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Wolverhampton [185]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [9]

Tettenhall, Wolverhampton [7]

Cannock, Staffordshire [6]

Bilston, Staffordshire [5]

Walsall [5]

Bilston [4]

Dudley [4]

Willenhall [4]

Birmingham [3]

Heath Town, Wolverhampton [3]

Tettenhall, Staffordshire [3]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Bedford [2]

Bilston, Wolverhampton [2]

London [2]

Wednesfield, Wolverhampton [2]

Aston [1]

Bilston, Staffs [1]

Blakenhall, Wolverhampton [1]

Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorks. [1]

Bradmore, Wolverhampton [1]

Bridgnorth [1]

Burnley [1]

Burton-upon-Trent [1]

Bushbury, Wolverhampton [1]

Carmarthenshire, Wales [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chorlton [1]

Christ Church, Staffordshire [1]

Claverley, Shropshire [1]

Codsall, Wolverhampton [1]

Coseley, Staffordshire [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Hampstead [1]

Haslingden, Lancashire [1]

Heath Town, Staffordshire [1]

Heath Town, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Kilkenny [1]

King's Norton [1]

LIverpool, Lancashire [1]

Leamington [1]

Llanelly, South Wales [1]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [1]

Middlewich, Cheshire [1]

Moseley, Warwickshire [1]

Nantwich, Cheshire [1]

Newcastle on Tyne [1]

Rank

Private [235]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Serjeant [23]

Lance Corporal [21]

Lieutenant [16]

Corporal [15]

Gunner [14]

Captain [12]

Driver [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Sapper [7]

Major [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lance-Corporal [3]

Nurse [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Company Quartermaster-Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

CSM [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant-Major [1]

Corporal Acting Sergeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Homeworker [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [151]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

20th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [339]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Other Empire Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [88]

A [60]

C [48]

D [36]

P [13]

R [12]

H [11]

S [11]

W [11]

E [10]

G [10]

M [9]

J [8]

L [7]

O [7]

T [7]

F [6]

K [6]

N [6]

I [5]

V [5]

Y [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [357]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [308]

India [6]

Canada [2]

Cyprus [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [381] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wolverhampton [185] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [9] Tettenhall, Wolverhampton [7] Cannock, Staffordshire [6] Bilston, Staffordshire [5] Walsall [5] Bilston [4] Dudley [4] Willenhall [4] Birmingham [3] Heath Town, Wolverhampton [3] Tettenhall, Staffordshire [3] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Bedford [2] Bilston, Wolverhampton [2] London [2] Wednesfield, Wolverhampton [2] Aston [1] Bilston, Staffs [1] Blakenhall, Wolverhampton [1] Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorks. [1] Bradmore, Wolverhampton [1] Bridgnorth [1] Burnley [1] Burton-upon-Trent [1] Bushbury, Wolverhampton [1] Carmarthenshire, Wales [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chorlton [1] Christ Church, Staffordshire [1] Claverley, Shropshire [1] Codsall, Wolverhampton [1] Coseley, Staffordshire [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Hampstead [1] Haslingden, Lancashire [1] Heath Town, Staffordshire [1] Heath Town, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Isle of Man [1] Kilkenny [1] King's Norton [1] LIverpool, Lancashire [1] Leamington [1] Llanelly, South Wales [1] Market Drayton, Shropshire [1] Middlewich, Cheshire [1] Moseley, Warwickshire [1] Nantwich, Cheshire [1] Newcastle on Tyne [1]

Rank

Private [235] Second Lieutenant [29] Serjeant [23] Lance Corporal [21] Lieutenant [16] Corporal [15] Gunner [14] Captain [12] Driver [11] Acting Corporal [8] Sapper [7] Major [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Able Seaman [3] Lance-Corporal [3] Nurse [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Company Quartermaster-Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] CSM [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant-Major [1] Corporal Acting Sergeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Homeworker [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [151] Royal Field Artillery [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Essex Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Labour Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Hussars [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 20th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [339] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Other Empire Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [88] A [60] C [48] D [36] P [13] R [12] H [11] S [11] W [11] E [10] G [10] M [9] J [8] L [7] O [7] T [7] F [6] K [6] N [6] I [5] V [5] Y [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [357] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [308] India [6] Canada [2] Cyprus [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Percival George Waddams

Born 1891

Died 1939

British Army 2495 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 202331 Acting Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 202331 Acting Sergeant South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Laurence Samuel Albiston

Born 1898

Died 1960

British Army M/334073 Private Army Service Corps

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Harold Edwin Eccleston

Born 1894

Died 1975

British Army 3004 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240595 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Johnson Barnett

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 18112 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army Lance-Corporal

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Ernest Bateman

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 2733 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240474 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Edmund M. Bennett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 10951 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10951 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Albert Capewell

Born 1879

Died 1946

British Army 10118 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 73386 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Leonard Aston

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 9175 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Vincent H Beverstock

Born 1893

Died 1946

British Army 9157 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Thomas Bowen

Died 1916

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Militia

British Army R13330 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

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Thomas Andrews

Born 1884

Died 1961

British Army 98315 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98315 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Raymond Thomas Daniels

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

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Sidney Herbert Shinton

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 2755 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240485 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240485 Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment

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Percy Lewis Bailey

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 9515 Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd North Midland Field Ambulance

British Army 421086 Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd North Midland Field Ambulance

British Army 2041 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd North Midland Field Ambulance

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John Edward O'hara

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 18393 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Victor Harold Blackwell

Born 1899

British Army 32106 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 5/17164 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 353658 Private Royal Engineers

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Harry Henry Banks

Born 1878

Died 1947

British Army 10149 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Daniel Sampson Onions

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army 103777 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 103777 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 103777 Wireless Operator Learner Royal Engineers

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George Charles Salmon

Born 1886

Died 1973

British Army C/2078 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

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John Bateman

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army 3302 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240743 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240743 South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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