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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]

George Arthur Wainwright

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army D/6359 Private Dragoon Guards 3rd

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Francis Or Frank Abbiss

Born 1882

Died 1935

British Army T4/400555 Private Army Service Corps

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David Edward Haddon

Born 1887

Died 1963

British Army 84885 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Dale

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 18124 South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 9838 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Sidney John Dark

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army W2/134524 Private Army Service Corps

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William Jonathan Beddows

Born 1882

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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George Henry Adams

Born 1898

Died 1956

British Army AC/45713 Private Training Reserve 80th Battalion

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Charles Hancock Kay

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 152160 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Cyril Barratt

Born 1894

Died 1962

British Army S4/146376 Corporal 2nd Army Service Corps

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Arthur John Clinton

Born 1884

British Army 48067 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32nd Brigade

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Albert Backhouse

Born 1881

Died 1965

British Army 64109 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 64109 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Abraham Beach

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army 60325 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Benjamin James Owen

Born 1894

Died 1935

British Army 203418 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lincolnshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Ernest Landucci

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 66879 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 90914 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 52nd Battalion

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Benjamin Jackson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9930 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Archibald Whitehouse Darby

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 10/631 Driver Royal Field Artillery 38th Brigade

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Charles Fred Boyden

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3061 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Eric Ralph Varley

Born 1899

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15090 Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15090

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Samuel Rutter

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 72765 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Brigade

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George William Venables

Born 1874

Died 1952

British Army T4/143612 Driver Army Service Corps

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