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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]

Philip Edward Hislop Van Baerle

British Army 114660 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

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Alan Barrington Hill

Australian Imperial Force 7392

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Harold Tom Lambert

British Army 1831 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 293188 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Henry Rossington Leeson

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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William Leonard Ward Davis

British Army S/27799 Private Rifle Brigade 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Eric Langdon Thompson

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Dennis Meirville Crew

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Maxwell Gore

Born 1894

Australian Imperial Force

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Ariel L Varges

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army Official Cinematographer War Correspondent

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Vernon Courtenay Coombs

Born 1897

British Army 7818 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

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

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Geoffrey Hillier Swindells

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Leinster Regiment

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Stephen Roche

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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David Martineau Haylings

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Royal Defence Corps

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John William Stott

Born 1884

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

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Richard Tier Leighton

British Army Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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E A Squire

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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George Colledge

British Army Second Lieutenant 3/2nd Lovat's Scouts

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

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Robert Nimmo Williamson Jeff

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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

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John Victor Wischer

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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William Leefe Robinson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps seconded from Worcestershire Regiment

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