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Pendleton Salford Lancashire [2]

10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1]

14 North St, Marylebone, Westminster [1]

18 Camera Square , Chelsea, London [1]

2 Upper East St Greenwich London [1]

22 Hawley Rd Kentish Town London [1]

26 All Saints St Islington [1]

56 Guinness Buildings Vauxhall [1]

8 Upper East St Greenwich [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Auto Texas [1]

Beckenham Kent [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Bury At Edmunds Suffolk [1]

Camberwell [1]

Carmarthen, South Wales [1]

Chelsea [1]

Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1]

Cliffe, Kent [1]

Croydon [1]

Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1]

Enfield [1]

Greenwich [1]

Kennington Lambeth London [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Leytonstone [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

North Benfleet, Essex [1]

Northampton [1]

Putney Wandsworth London [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Southminster Essex [1]

Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1]

Weston Lane, nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

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Private [20]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS Corporal [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent [1]

Muleteer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second [1]

Senior Reserve Assistant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Sub lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Hussars [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

15th Hussar's Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

ASC [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Cyclists Corp [1]

Army Service Corps MT [1]

Artist's Rifles [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment The Buffs [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hospital ship Magic [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Macedonian Mule Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

RAF [1]

RFA and RHA [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 21st Field Ambulance [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

The Buffs East Kent Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [47]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

S [6]

H [4]

P [4]

W [3]

C [2]

D [2]

M [2]

R [2]

A [1]

G [1]

I [1]

L [1]

N [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

France [1]

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People [51] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Pendleton Salford Lancashire [2] 10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1] 14 North St, Marylebone, Westminster [1] 18 Camera Square , Chelsea, London [1] 2 Upper East St Greenwich London [1] 22 Hawley Rd Kentish Town London [1] 26 All Saints St Islington [1] 56 Guinness Buildings Vauxhall [1] 8 Upper East St Greenwich [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1] Auto Texas [1] Beckenham Kent [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Bury At Edmunds Suffolk [1] Camberwell [1] Carmarthen, South Wales [1] Chelsea [1] Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1] Cliffe, Kent [1] Croydon [1] Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1] Enfield [1] Greenwich [1] Kennington Lambeth London [1] Leeds [1] Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Leytonstone [1] Marylebone, London [1] North Benfleet, Essex [1] Northampton [1] Putney Wandsworth London [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Southminster Essex [1] Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1] Weston Lane, nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [20] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Driver [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS Corporal [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy Servant [1] Cadet [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent [1] Muleteer [1] Sapper [1] Second [1] Senior Reserve Assistant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Sub lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Hussars [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 15th Hussar's Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] ASC [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Cyclists Corp [1] Army Service Corps MT [1] Artist's Rifles [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Coldstream Guards [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment The Buffs [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hospital ship Magic [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Macedonian Mule Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] RAF [1] RFA and RHA [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 21st Field Ambulance [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] The Buffs East Kent Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [47] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] S [6] H [4] P [4] W [3] C [2] D [2] M [2] R [2] A [1] G [1] I [1] L [1] N [1] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28] France [1]

George Durno

British Army 10805 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 262158 Private Labour Corps

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Fylacti Christos

British Army 11769 Muleteer Macedonian Mule Corps

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John Rodker

Born 1894

Died 1955

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Frederick Vincent

British Army 3863 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 241494 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Artist's Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion

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Ernest Albert Brackley

Born 1897

Died 1914

Royal Navy L4914 Boy Servant H.M.S. "Victory"

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Ethel Mary Smyth

Born 1858

Died 1944

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Henry William Wallen

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 4098 Serjeant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 40981 Company Sergeant Major Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Alfred Longshaw

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10502 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Albert Ingham

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10495 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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David Philip Hirsch

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

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