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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]

William Charles Bishop

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Private Hampshire Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion.

British Army 5799

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William Francis Bishop

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13570 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 13570 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Ernest Charles Burbage

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army 6637 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6637 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Charles Lanchbury

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 8711 Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army 8711 Lance-Serjeant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 8711 Lance-Serjeant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Joseph Kenning

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 17486 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 36634 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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George Edward Barker

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 9455 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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John Launchbury

Born 1884

British Army 8237 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 8237 Private South Wales Borderers

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Frank William Matthews

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 201746 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion.

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Arthur Edward Caswell

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 18724 Private Coldstream Guards

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John William Northall

Born 1889

British Army 15393 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles Edwin Adkins

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 267733 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William C Beacham

British Army 39954 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 50545 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederic Augustus Drake

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Captain Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Eric Percy Coventry Back

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Alexandria

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Alexandria

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Walter Court

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 17187 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 17187 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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G H Heritage

British Army P/184 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Walter John Fletcher

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Francis Arthur Ensor

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 48566 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Gervase William Birkbeck

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Major Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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John Corbett Hiatt

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16331 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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