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Birmingham [17]

Smethwick [4]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

London [2]

Smethwick, Staffs [2]

Burton-On-Trent, Staffs [1]

Coventry [1]

Dudley, Worcs [1]

Edgbaston, Warwickshire [1]

Handsworth [1]

Hockey, Birmingham [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [1]

Oldbury, Worcs [1]

Sedgley, Stafford [1]

Smethwick Staffordshire now West Midlands [1]

Smethwick, Warwick [1]

St ives, Cornwall [1]

Tipton, Staffordshire [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [72]

Driver [9]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Fitter [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Member [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

H.M. Coastguard [1]

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

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

HMS Canopus [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Military Police [1]

North Midland Divisional Train [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HM Drifter Pearl III [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [15]

S [13]

W [13]

B [12]

D [8]

F [7]

C [6]

J [6]

M [6]

G [5]

R [5]

L [4]

P [3]

T [3]

A [2]

E [2]

N [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105]

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People [115] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham [17] Smethwick [4] Smethwick, Staffordshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] London [2] Smethwick, Staffs [2] Burton-On-Trent, Staffs [1] Coventry [1] Dudley, Worcs [1] Edgbaston, Warwickshire [1] Handsworth [1] Hockey, Birmingham [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [1] Oldbury, Worcs [1] Sedgley, Stafford [1] Smethwick Staffordshire now West Midlands [1] Smethwick, Warwick [1] St ives, Cornwall [1] Tipton, Staffordshire [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [72] Driver [9] Corporal [8] Gunner [8] Sapper [7] Serjeant [7] Rifleman [4] Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Fitter [1] Leading Boatman [1] Member [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [17] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M. Coastguard [1] H.M.S "Victory." [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] HMS Canopus [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Nelson [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Military Police [1] North Midland Divisional Train [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HM Drifter Pearl III [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [15] S [13] W [13] B [12] D [8] F [7] C [6] J [6] M [6] G [5] R [5] L [4] P [3] T [3] A [2] E [2] N [2] Y [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105]

Jack Watson

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 152138 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leonard Hawkins

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 185021 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 232 Brigade

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William Bird Stamps

Born 1883

British Army WR32816 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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William Bernard Griffin

Born 1873

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192642 Private Royal Air Force

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John William Glasgow

Born 1887

Died 1958

British Army 36984 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 161997 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Jabez Faulkner

Born 1897

Died 1978

Royal Navy J34763 Able Seaman

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Thomas Henry Jennings

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299978 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits' Training Wing (Blandford)

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Francis William Street

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army S4/145024 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 64168 Private Welsh Regiment

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Alfred Ernest Shewring

Born 1883

Died 1963

British Army 26327 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 50859 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles Henry Stych

Born 1893

British Army 21210 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Harry Deeley

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7873 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion

British Army 7873 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William H Gauden

Died 1919

British Army 264340 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harry Gulliver

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1453 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Willetts

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 31043 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Parkes

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9578 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Neriah Nash

Died 1915

British Army 21180 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Farley

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 20189 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Percy Jones

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 26656 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Felix Dudley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 23580 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Albert Farmer

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 18724 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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