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Barnsley [1]

Bootle [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan. [1]

Burslem, Wolstanton, Saffordshire. [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1]

Coventry [1]

Dewsbury [1]

Exeter [1]

Glastonbury [1]

Liecester [1]

Liverpool [1]

Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, on the borders of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Purton, Wiltshire [1]

Roughton, Norfolk [1]

Swilland, Suffolk [1]

Trumpington [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Gunner [16]

Driver [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Major [2]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battalion.S.M. [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Cpl. [1]

Dvr [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gnr. [1]

Gunner/Signaller [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Pte [1]

Pte. [1]

Pte. Dvr. [1]

Pte/Trooper [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sgt. [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

T/2nd Lt [1]

T/Captain [1]

T/Lt [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Trumpeter [1]

WO/II [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2/Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

A.S.C [2]

A.S.C. [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

15th Ammunition Park [1]

Army Service Corps. [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bedfordshire Reg. [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1]

East Lancashire [1]

East Lancashire Reg. [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

K.O.Y.L.I. [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Pembroke Yeomanry [1]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

R.A.M.C. [1]

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY [1]

Service

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [14]

H [12]

B [10]

S [10]

D [8]

A [7]

M [7]

T [7]

P [6]

C [5]

F [3]

N [3]

E [2]

G [2]

K [2]

L [2]

I [1]

J [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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People [103] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnsley [1] Bootle [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan. [1] Burslem, Wolstanton, Saffordshire. [1] Clapton, London [1] Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1] Coventry [1] Dewsbury [1] Exeter [1] Glastonbury [1] Liecester [1] Liverpool [1] Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, on the borders of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Paddington, London [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Purton, Wiltshire [1] Roughton, Norfolk [1] Swilland, Suffolk [1] Trumpington [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [46] Gunner [16] Driver [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Corporal [5] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Major [2] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battalion.S.M. [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Cpl. [1] Dvr [1] Flying Officer [1] Gnr. [1] Gunner/Signaller [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Pte [1] Pte. [1] Pte. Dvr. [1] Pte/Trooper [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sgt. [1] Staff Serjeant [1] T/2nd Lt [1] T/Captain [1] T/Lt [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Trumpeter [1] WO/II [1] Warrant Officer Class 2/Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] A.S.C [2] A.S.C. [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 15th Ammunition Park [1] Army Service Corps. [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bedfordshire Reg. [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1] East Lancashire [1] East Lancashire Reg. [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] K.O.Y.L.I. [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Norfolk Yeomanry [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Pembroke Yeomanry [1] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] R.A.M.C. [1] ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY [1]

Service

British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [14] H [12] B [10] S [10] D [8] A [7] M [7] T [7] P [6] C [5] F [3] N [3] E [2] G [2] K [2] L [2] I [1] J [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Ernest Kay

British Army 8372 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 8372 Acting Corporal Coldstream Guards

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Hayward A Dingle

British Army 199892 Driver Army Service Corps

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John W Faid

British Army 127678 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Waines

British Army M2/221970 Private Army Service Corps

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Edwin Hallett

British Army 29228 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Alfred Holdham

British Army 34624 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 639326 Private Labour Corps

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George Biddles

British Army 15822 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army M2/117597 Private Army Service Corps

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Archibald Stewart

British Army 58047 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army TR4/22028 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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Joseph Stewart

British Army 152055 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Christopher Whomersley

British Army 79769 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 79769 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 16 Sgt. Royal Army Medical Corps. Australian Voluntary Hospital

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James Graham

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 322083 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Bertram Lewis Bisgood

Born 1881

Died 1968

British Army 126877 Royal Horse Artillery

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Jonathan Thomas Williams

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 9157 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 54685 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Leonard James Edward Thompson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 42550 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 42550 Gunner Royl Horse Artillery and Royal Field artillery

British Army 42550 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY D BATTERY 107TH BRIGADE

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Bernard Mynott

Born 1900

Died 1978

British Army 601749 Rifleman London Regiment 18th Reserve

British Army 601749 Private Royal Fusiliers 51st

British Army 601749 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th

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Frank Walker Smith

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Robert Evelyn Eden

Born 1876

Died 1943

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Major Royal Horse Artillery

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Rowland Woosley Adams

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Stanley Frederick George Waldron

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army 72163 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 72163 Trumpeter Royal Regiment of Artillery 37 Battery Royal Field Artillery

British Army 72163 Trumpeter Royal Field Artillery 34 Brigade

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Frederick George Mynott

Born 1889

Died 1980

British Army 4830 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 40133 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 52406 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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