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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]

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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]

Harry Markham

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 20675 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 20675 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Amy Beatrice Follows

Born 1878

Died 1960

Other Empire Force 2635 Nursing Sister Friends Ambulance Unit Unit No.221

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Thomas Cole

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271638

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS BLACK PRINCE

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William Patrick Molloy

Born 1892

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 131 Private Australian Infantry 33rd Battalion

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Arthur George Steel

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army G/2583 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

British Army G/2583 Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Tulloch

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army S/13409 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd

British Army 039158 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Albert Edward Mead

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army A408 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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Reginald James Blackmore

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41648 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

British Army 46142 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 41648 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Frederick Watkins

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army WR/30834 Pioneer Royal Engineers Depot

British Army WR/30834 Pioneer Royal Engineers 317th Road Construction Company

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Albert Charles Brading

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army

British Army 8183 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Bn

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John Faulkner

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 21950 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion

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Alan Knyveton Hargreaves

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

British Army 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieut. Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Heron

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94767 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Henry Gifford Turrell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Peter Sharples

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 16608 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 16608 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Harold James Deller

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 104th Bde

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Leonard Cosmo Bolles Russell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 3rd, attached to 12th

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 3rd, attached to 12th

British Army Captain (TP) Rifle Brigade 3rd, attached to 12th Battalion

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John Leigh Percy Sage

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 31629 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Edward Henry Poole

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 640 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry "B" Squadron

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Percival Robert Arnold

Born 1885

Died 1951

British Army 15859 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 15859 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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