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Acocks Green Worcester [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Doncaster [1]

Ipswich [1]

London [1]

Market Harborough, Leics [1]

New Brighton, Cheshire [1]

Saint Clements, Yorkshire [1]

Southend-on-Sea, Essex [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Sutton, Surrey [1]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1]

Warwickshire [1]

Waterloo, Lancashire [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [35]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

2nd Lt. [1]

AB [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Gentleman Cadet [1]

Mechanic [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS "Hampshire" [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Military College Sandhurst [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Farnborough [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [9]

Last name first letter

W [34]

C [6]

H [6]

B [5]

S [5]

E [3]

Y [2]

D [1]

G [1]

L [1]

M [1]

O [1]

P [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [69]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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People [69] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Acocks Green Worcester [1] Cardiff [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Clapham, London [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Doncaster [1] Ipswich [1] London [1] Market Harborough, Leics [1] New Brighton, Cheshire [1] Saint Clements, Yorkshire [1] Southend-on-Sea, Essex [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Sutton, Surrey [1] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1] Warwickshire [1] Waterloo, Lancashire [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [35] Second Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [5] Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] 2nd Lt. [1] AB [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1] Driver [1] Gentleman Cadet [1] Mechanic [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Naval Division [6] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS "Hampshire" [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Scottish) [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Military College Sandhurst [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Farnborough [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [9]

Last name first letter

W [34] C [6] H [6] B [5] S [5] E [3] Y [2] D [1] G [1] L [1] M [1] O [1] P [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [69]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Joseph Edward Webber

Born 1894

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

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Robert Charles George Edward

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/230 Royal Naval Division

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Frederick James Collett

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy J46313

Royal Navy J.46313. (Ch.) Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy J.46313. (Ch) Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Reginald John Yerbury

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 8/3345 Private Middlesex Regiment

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David Matthias Williams

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 240101 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Shaw Walker

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 10055 Private Royal Fusiliers Public Schools Battalion

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Harold Frederick Barlow

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lt.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Frank B Wilson

British Army 4134 (Incomplete) Private Devonshire Regiment

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D Gooding

British Army 3003 Serjeant London Regiment

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John Keith Brown

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 515479 Private Acting Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 515479 Lance Corporal London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Alfred Herbert Burgess

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 19745 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/1064 Rifle Brigade

British Army 19745 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 14th Coy

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Guy Alexander Burnside

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/36283 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2/10th London Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100309 Cadet South Farnborough

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Horace G Etheridge

British Army 30311(Incomplete) Private London Regiment

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Robert Parkinson Whiteside

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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Rowland L Wilson

British Army SR/1904 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick A B Hamer

British Army STK/2283 Private Royal Fusiliers

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W V Sowby

British Army PS/7865 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Herbert Hall

British Army 2345 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alan H Wright

British Army 656472 Private London Regiment

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George E Wyatt

British Army 3202 Private London Regiment

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