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Bristol [10]

Norwich, Norfolk [9]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

St George, Bristol [4]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Salvin Street, Battersea, London [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Mattingley Hampshire [2]

St Pancras, London [2]

27 Whiteway, St George, Bristol [1]

34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashton upon Mersey, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Buttevant, Mallow District, Cork [1]

Buxton, Norfolk [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunedin [1]

Fritton, Suffolk [1]

Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Lambeth, London, Surrey [1]

Leicester [1]

Newhaven, Sussex [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pancras, London [1]

Pimlico, London [1]

Pindock Mews, Paddington, Middlesex [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Salvin Street, Clapham, Battersea, London [1]

Salvin Street, Clapham, Surrey [1]

Shepton Mallett, Somerset [1]

St Saviour, Southwark, London, Surrey [1]

Stourton, Wiltshire [1]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [1]

Wandsworth, Battersea, Surrey [1]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [1]

Willaston, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Wraxall,Somerset. [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Corporal [11]

Sapper [7]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Pte [3]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

A/Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Sergeant [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Colour Sergeant (Acting Sgt Major) [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Blackwater [1]

CEF [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) [1]

Canadian Infantry, Alberta Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Hants Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

New Zealand Field Artillery [1]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) [1]

Pembroke and Curacoa [1]

President II [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division, Volunteer Reserve Service [1]

Royal Surrey [1]

Royal Tank Corps [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Saskatchewan Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [65]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [29]

B [15]

H [6]

M [6]

R [6]

C [5]

T [4]

A [3]

D [2]

G [2]

L [2]

P [2]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86]

Country

United Kingdom [80]

Canada [3]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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People [86] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol [10] Norwich, Norfolk [9] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] St George, Bristol [4] Hammersmith, London [3] Salvin Street, Battersea, London [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Mattingley Hampshire [2] St Pancras, London [2] 27 Whiteway, St George, Bristol [1] 34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashton upon Mersey, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Buttevant, Mallow District, Cork [1] Buxton, Norfolk [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Clevedon, Somerset [1] Dublin [1] Dunedin [1] Fritton, Suffolk [1] Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Lambeth, London, Surrey [1] Leicester [1] Newhaven, Sussex [1] Paddington, London [1] Pancras, London [1] Pimlico, London [1] Pindock Mews, Paddington, Middlesex [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Salvin Street, Clapham, Battersea, London [1] Salvin Street, Clapham, Surrey [1] Shepton Mallett, Somerset [1] St Saviour, Southwark, London, Surrey [1] Stourton, Wiltshire [1] Wadebridge, Cornwall [1] Wandsworth, Battersea, Surrey [1] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [1] Willaston, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Wraxall,Somerset. [1]

Rank

Private [43] Corporal [11] Sapper [7] Captain [5] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Pte [3] Colour Sergeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] A/Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Acting Staff Sergeant [1] Captain Quartermaster [1] Colour Sergeant (Acting Sgt Major) [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Honorary Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Hampshire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Blackwater [1] CEF [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) [1] Canadian Infantry, Alberta Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Hants Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] New Zealand Field Artillery [1] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [1] Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) [1] Pembroke and Curacoa [1] President II [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division, Volunteer Reserve Service [1] Royal Surrey [1] Royal Tank Corps [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Saskatchewan Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [65] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [29] B [15] H [6] M [6] R [6] C [5] T [4] A [3] D [2] G [2] L [2] P [2] I [1] J [1] K [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86]

Country

United Kingdom [80] Canada [3] India [2] Ireland [1]

Raymond Edgar Stone

Born 1898

Died 1984

British Army 43135 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 43135 Private Gloucestershire Regiment (Glosters)

British Army 43135 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frank Harold Taylor Bourchier

Born 1883

Died 1922

British Army 57296 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Charles Hipper

Born 1899

Died 1948

British Army 512078 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Arthur Manning

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3577 Private Leicestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frederick Augustus Scofield

Born 1893

Died 1946

British Army 265061 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 1621 Colour Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 2/6th Btn., Glouc. R.

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Francis Walter Bishop

Born 1882

Died 1959

British Army 14 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery, 270 Brigade

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William Henry Cook

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 50280 Sapper Royal Engineers 21st Signal Corps Company

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Thomas James Ladd

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army 6329 Private Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Harry Shearwood

Born 1869

Died 1956

British Army 3733 Colour Sergeant (Acting Sgt Major) Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1763 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 1763 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Edward Victor Bourchier

Born 1887

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42679

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Sidney Clifford Stone

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 433 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Albert Edward Scofield

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 784 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 784 Private London Regiment 2/2 lond Battalion

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Arthur Samuel Kedge

Born 1889

Died 1952

British Army 017039 Acting Staff Sergeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Herbert Oliver Bishop

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 17/20 Trooper New Zealand Field Artillery Veterinary Corps

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/20A Corporal New Zealand Field Artillery

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Harry Reginald Gratton

Born 1899

Died 1920

British Army TR/8/25823 Private Training Reserve 36th Battalion

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Albert James Bourchier

Born 1879

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230494

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Charles Siddall Bourchier

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 80724 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 80724 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 42nd Battery

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Leslie Harold Reed

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army 22363 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 22363 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 22363 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Robert Turner Ladd

Born 1888

Died 1946

British Army 2074 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army 2074 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/8490 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Arthur George Jeffrey

Born 1897

Died 1943

British Army 66590 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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