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Cheltenham [15]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire [1]

Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire [1]

Charlton, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham England [1]

Cheltenham, Glostershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucs. [1]

Cheltenhan [1]

Chittenden, Gloucestershire [1]

Churchdown,Gloucester [1]

Dehra Dunn, North West Province [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Kingston St Mary, Taunton [1]

Londonderry [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Midsomer Norton, Somerset [1]

Naunton, Cheltenham [1]

Sheffield, [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Teddington, Middlesex [1]

Tewkesbury [1]

Truro, Cornwall [1]

Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire [1]

Winchcombe, Gloucestershire [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [82]

Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombadier (acting rank) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

M.C. Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [44]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

15th Lancers (Cureton's Mooltanis) [1]

1st Division, 3rd Brigade [1]

34th Sikh Pioneers [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Infantry Battalion [1]

Irish Cavalry Depot [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Navy [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [113]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Royal Navy [6]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [51]

A [17]

W [15]

H [8]

T [8]

M [7]

P [7]

D [6]

C [5]

G [3]

L [2]

S [2]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Australia [1]

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People [136] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cheltenham [15] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire [1] Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire [1] Charlton, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham England [1] Cheltenham, Glostershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucs. [1] Cheltenhan [1] Chittenden, Gloucestershire [1] Churchdown,Gloucester [1] Dehra Dunn, North West Province [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kingston St Mary, Taunton [1] Londonderry [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Midsomer Norton, Somerset [1] Naunton, Cheltenham [1] Sheffield, [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Teddington, Middlesex [1] Tewkesbury [1] Truro, Cornwall [1] Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire [1] Winchcombe, Gloucestershire [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [82] Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombadier [1] Bombadier (acting rank) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] M.C. Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [44] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Labour Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Hampshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 15th Lancers (Cureton's Mooltanis) [1] 1st Division, 3rd Brigade [1] 34th Sikh Pioneers [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Prince George [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Infantry Battalion [1] Irish Cavalry Depot [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Navy [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [113] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Royal Navy [6] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [51] A [17] W [15] H [8] T [8] M [7] P [7] D [6] C [5] G [3] L [2] S [2] K [1] N [1] O [1] R [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Australia [1]

Frederick J Brown

Born 1879

Died 1943

British Army 26923 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert Edward Taylor

Born 1896

Royal Navy 1257 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Francis Hastings Poncia

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 58067 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 58067 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 19th Battalion

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Charles Davis

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1449 Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Wilson

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/2518 Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Wynn Biddle

Born 1897

Royal Navy 2369 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Harold John Mason

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16999 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Albert William Stephens

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 13361 Lance Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 13361 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Frederick Cousins

Died 1918

British Army 60357 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 90729 Private Labour Corps

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Reginald John Smith

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2512 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 761480 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Bernard Henry Lindsey

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 203097 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Percy Barnes

Died 1918

British Army 188273 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles J Mallett

Died 1918

British Army 25391 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Joseph Mason

Born 1891

British Army 8361 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8361 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Hopkins

Died 1916

British Army 7925 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Robert Wilson

Born 1892

Died 1916

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William Henry Hall

Died 1914

British Army D/4491 Serjeant 3rd Dragoon Guards

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James Pass

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 5434 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd/7th Battalion

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William J Wilson

Died 1916

British Army K/917 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William James Bliss

Died 1916

British Army 73372 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 73372 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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