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London [6]

Birmingham [3]

Leeds [3]

Smallthorne, Staffordshire [3]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [3]

Bangalore [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Blantyre, Lanarkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Crook, County Durham [2]

Durham [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Manchester [2]

Newchapel, Staffordshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Tow Law, County Durham [2]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [2]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Alton Towers, Staffordshire [1]

Alva Clackmannanshire Scotland [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Arley, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1]

Awsworth, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Backworth, Northumberland [1]

Baildon, Yorkshire [1]

Bale, Norfolk [1]

Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Bargoed, Glamorganshire [1]

Barnard Castle, County Durham [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Baxterley, Warwickshire [1]

Bayston, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [637]

Sapper [608]

Captain [215]

Second Lieutenant [211]

Lieutenant [126]

Corporal [73]

Serjeant [67]

Major [64]

Lance Corporal [47]

Temporary Captain [31]

Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Temporary Lieutenant [25]

2nd Corporal [24]

Rifleman [20]

Driver [19]

Sergeant [19]

Acting Corporal [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [16]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [14]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [9]

Acting Captain [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Serjeant Major [6]

Acting 2nd Corporal [5]

Acting Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Gunner [5]

Private (Acting Corporal) [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Captain (Temporary Major) [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Captain (Acting Major) [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [812]

Rifle Brigade [124]

Labour Corps [100]

Army Service Corps [93]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [50]

Northumberland Fusiliers [48]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

London Regiment [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

Essex Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11]

The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Artillery [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1555]

Indian Army [19]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [386]

A [137]

W [111]

C [105]

H [103]

M [103]

S [97]

P [68]

R [65]

D [62]

G [55]

F [48]

L [48]

T [43]

J [40]

K [23]

N [23]

E [22]

O [19]

I [7]

V [6]

Y [5]

Q [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1580]

Country

United Kingdom [278]

Australia [4]

Ireland [3]

South Africa [2]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Guernsey [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

Saint Lucia [1]

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London [6] Birmingham [3] Leeds [3] Smallthorne, Staffordshire [3] Smethwick, Staffordshire [3] Bangalore [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Blantyre, Lanarkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Crook, County Durham [2] Durham [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Manchester [2] Newchapel, Staffordshire [2] Nottingham [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Tow Law, County Durham [2] Tunstall, Staffordshire [2] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Alton Towers, Staffordshire [1] Alva Clackmannanshire Scotland [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Arley, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1] Awsworth, Nottinghamshire [1] Ayr [1] Backworth, Northumberland [1] Baildon, Yorkshire [1] Bale, Norfolk [1] Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Bargoed, Glamorganshire [1] Barnard Castle, County Durham [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Barony, Lanarkshire [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Baxterley, Warwickshire [1] Bayston, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [637] Sapper [608] Captain [215] Second Lieutenant [211] Lieutenant [126] Corporal [73] Serjeant [67] Major [64] Lance Corporal [47] Temporary Captain [31] Lieutenant Colonel [29] Temporary Lieutenant [25] 2nd Corporal [24] Rifleman [20] Driver [19] Sergeant [19] Acting Corporal [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Acting Serjeant [17] Temporary Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [16] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [14] Company Serjeant Major [12] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [9] Acting Captain [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Serjeant Major [6] Acting 2nd Corporal [5] Acting Major [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Gunner [5] Private (Acting Corporal) [5] Temporary Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [4] Brigadier General [4] Captain (Temporary Major) [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Captain (Acting Major) [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Sergeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [812] Rifle Brigade [124] Labour Corps [100] Army Service Corps [93] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [50] Northumberland Fusiliers [48] Royal Field Artillery [35] London Regiment [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] Essex Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] East Lancashire Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Highland Light Infantry [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11] The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [11] Cheshire Regiment [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Artillery [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gordon Highlanders [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1555] Indian Army [19] Australian Imperial Force [16] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [386] A [137] W [111] C [105] H [103] M [103] S [97] P [68] R [65] D [62] G [55] F [48] L [48] T [43] J [40] K [23] N [23] E [22] O [19] I [7] V [6] Y [5] Q [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1580]

Country

United Kingdom [278] Australia [4] Ireland [3] South Africa [2] Belgium [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Germany [1] Guernsey [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1] Saint Lucia [1]

William L Todd

Died 1914

British Army 3/7753 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7753 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1 Battalion

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John Hannan

Died 1917

British Army Z/2972 Private Leinster Regiment 2 Battalion

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James William Albert Simpson

Born 1884

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry 36 Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel Australian Infantry 36th Battalion

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John K Clements

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2395 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/4 Battalion

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Albert Bishop

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6441 Private Rifle Brigate 3 Battalion

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Charles Flint

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army S/1552 Private Rifle Brigade 10 Battalion

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William Cyril King

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army A/2300 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 12 Battalion

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Joseph Weldon

Died 1917

British Army 30307 Private Welsh Regiment 10 Battalion

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John Edmond Gough

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Brigadier General General Staff Chief of Staff 1st Army

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Thomas William Strand

Born 1897

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 478A Private Machine Gun Company 1

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C Pingre

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 6137 Private Machine Gun Battalion 2

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H Walton

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 3533 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 11 Field Artillery Brigade

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John Joynes

Died 1957

Australian Imperial Force 82 Light Horse Regiment 2

Australian Imperial Force 82 Private Australian Army Service Corps

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George Goode

British Army 2401 Serjeant Rifle Brigade 1 Battalion

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Henry Lewis Stumm

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3902 Corporal Australian Pioneers 2 Battalion

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Joseph Augustus Burnside

Born 1877

Died 1937

British Army 667 Trooper King Edward's Horse

British Army 57422 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4

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Frank Ernest Millett

Died 1955

British Army 6117 Private Australian Imperial Force 26 Battalion

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Henry Thomas Parfitt

Died 1917

British Army 19515 Sapper South Wales Borderers

British Army 66913 Sapper Royal Engineers 171 Tunnelling Company

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Edwin Ernest Woods

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army

British Army S/9080 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 9 Battalion

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Thomas Roffey

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army

British Army S/19724 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 11 Battalion

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