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Place of birth

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3]

Wellington, Shropshire [3]

West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Burton-in-Wirral, Cheshire [2]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire. [2]

Puddington, Cheshire [2]

163 Broad Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Abu [1]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Bareilly, Bengal [1]

Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1]

Blackburn [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bramley, Leeds [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Burton, Cheshire [1]

Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Clanfield, Oxfordshire [1]

Crescent Cottage, Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Durham [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Endon, Staffordshire [1]

Eyton House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Gorton, Lancashire [1]

Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Hadley [1]

Hanwood, Shropshire [1]

Headingly, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Ketley, Shropshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lilleshall, Shropshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Maesycwmmer, Monmouthshire, South Wales [1]

Malton [1]

Mona Terrace, Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Norwood, South London [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [54]

Second Lieutenant [37]

First Lieutenant [19]

Captain [11]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Sapper [4]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Bed Steward [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lance-Sergeant [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pivate [1]

Temp F/Officer [1]

Voluntary Nurse [1]

Unit

The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [10]

The Cheshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

The Manchester Regiment [5]

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) [4]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

The London Regiment [3]

The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF [3]

The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The Welsh Regiment [3]

Corps of Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

The East Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Gordon Highlanders [2]

The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) [2]

The York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry [1]

1/1st The Shropshire Yeomanry [1]

3rd Division [1]

76 Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, XIII Corps [1]

Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment [1]

Anglo-French Red Cross [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Field Hospital for Belgium [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers, TF [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS President II [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [84]

Royal Navy [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [11]

C [10]

P [9]

J [8]

B [7]

E [7]

D [6]

H [6]

S [6]

A [5]

W [5]

G [4]

F [3]

K [2]

L [2]

R [2]

V [2]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [94]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

Canada [2]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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People [96] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chester, Cheshire [3] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3] Wellington, Shropshire [3] West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Burton-in-Wirral, Cheshire [2] Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire. [2] Puddington, Cheshire [2] 163 Broad Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] 200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Abu [1] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Bareilly, Bengal [1] Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1] Blackburn [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bramley, Leeds [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Burton, Cheshire [1] Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Clanfield, Oxfordshire [1] Crescent Cottage, Wellington, Shropshire [1] Dulwich, London [1] Durham [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Endon, Staffordshire [1] Eyton House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gorton, Lancashire [1] Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset [1] Hadley [1] Hanwood, Shropshire [1] Headingly, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Ketley, Shropshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lilleshall, Shropshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maesycwmmer, Monmouthshire, South Wales [1] Malton [1] Mona Terrace, Wellington, Shropshire [1] Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Norwood, South London [1] Paddington, London [1] Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [54] Second Lieutenant [37] First Lieutenant [19] Captain [11] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Sapper [4] Rifleman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Bed Steward [1] Brevet Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lance-Sergeant [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pivate [1] Temp F/Officer [1] Voluntary Nurse [1]

Unit

The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [10] The Cheshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [5] The Manchester Regiment [5] The Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) [4] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] The London Regiment [3] The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF [3] The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The Welsh Regiment [3] Corps of Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The East Lancashire Regiment [2] The Gordon Highlanders [2] The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) [2] The York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry [1] 1/1st The Shropshire Yeomanry [1] 3rd Division [1] 76 Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, XIII Corps [1] Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment [1] Anglo-French Red Cross [1] Border Regiment [1] British Field Hospital for Belgium [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Royal Engineers, TF [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS President II [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [84] Royal Navy [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [11] C [10] P [9] J [8] B [7] E [7] D [6] H [6] S [6] A [5] W [5] G [4] F [3] K [2] L [2] R [2] V [2] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [94] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [84] Canada [2] India [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Joseph Buckle

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 73467 Private The Welsh Regiment

British Army 290567 Private The Pembroke Yeomanry

British Army 33252 Private The East Lancashire Regiment 13 (Garrison) Battalion

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Joseph Hughes

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 54504 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25 (Montgomery & Welsh Horse Yeomany) Battalion

British Army 11176 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 54504 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25 (Montgomery & Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion

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John Thomas Mansley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army R25081 Rifleman The King's Royal Rifle Corps 18 (Service) Battalion (Arts & Crafts)

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Evan Nanney Jones-Vaughan

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 2nd-Lieutenant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Wilfred Henry Wilmot

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service 10 (N) Squadron

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Arthur Gibson Conway

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army 35620 Private Border Regiment

British Army 91660 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Samuel Bartley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 352362 Private The Manchester Regiment 2/9 Battalion

British Army 352362 Private The Manchester Regiment 2/9 Battalion

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Arthur Laine

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy 268973 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Thomas Frearson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 11718 Private The Cheshire Regiment 9 (Service) Battalion

British Army 11718 Private The Cheshire Regiment 9 (Service) Battalion

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Bernard Julius Pfleiderer

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 286 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Thomas Bell

Died 1915

British Army 10383 Private The Cheshire Regiment 2 Battalion

British Army 10383 Private The Cheshire Regiment 2 Battalion

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Norman Lees Jennison

Died 1918

British Army 2009 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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Isaiah James Jarvis

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 6138 Lance Corporal The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2nd Battalion

British Army 6138 Private The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2nd Battalion

British Army 6138 Acting Lance Corporal The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2nd Battalion

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Maurice Wright D'hooghe

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 38614 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Hubert Bell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 60526 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Celia Congreve

Born 1868

Died 1952

Other Empire Force Nurse French Red Cross

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister British Field Hospital for Belgium

Other Empire Force Voluntary Nurse Anglo-French Red Cross Johnstone-Reckitt Hospital

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