22152 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Philip Henry Milward

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army S/7094 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army [Commissioned Officer] 4th Regiment of Foot (King's Own Royal Regiment)

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 7th Battalion

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Lambert Goodwill

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 99909 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 179th Siege Battery

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George Mason

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2297 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 2297 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Worcestershire Yeomanry 1st Bn

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John Joseph Moreton

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 36906 Private Royal Wesh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 36906 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Garrison Battalion

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Thomas Mottershead

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1396 Sergeant 25 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1396 Sergeant 20 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Alfred Folkes

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 23203 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Janet Mcfarlane Aitken

Born 1879

Died 1947

British Army Sister British Red Cross Society

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Albert Henry Vivian

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 31420 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 57397 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Albert Edward Southgate

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 5162 Private London Regiment

British Army 5162, 322367 Private London Regiment

British Army 322367 Private London Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Cross

Born 1889

British Army 61351 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 35th Siege Battery

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James Frederick C. Launchbury

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4591 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army G/24624 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Bn

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Charles Horsfield

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275798 Corporal

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Frederick Charles Sculthorp

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 2786 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 49365 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Gordon Lambley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 13862 Private Worcestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Harry Beeden

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 450790 Serjeant London Regiment 11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)

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