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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]

Ronald Mortimer Slater

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Joseph Dillon

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 513139 152 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 88 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 7th Training Depot Station

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Theodore Bayley Hardy

Born 1863

Died 1918

British Army Army Chaplains Department

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces The Reverend Army Chaplains Department

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains' Department (ATT 8TH LINC R)

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Robert Linklater Garrioch

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 8807 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 8807 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve (Trawler Section)

Royal Navy DA 8807 (Po) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve Trawler Section - HM Trawler "Gurth"

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Frances Bates

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25000 Member WRAF RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire

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William James Washer

Born 1886

Died 1986

British Army 3001 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force 36, 83 and 148 Squadrons

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Somerset Arthur Sherston

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Alison Fanning

Born 1886

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

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William John Grogan

Born 1858

Died 1915

Royal Navy Rear Admiral (Retired)

Royal Navy Captain (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Thetis

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Daniel William Schmeising

Born 1898

British Army G/84198 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Willard Mercer Bennett Skinner

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force

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Jack Baggs

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army

British Army 5160 Private London Regiment 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles)

British Army 322365 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 6th Battalion

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George Pike

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy 236053 Able Seaman HMS Thunderer

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Frederick George Aldridge

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 106099 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 106099 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Urban A Schmeising

Born 1897

British Army 39352 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/31971 Private Middlesex Regiment

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May Emma Constable

Born 1896

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Munitionette George Kent Ltd

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Reginald John Kerslake

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J55253

Royal Navy J55253 Boy 1 HMS Challenger

Royal Navy Boy 1 HMS Impregnable

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A B Grundy

British Army 3970 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Harry Webb

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 4111 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Nellie Donohue

Born 1885

Died 1978

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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