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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 Addis

Born 1881

Died 1920

British Army 1964 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1964 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Ernest Henry Guest

Died 1918

British Army SS/1425 Private Army Service Corps 7th Unit

British Army 42581 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Leonard Graham Bendall

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3136 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 236053 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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William Walter Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 35214 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Walter Archer

Died 1916

British Army 8754 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19641 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 8754 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Robert Anthony Beale

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

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Oriel William Erskine Bannerman

Born 1877

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain 15th Lancers (Cureton's Mooltanis)

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Alexander Gufer Bidlake

British Army 29645 M.C. Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Eric Leslie Bird

Born 1894

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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George Thomas Daniels

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 9635 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9635 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Alfred Beard

Died 1918

British Army 40198 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 40198 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Thomas Barnes

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 5188 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 266870 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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James Harold Ayland

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 36325 Private Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 36325 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 11685 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Lionel Barnett

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2986 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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William Samuel Archer

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 216685 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 216685 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 216685 Ordinary Seaman HMS Prince George

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George Pierce Armstrong

Born 1892

Died 1915

Indian Army Lieutenant 34th Sikh Pioneers

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