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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]

Wilfrid Allan Fleming

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 56 Squadron

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Joseph Johnson Bartleet

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 6348 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 17257 Staff Serjeant / Acting Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Archibald Vincent Shirley

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Serjeant Household Cavalry Welsh Horse Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Household Cavalry Welsh Horse Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 66 Squadron

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Oliver Byerley Walters Wills

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army London Regiment 2/13th Battalion

British Army 2468 Private Honourable Artillery Company Reserve Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Mildred Robertson

Born 1884

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps IODE Hospital for Officers, Hyde Park, London, England.

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Albert Barker

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 39947 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 50538 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hew Wardrop Brook Rickards

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 5 Squadron

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 57 Squadron

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Edwin Samuel Fryer

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 2902 Rifleman London Regiment 1st/9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Harry Stanley Dowdeswell

Born 1867

Died 1916

British Army 2429 Corporal Saddler Warwickshire Yeomanry

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John Foulis

Born 1897

British Army 572805 Private Labour Corps 17th P.O.W. Company

British Army 11181 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 3rd Battalion

British Army 11181 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Owen Dick Barrat

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 23788 Private Worcestershire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 4574 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Jerome Klapka Jerome

Born 1859

Died 1927

Other Empire Force Driver French Red Cross

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Alfred George Gibson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 65947 Sapper Royal Engineers 130th Field Coy.

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Andrew Heron

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army 4/7271 Sergeant Royal Irish Rifles 4th Battalion

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John Richard Broom

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2944 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 2944 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Edgar Carew Pitts

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7483 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry Norman Ashfield

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15680 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 15686 Private Worcestershire Regiment *mistake in CWGC records

British Army 457661 Private Labour Corps 536th Agricultural Company

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Leopold Reginald Hargreaves

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Captain Irish Guards

British Army Lieut Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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James Gardner

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 291937 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Basil Hovenden Neve

Born 1875

Died 1914

Royal Navy 270424 Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Pathfinder

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