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Fillongley, Warwickshire [12]

Foleshill, Warwickshire [4]

Fillongley England [2]

London England [2]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Astley Castle, Warwick [1]

Balsall, Warwickshire [1]

Berkswell, Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire, [1]

Bixley, Norfolk [1]

Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

Carlton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Cosby, Leicestershire [1]

Coventry [1]

Croydon Surrey [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Fillongley [1]

Fillongley Warwickshire [1]

Hazelslade, Staffordshire [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Leicester [1]

Lewes Sussex [1]

Little Budworth, Cheshire [1]

Longford, Coventry [1]

Maxstoke, Warwickshire [1]

Middlesex [1]

New South Wales [1]

Newtown, Fillongley, Warwickshire [1]

Over Whitacre, Coleshill, Warwickshire [1]

Pontefract [1]

Prestbury Cheshire [1]

Small Heath, Birmingham [1]

St George, London [1]

Stanton, Derbyshire [1]

Tamworth, Staffordshire [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Upper Swell, Gloucestershire [1]

Walsgrave Coventry [1]

Wigston Magna, Leicestershire [1]

Wilmcote, Tamworth [1]

Rank

Private [39]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [6]

Captain [4]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Commander [1]

Corpoal [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance-Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant - Sgt [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutentant Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Privatre [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry attached Royal Artillery [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Alexandria [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Infantry Norfolk Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Royal Bucks Hussars [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Hampshire Regiment [1]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Rifles Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [12]

B [10]

W [8]

H [4]

L [4]

S [4]

A [3]

D [3]

E [3]

M [3]

G [2]

N [2]

P [2]

F [1]

I [1]

K [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [63]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Ireland [1]

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People [64] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Fillongley, Warwickshire [12] Foleshill, Warwickshire [4] Fillongley England [2] London England [2] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Astley Castle, Warwick [1] Balsall, Warwickshire [1] Berkswell, Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire, [1] Bixley, Norfolk [1] Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1] Carlton, Nottinghamshire [1] Cosby, Leicestershire [1] Coventry [1] Croydon Surrey [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Fillongley [1] Fillongley Warwickshire [1] Hazelslade, Staffordshire [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Leicester [1] Lewes Sussex [1] Little Budworth, Cheshire [1] Longford, Coventry [1] Maxstoke, Warwickshire [1] Middlesex [1] New South Wales [1] Newtown, Fillongley, Warwickshire [1] Over Whitacre, Coleshill, Warwickshire [1] Pontefract [1] Prestbury Cheshire [1] Small Heath, Birmingham [1] St George, London [1] Stanton, Derbyshire [1] Tamworth, Staffordshire [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Upper Swell, Gloucestershire [1] Walsgrave Coventry [1] Wigston Magna, Leicestershire [1] Wilmcote, Tamworth [1]

Rank

Private [39] Serjeant [7] Corporal [6] Captain [4] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Commander [1] Corpoal [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance-Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant - Sgt [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutentant Corporal [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Privatre [1] Sergeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry attached Royal Artillery [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Alexandria [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Warspite [1] Infantry Norfolk Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [1] Royal Bucks Hussars [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Hampshire Regiment [1] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Rifles Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [12] B [10] W [8] H [4] L [4] S [4] A [3] D [3] E [3] M [3] G [2] N [2] P [2] F [1] I [1] K [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [63]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Ireland [1]

Alfred Launchbury

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 5420 Serjeant Coldstream Guards

British Army 5402 Lieutentant Corporal Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 5402 Corpoal Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Henry West

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army R9153 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R9153 Rifleman Royal Rifles Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Victor Reaves

Born 1897

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6814

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Alfred Walter Steeley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army C/291 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/291 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Oliver Bernard Ellis

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Sub Lieutenant

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Richard Court

Born 1888

Died 1929

British Army 44782(Incomplete) Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James North

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 94553 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 94553 Private Royal Field Artillery

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John Clement Hooke

Born 1880

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1212

Australian Imperial Force 1212 Private 14th Battalion

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Albert Edward Craner

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 584

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Arthur Barnwell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16439 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd southst Battalion

British Army 16439 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Ernest William Ingram

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 15086 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Walter James Peake

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 12189 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 12189 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Samuel Welbourne

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 18210 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Harry Thynne Barker

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8291 Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8291 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Leslie Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15897 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 15897 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 15897 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Sidney Court

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 161081 Driver Royal Engineers

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Mark Stanley Launchbury

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army 10722 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 10722 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Utten Lamont Hooke

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Percy Wood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10569 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10569 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Thomas Westwood

Born 1899

Died 1956

British Army 30899 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Private

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