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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [678]

Warwick, Warwickshire [120]

Coventry, Warwickshire [117]

Birmingham [95]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [85]

Warwick [73]

Kingston upon Hull [60]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [51]

London [40]

Nuneaton, Warwickshire [38]

Alcester, Warwickshire [33]

Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire [33]

Ladywood, Birmingham [31]

Small Heath, Birmingham [27]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [24]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [23]

Walsall, Staffordshire [22]

Nottingham [21]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [19]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [19]

Manchester [19]

Saltley, Birmingham [19]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [17]

Aston, Birmingham [16]

Coventry [16]

Liverpool [16]

Rugby, Warwickshire [16]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [16]

Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [15]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [15]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [14]

Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [14]

Hockley, Birmingham [14]

Foleshill, Coventry [13]

Leicester [13]

Ashted, Birmingham [12]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [12]

Bordesley, Birmingham [12]

Islington, London [12]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [12]

Northampton [12]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [12]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [11]

Dudley, Worcestershire [11]

Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [11]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [10]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [10]

Warwickshire [10]

Erdington, Birmingham [9]

Rank

Private [6475]

Corporal [557]

Lance Corporal [530]

Serjeant [507]

Second Lieutenant [473]

Captain [367]

Lieutenant [299]

Major [195]

Lieutenant Colonel [149]

Gunner [115]

Acting Corporal [80]

Sapper [79]

Company Serjeant Major [68]

Lance Serjeant [57]

Driver [55]

Acting Serjeant [53]

Rifleman [44]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [35]

Private Lance Corporal [30]

Bombardier [23]

Brigadier General [22]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Sergeant [19]

Temporary Captain [19]

Colour Serjeant [18]

Pioneer [18]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [18]

Trooper [18]

Temporary Lieutenant [14]

Temporary Major [13]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [13]

Corporal 2nd [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Commander [9]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Colonel [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Commander [8]

2nd Lieutenant [7]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7]

Drummer [7]

Private Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Major [6]

Boy [6]

Brevet Major [6]

Company Sergeant Major [6]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [6]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5727]

East Yorkshire Regiment [185]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [183]

Royal Field Artillery [162]

London Regiment [161]

Royal Engineers [145]

Machine Gun Corps [89]

Royal Fusiliers [87]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [86]

Worcestershire Regiment [74]

Royal Garrison Artillery [68]

Corps of Hussars [65]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [63]

Army Service Corps [60]

Manchester Regiment [59]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [58]

Northumberland Fusiliers [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [54]

Rifle Brigade [52]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [50]

Tank Corps [50]

Australian Infantry [49]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Canadian Infantry [46]

South Staffordshire Regiment [44]

Cheshire Regiment [41]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment [41]

Devonshire Regiment [40]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Royal Irish Rifles [40]

Leicestershire Regiment [39]

Labour Corps [36]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Royal Army Service Corps [35]

Gordon Highlanders [34]

Lincolnshire Regiment [34]

Royal Horse Artillery [34]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

Suffolk Regiment [33]

Gloucestershire Regiment [32]

Royal Scots [32]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [31]

Norfolk Regiment [31]

East Kent Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [29]

Lancers [29]

Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [8540]

Australian Imperial Force [149]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [103]

Royal Navy [94]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [1075]

S [848]

H [774]

W [744]

C [678]

M [596]

P [560]

A [490]

R [448]

T [441]

G [384]

D [357]

L [294]

F [278]

J [228]

E [173]

N [161]

K [151]

O [108]

Y [59]

V [56]

I [47]

U [17]

Q [12]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [8880]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [980]

India [16]

Canada [8]

Australia [7]

South Africa [5]

Ireland [4]

New Zealand [3]

Malaysia [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Greece [1]

Guyana [1]

Malta [1]

Sudan [1]

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People [8983] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [678] Warwick, Warwickshire [120] Coventry, Warwickshire [117] Birmingham [95] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [85] Warwick [73] Kingston upon Hull [60] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [51] London [40] Nuneaton, Warwickshire [38] Alcester, Warwickshire [33] Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire [33] Ladywood, Birmingham [31] Small Heath, Birmingham [27] Smethwick, Staffordshire [24] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [23] Walsall, Staffordshire [22] Nottingham [21] Bristol, Gloucestershire [19] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [19] Manchester [19] Saltley, Birmingham [19] Sheffield, Yorkshire [17] Aston, Birmingham [16] Coventry [16] Liverpool [16] Rugby, Warwickshire [16] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [16] Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [15] Edgbaston, Birmingham [15] Atherstone, Warwickshire [14] Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [14] Hockley, Birmingham [14] Foleshill, Coventry [13] Leicester [13] Ashted, Birmingham [12] Banbury, Oxfordshire [12] Bordesley, Birmingham [12] Islington, London [12] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [12] Northampton [12] Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [12] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [11] Dudley, Worcestershire [11] Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [11] Bedworth, Warwickshire [10] Oxford, Oxfordshire [10] Warwickshire [10] Erdington, Birmingham [9]

