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Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2]

Macclesfield [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Beckenham [1]

Bergen [1]

Burwood , New South Wales [1]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1]

Chorlton , Lancashire [1]

Darlington, Durham, England [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Fairford, Gloucestershire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gillingham , Shaftsbury , Dorset [1]

Hastings , Sussex [1]

Hendon , Middlesex [1]

Hull [1]

Kensington [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Mount Pleasant South Australia [1]

Norwood , Surrey [1]

Oxley Victoria [1]

Prestbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Solihull , Warwickshire . [1]

South Koorg [1]

Southport , Lancashire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [1]

Stroud , Gloucestershire . [1]

Wandsworth , London . [1]

Warren New South Wales [1]

West Derby [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lieutenant [24]

Private [9]

Captain [8]

Acting Captain [3]

Cadet [2]

Corporal [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieuenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Official Cinematographer [1]

Orderly [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

3/2nd Lovat's Scouts [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire attached Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment Attd to Royal Flying Corps [1]

East Kent Regimetn Attd to Royal Flying corps [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Indian Army [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Artist's Rifles) O.T.C. [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Ministry of the Interior of Bagdad [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps attached Motor Ambulance Convoy [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [10]

C [9]

S [8]

W [8]

R [7]

D [4]

G [4]

M [4]

B [3]

L [3]

P [3]

T [3]

J [2]

O [2]

V [2]

A [1]

F [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [74]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Germany [3]

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People [78] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2] Macclesfield [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Beckenham [1] Bergen [1] Burwood , New South Wales [1] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1] Chorlton , Lancashire [1] Darlington, Durham, England [1] Derbyshire [1] Fairford, Gloucestershire [1] Fulham, London [1] Gillingham , Shaftsbury , Dorset [1] Hastings , Sussex [1] Hendon , Middlesex [1] Hull [1] Kensington [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Mount Pleasant South Australia [1] Norwood , Surrey [1] Oxley Victoria [1] Prestbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Solihull , Warwickshire . [1] South Koorg [1] Southport , Lancashire [1] Southwark, London [1] Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [1] Stroud , Gloucestershire . [1] Wandsworth , London . [1] Warren New South Wales [1] West Derby [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [35] Lieutenant [24] Private [9] Captain [8] Acting Captain [3] Cadet [2] Corporal [2] Flying Officer [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Officer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieuenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Official Cinematographer [1] Orderly [1] Pilot Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [9] Royal Flying Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 3/2nd Lovat's Scouts [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire attached Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment Attd to Royal Flying Corps [1] East Kent Regimetn Attd to Royal Flying corps [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Indian Army [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Artist's Rifles) O.T.C. [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Ministry of the Interior of Bagdad [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps attached Motor Ambulance Convoy [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [10] C [9] S [8] W [8] R [7] D [4] G [4] M [4] B [3] L [3] P [3] T [3] J [2] O [2] V [2] A [1] F [1] K [1] N [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [74] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Germany [3]

Aubrey Robert Maxwell Rickards

Born 1898

Died 1937

British Army 6633 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army 6633 Flying Officer Royal Air Force

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Edward William Barnes

Born 1895

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42054

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Walter Douglas Cullen

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army Private East Surrey Regiment 5th east Battalion

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

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Laurence Douglas Quinsee

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48280

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Bertrand Mallinson

Born 1888

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frank Hawker Woolliams

Born 1898

Died 1980

British Army 760727 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieuenant Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Chaytor Pepper

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Arthur Adolf Baerlein

Born 1886

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 68th Brigade

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

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Geoffrey Woolley Claye

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Anthony White Wood

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Officer Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Mervyn Charles Offer

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 9380 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Leonard Victor Davies Owen

Born 1888

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Acting Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Stanley Slade

Born 1877

Died 1927

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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John Maurice Holmes

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army 3338 Private London Regiment

British Army 760464 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Randolph Caldecott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76697

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Eric Paul Fulton

Australian Imperial Force 3321

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Frank Neville Hudson

Born 1897

Died 1922

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

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Captain Royal Flying Corps

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

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Walter George Cyril Jacks

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Henry Bradshaw Carswell

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 7/2127 Colour Sergeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edwin John Dilnutt

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer

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