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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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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]

Arthur Dean

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 19262 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 19262 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Rowland Jordan

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 7412 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 202812 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Eric King. Parsons

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

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Sidney Bayliss

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 7476 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 25157 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Leslie Horton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2208 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Daniel Logan Laidlaw

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 15851 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borders 7th (Service) Battalion

British Army 15851 King's Own Scottish Borders 7th (Service) Battalion

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Charles Edward Campbell Eagles

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy Major Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

Royal Navy Major

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Frederick William Chew

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 34214 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 629536 Private Labour Corps

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Fred Perks

Died 1917

British Army 17581 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Cubberley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 11120 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Edward Allen

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 91818 Private Tank Corps

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Walter James

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 29995 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Edgar Charles Mills

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3873 Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 43296 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Theodore David Churchill

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41713 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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John Austin Gardner Bevan

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3027 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3027 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur Henry Pool

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198144

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198144 Private Canadian Infantry

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William John Worrall

Died 1917

British Army 19490 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Wilfred Arthur Birch

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 145789 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Houghton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5450 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Thomas Tropman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202200 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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