Rank

Private [6475] Corporal [557] Lance Corporal [530] Serjeant [507] Second Lieutenant [473] Captain [367] Lieutenant [299] Major [195] Lieutenant Colonel [149] Gunner [115] Acting Corporal [80] Sapper [79] Company Serjeant Major [68] Lance Serjeant [57] Driver [55] Acting Serjeant [53] Rifleman [44] Warrant Officer Class 2 [35] Private Lance Corporal [30] Bombardier [23] Brigadier General [22] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Sergeant [19] Temporary Captain [19] Colour Serjeant [18] Pioneer [18] Private Acting Lance Corporal [18] Trooper [18] Temporary Lieutenant [14] Temporary Major [13] Temporary Second Lieutenant [13] Corporal 2nd [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Able Seaman [10] Commander [9] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [9] Acting Captain [8] Colonel [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Commander [8] 2nd Lieutenant [7] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [7] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7] Drummer [7] Private Acting Corporal [7] Acting Major [6] Boy [6] Brevet Major [6] Company Sergeant Major [6] Corporal Acting Serjeant [6]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5727] East Yorkshire Regiment [185] Warwickshire Yeomanry [183] Royal Field Artillery [162] London Regiment [161] Royal Engineers [145] Machine Gun Corps [89] Royal Fusiliers [87] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [86] Worcestershire Regiment [74] Royal Garrison Artillery [68] Corps of Hussars [65] King's Royal Rifle Corps [63] Army Service Corps [60] Manchester Regiment [59] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [58] Northumberland Fusiliers [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [54] Rifle Brigade [52] Middlesex Regiment [51] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [50] Tank Corps [50] Australian Infantry [49] Hampshire Regiment [49] Canadian Infantry [46] South Staffordshire Regiment [44] Cheshire Regiment [41] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [41] West Yorkshire Regiment [41] Devonshire Regiment [40] Liverpool Regiment [40] Royal Irish Rifles [40] Leicestershire Regiment [39] Labour Corps [36] Royal Berkshire Regiment [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Royal Army Service Corps [35] Gordon Highlanders [34] Lincolnshire Regiment [34] Royal Horse Artillery [34] Durham Light Infantry [33] Suffolk Regiment [33] Gloucestershire Regiment [32] Royal Scots [32] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [31] Norfolk Regiment [31] East Kent Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [29] Lancers [29] Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [8540] Australian Imperial Force [149] Canadian Expeditionary Force [103] Royal Navy [94] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [1075] S [848] H [774] W [744] C [678] M [596] P [560] A [490] R [448] T [441] G [384] D [357] L [294] F [278] J [228] E [173] N [161] K [151] O [108] Y [59] V [56] I [47] U [17] Q [12] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [8880] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [980] India [16] Canada [8] Australia [7] South Africa [5] Ireland [4] New Zealand [3] Malaysia [2] Gibraltar [1] Greece [1] Guyana [1] Malta [1] Sudan [1]

George Winn

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 2423 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry Sacheverel Sanders

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 2863 London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force 81st Provisional Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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David Field

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 267126 Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 267126 Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Scandrett

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 9955 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9955 Drummer Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Harrison

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Alfred Garnett Horsfall

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army West Riding Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Riding Regiment 2nd Batallion

British Army The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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James Murray Aitken

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William George Timms

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 21405 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edward Charles Harrison

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 9745 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9745 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Harry Whisker

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 12/698 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Bister

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 117436 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Victor Manson Spencer

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2733 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Edgar Tiff

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 547 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 20910 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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David Evers

Born 1873

British Army 2354 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Shear

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army 3562 Sapper Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 3562 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 3562 Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Robert Percy Beesley

Born 1890

Died 1955

British Army 205225 Private Tank Corps

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Thomas Frederick Davis

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20491 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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John Seeley

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 1727 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edward Vincent Parker

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2585 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Victor Arthur John Percox

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 31437 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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