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Place of birth

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [80]

Tewkesbury [5]

London [3]

Alderton, Gloucestershire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bredon, Worcestershire [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Malvern, Worcestershire [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucesteshire [2]

Twyning, Gloucestershire [2]

Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ashchurch, Gloucestershire [1]

Barnack, Northamptonshire [1]

Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Cardigan, Cardiganshire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Cookham, Berkshire [1]

Cradley, Herefordshire [1]

Cranham, Gloucestershire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Elmley Castle, Worcestershire [1]

Erdington, Birmingham [1]

Kemerton, Worcestershire [1]

Kinsham, Worcestershire [1]

Loughborough,Leicestershire. [1]

Malmesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Norton, Gloucestershire [1]

Pirton, Worcestershire [1]

Redditch Worcestershire England [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

St Tudy, Cornwall [1]

Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire [1]

Tewkesbury, Glos [1]

Tewkesbury, Gloucesterhire [1]

Tirley, Gloucestershire [1]

Upton on Severn, Worcestershire [1]

Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Winchcombe [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Yorkley, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [95]

Lance Corporal [17]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [8]

Gunner [7]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing-Smith [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [53]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [3]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment/Labour Corps [1]

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

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Vivid II/HMS Leonidas/HMS Albatross [1]

Infantry Base Depot [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Life Guards [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

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

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

Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1]

Service

British Army [129]

Royal Navy [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [18]

H [17]

P [17]

S [16]

G [13]

T [12]

M [11]

R [9]

J [8]

N [5]

K [4]

D [3]

A [2]

E [2]

F [2]

B [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [80] Tewkesbury [5] London [3] Alderton, Gloucestershire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bredon, Worcestershire [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Malvern, Worcestershire [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucesteshire [2] Twyning, Gloucestershire [2] Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ashchurch, Gloucestershire [1] Barnack, Northamptonshire [1] Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Cardigan, Cardiganshire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Cookham, Berkshire [1] Cradley, Herefordshire [1] Cranham, Gloucestershire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Elmley Castle, Worcestershire [1] Erdington, Birmingham [1] Kemerton, Worcestershire [1] Kinsham, Worcestershire [1] Loughborough,Leicestershire. [1] Malmesbury, Wiltshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Norton, Gloucestershire [1] Pirton, Worcestershire [1] Redditch Worcestershire England [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] St Tudy, Cornwall [1] Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire [1] Tewkesbury, Glos [1] Tewkesbury, Gloucesterhire [1] Tirley, Gloucestershire [1] Upton on Severn, Worcestershire [1] Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Winchcombe [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Yorkley, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [95] Lance Corporal [17] Corporal [12] Serjeant [8] Gunner [7] Second Lieutenant [5] Driver [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Guardsman [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing-Smith [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [53] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Australian Infantry [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [3] Herefordshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment/Labour Corps [1] H.M.S."Vivid" [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Vivid II/HMS Leonidas/HMS Albatross [1] Infantry Base Depot [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Life Guards [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [1] Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillery Transport [1]

Service

British Army [129] Royal Navy [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [18] H [17] P [17] S [16] G [13] T [12] M [11] R [9] J [8] N [5] K [4] D [3] A [2] E [2] F [2] B [1] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Albert Edward Hooper

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 29461 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 29461 Private Devonshire Regiment 13th (Works) Battalion

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William Henry Price

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 12614 Company Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 12614 Company Sergeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 Gloucestershire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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John Lawrence Jones

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 2818 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 41031 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th (Service) Battalion

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Henry Newman

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7861 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7861 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Philip Lewis Marment

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army M-281879 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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John Walker

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 2233 Private London Regiment

British Army 2233 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 1st/5th Battalion

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Frank Perkins

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3000 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars A Squadron

British Army 3000 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry A Squadron

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Samuel Hathaway

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 20422 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 202727 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Thomas Hall

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 12769 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Percy James Holt

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2210 Lance Corporal Herefordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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William Henry Sheldon

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 14516 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th (Service) Battalion

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Leonard Vincent Rossell

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 13795 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 13795 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Albert Ernest Wilkes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 12128 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 12128 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Ernest William Simons

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J28483

Royal Navy J/28483 Signal Boy H.M.S."Vivid"

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Kathleen Rose Sollis

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 11334 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Nicholas Joseph Mann

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 9543 Private Worcestershire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Albert Edward Sircombe

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy 301224 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 301224 Stoker 2nd Class

South African Services 10021 Private South African Infantry 2nd Regiment

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Charles William Rice

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army R/385315 Private Army Service Corps Remounts Depot (Shirehampton)

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Herbert George Rowley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 29339 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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William Halling

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 221206 Able Seaman HMS Monmouth

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