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Place of birth

Cheddar, Somerset [6]

Sambourne, Warwickshire [3]

Shirley, Warwickshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Aston [1]

Aston Warwicks [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bordesley Green, Birmingham [1]

Burnham on Sea, Somerset [1]

Chepstow [1]

Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1]

Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire [1]

Cullompton, Devonshire [1]

Denton [1]

Ditton,Surrey [1]

Exeter [1]

Fillongley, Warwickshire [1]

Friern Barnet, North London [1]

Glascote, Staffordshire [1]

Great Alne, Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Herne Hill [1]

Lambeth, Surrey, England [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Marton, Warwickshire [1]

Meriden, Warwickshire [1]

Olney, Buckinghamshire [1]

Poplar [1]

Redditch, Worcestrshire [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Solihull [1]

St Giles, North [1]

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1]

Stoke Bottom, Somerset [1]

Stourbridge [1]

Studley, Warwickshire [1]

Swinton, Scottish Borders [1]

Thetford, Norfolk [1]

Tunbridge Wells Kent [1]

Uttoxeter [1]

Westbury on Trym, Bristol [1]

Willington, County Durham [1]

Wilmcote, Tamworth [1]

Wiveliscombe, Someset [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [142]

Corporal [15]

Gunner [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Serjeant [12]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [3]

Reverend [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Matron [1]

Piper Serjeant [1]

Postal Clerk [1]

Sapper [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45]

London Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Service Corps Territorial Force [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Forces [1]

Service

British Army [209]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [26]

P [26]

W [23]

C [21]

E [16]

H [14]

M [11]

L [10]

G [9]

S [9]

A [8]

D [8]

F [8]

J [8]

R [6]

T [6]

K [4]

N [4]

O [3]

Contribution

Military Service [220]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Canada [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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People [220] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cheddar, Somerset [6] Sambourne, Warwickshire [3] Shirley, Warwickshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Aston [1] Aston Warwicks [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Belfast, Down [1] Birmingham [1] Bordesley Green, Birmingham [1] Burnham on Sea, Somerset [1] Chepstow [1] Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1] Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire [1] Cullompton, Devonshire [1] Denton [1] Ditton,Surrey [1] Exeter [1] Fillongley, Warwickshire [1] Friern Barnet, North London [1] Glascote, Staffordshire [1] Great Alne, Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Herne Hill [1] Lambeth, Surrey, England [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool [1] Marton, Warwickshire [1] Meriden, Warwickshire [1] Olney, Buckinghamshire [1] Poplar [1] Redditch, Worcestrshire [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Shoreditch, London [1] Solihull [1] St Giles, North [1] St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1] Stoke Bottom, Somerset [1] Stourbridge [1] Studley, Warwickshire [1] Swinton, Scottish Borders [1] Thetford, Norfolk [1] Tunbridge Wells Kent [1] Uttoxeter [1] Westbury on Trym, Bristol [1] Willington, County Durham [1] Wilmcote, Tamworth [1] Wiveliscombe, Someset [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [142] Corporal [15] Gunner [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Serjeant [12] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [3] Reverend [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Assistant Matron [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Matron [1] Piper Serjeant [1] Postal Clerk [1] Sapper [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45] London Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Worcestershire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Service Corps Territorial Force [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Forces [1]

Service

British Army [209] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [26] P [26] W [23] C [21] E [16] H [14] M [11] L [10] G [9] S [9] A [8] D [8] F [8] J [8] R [6] T [6] K [4] N [4] O [3]

Contribution

Military Service [220]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Canada [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Ernest Franklin

British Army 1/13925 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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George Savage

British Army R/15990 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Katy Beaufoy

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Assistant Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service H.M.H.S. Glenart Castle

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Walter Stevenson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 13888 Leicester Regiment

British Army 14212 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Smith

Died 1916

British Army 17415 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Robert A Wright

British Army 662 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 662 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Rupert Price Hallowes

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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George Edward Cates

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3035 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Reginald Arthur Lawley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2770 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 81st Provisional Battalion

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John Travers Cornwell

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 1st Class HMS Chester

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Thomas Perkins

Died 1916

British Army 10959 Private Coldstream Guards

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Frank William Grove

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 331 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 331 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th

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Edward Noel Mellish

Born 1880

Died 1962

British Army Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Almon John Wills

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 2249 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Victor James

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 24529 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Dick Neale

British Army 1318 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Burdon Mckean

Born 1888

Died 1926

British Army 436568 Serjeant Canadian Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Canadian Forces

British Army Temporary Captain Canadian Forces

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John Henry Stephen Dimmer

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Berkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps

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R P Hallowes

British Army 1422 Serjeant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Edward T Blackham

British Army 2192 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2192 Private Corps of Hussars

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