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Burnley, Lancashire [13]

Bath, Somerset [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol [2]

Carshalton, Surrey [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Liverpool [2]

Norfolk [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Anstey, Leicestershire [1]

Ashton, Winterbone St Martin, Dorset [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Ayston, Rutland [1]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Bath [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bow Common Lane, Bow, London [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Brockdish, Norfolk [1]

Burnley, Lancs [1]

Calcutta [1]

Cambridge [1]

Carnearney, County Antrim [1]

Charminister, Dorset [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Corsham Court, Wiltshire [1]

Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1]

Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dolton, Devon [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [121]

Gunner [33]

Pioneer [27]

Driver [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Corporal [15]

Captain [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Major [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [9]

Field Marshal [7]

Bombardier [6]

Boy [6]

Colonel [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major General [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

General [5]

Sapper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Clerk [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Midshipman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Administrator [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Lieutenant [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Clerical Work [1]

Commandant [1]

Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Engineers [42]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

MI5 [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Staff [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

127th Battery [1]

129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1]

15th Bengal Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers. [1]

25th Fusilliers [1]

28th Punjabis [1]

35th Scinde Horse [1]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

4th Queen's Own Hussars [1]

7th Hussars [1]

8th Worcs. [1]

Aldershot Command [1]

Service

British Army [269]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [41]

B [40]

H [28]

S [24]

W [21]

C [18]

G [14]

R [14]

F [13]

P [12]

T [12]

K [11]

A [10]

E [10]

N [9]

D [8]

J [7]

L [6]

V [4]

I [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [294]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [93]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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People [306] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [13] Bath, Somerset [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol [2] Carshalton, Surrey [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Liverpool [2] Norfolk [2] Paddington, London [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] York, Yorkshire [2] 69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Anstey, Leicestershire [1] Ashton, Winterbone St Martin, Dorset [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Ayston, Rutland [1] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Bath [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Bloemfontein, Orange Free State [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bow Common Lane, Bow, London [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brockdish, Norfolk [1] Burnley, Lancs [1] Calcutta [1] Cambridge [1] Carnearney, County Antrim [1] Charminister, Dorset [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Corsham Court, Wiltshire [1] Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1] Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Derbyshire [1] Dolton, Devon [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [121] Gunner [33] Pioneer [27] Driver [22] Lieutenant [20] Corporal [15] Captain [11] Lance Corporal [11] Major [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [9] Field Marshal [7] Bombardier [6] Boy [6] Colonel [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major General [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] General [5] Sapper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Brigadier General [3] Acting Sub Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Clerk [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant General [2] Midshipman [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Administrator [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier [1] Cadet [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Lieutenant [1] Chauffeur [1] Clerical Work [1] Commandant [1] Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68] Labour Corps [54] Royal Engineers [42] Royal Fusiliers [13] Army Service Corps [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] MI5 [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Staff [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] London Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 127th Battery [1] 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1] 15th Bengal Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers. [1] 25th Fusilliers [1] 28th Punjabis [1] 35th Scinde Horse [1] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 4th Queen's Own Hussars [1] 7th Hussars [1] 8th Worcs. [1] Aldershot Command [1]

Service

British Army [269] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [41] B [40] H [28] S [24] W [21] C [18] G [14] R [14] F [13] P [12] T [12] K [11] A [10] E [10] N [9] D [8] J [7] L [6] V [4] I [1] O [1] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [294] Conscientious Objector [7] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [93] India [2] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Walter Waite

British Army 44189 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 74044 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank Hole

British Army 26783 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 654259 Private Labour Corps

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Leonard Thomas

British Army 38088 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 64617 Serjeant Labour Corps

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James Walsh

British Army 21 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700007 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Edward Bowden

British Army 228146 Pioneer Royal Engineers Road Construction Company

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Charles Malin

British Army 7046 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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James Enwood

British Army 115572 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 291489 Private Labour Corps

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Richard Perkins

British Army 10869 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 110th Brigade

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Adelaide Gandie

British Army 24021 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Alice Jinks

British Army 16091 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Matthew Rutherford

British Army 1512 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 750483 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Pope

British Army 203732 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frederick Henry Randall

British Army 9392 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 0603 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Ben Bulcock

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 66827 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 6th Ammunition Column

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William Wilfred Watts

Died 1917

British Army 21483 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert Nuttall

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 66798 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Fred Bentley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 36723 Private Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Alfred Hatherill

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5594 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201973 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Arthur L Earl

Died 1917

British Army 184001 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edgar Nuttall

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 15099 Private Coldstream Guards

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