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Place of birth

Bulwell, Nottingham [4]

Leigh, Worcestershire [4]

Mathon, Herefordshire [4]

Claines, Worcestershire [2]

Leigh, Worcs [2]

Malvern, Worcestershire [2]

Malvern, Worcs [2]

Suckley, Worcs. [2]

69 York Street, Westminster [1]

Accleton, Shropshire [1]

Barnard's Green,Great Malvern,Upton on Severn,Worcestershire. [1]

Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucs. [1]

Bosbury, Herefordshire [1]

Bransford, Worcs [1]

Bricklehampton, Pershore, Worcs [1]

Bromyard, herefordshire [1]

Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

Castlemorton, Worcs [1]

Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucs [1]

Congleton, Cheshire, England [1]

Cradley, Hfds [1]

East Radford, Nottingham [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Great Malvern [1]

Great Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Guarlford, Great Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Halesowen [1]

Hanbury, Droitwich, Worcs [1]

Hanley Castle, Worcs. [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [1]

Leigh [1]

Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire [1]

Leigh-on-sea, Essex [1]

London [1]

Madresfield, Worcs [1]

Marsh Brook, Little Stretton, Shropshire [1]

Martley, Worcestershire [1]

Mathon Court, Mathon, Malvern, Worcs [1]

Melbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Norton Junction, Worcs [1]

Norton, Bromyard, Herefordshire [1]

Norton-juxta-Kempsey, Worcester [1]

Pensax, Worcs [1]

Powick, Worcs [1]

Radford, Nottingham [1]

Saltney, Cheshire [1]

Stockton, Co Durham [1]

Suckley [1]

Rank

Private [80]

Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Pte [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Flight Cadet [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [28]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

RAMC [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt) [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

1st Cambridge [1]

1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

No 3 Cadet Wing [1]

Service

British Army [106]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [14]

S [13]

W [13]

P [11]

B [10]

T [10]

J [8]

G [6]

C [5]

D [5]

F [4]

K [3]

R [3]

E [2]

L [2]

M [2]

V [2]

A [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [115]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [1]

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People [115] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bulwell, Nottingham [4] Leigh, Worcestershire [4] Mathon, Herefordshire [4] Claines, Worcestershire [2] Leigh, Worcs [2] Malvern, Worcestershire [2] Malvern, Worcs [2] Suckley, Worcs. [2] 69 York Street, Westminster [1] Accleton, Shropshire [1] Barnard's Green,Great Malvern,Upton on Severn,Worcestershire. [1] Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucs. [1] Bosbury, Herefordshire [1] Bransford, Worcs [1] Bricklehampton, Pershore, Worcs [1] Bromyard, herefordshire [1] Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1] Castlemorton, Worcs [1] Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs [1] Cheltenham, Gloucs [1] Congleton, Cheshire, England [1] Cradley, Hfds [1] East Radford, Nottingham [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Great Malvern [1] Great Malvern, Worcestershire [1] Guarlford, Great Malvern, Worcestershire [1] Halesowen [1] Hanbury, Droitwich, Worcs [1] Hanley Castle, Worcs. [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [1] Leigh [1] Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire [1] Leigh-on-sea, Essex [1] London [1] Madresfield, Worcs [1] Marsh Brook, Little Stretton, Shropshire [1] Martley, Worcestershire [1] Mathon Court, Mathon, Malvern, Worcs [1] Melbourne, Derbyshire [1] Norton Junction, Worcs [1] Norton, Bromyard, Herefordshire [1] Norton-juxta-Kempsey, Worcester [1] Pensax, Worcs [1] Powick, Worcs [1] Radford, Nottingham [1] Saltney, Cheshire [1] Stockton, Co Durham [1] Suckley [1]

Rank

Private [80] Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [8] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Pte [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Flight Cadet [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lt Colonel [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [28] Worcestershire Yeomanry [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Grenadier Guards [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] RAMC [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt) [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 1st Cambridge [1] 1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] No 3 Cadet Wing [1]

Service

British Army [106] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [14] S [13] W [13] P [11] B [10] T [10] J [8] G [6] C [5] D [5] F [4] K [3] R [3] E [2] L [2] M [2] V [2] A [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [115]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [1]

Alfred Spencer

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 606 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 606 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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George E Smith

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 66819 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 139th Field Ambulance

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John Henry Tandy

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 251965 Private Essex Regiment 11th Bn

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Herbert James Rodway

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 17808 Corporal /Acting Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 17808 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Jesse Spragg

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 38227 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Albert Ernest Taylor

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 163416 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Hemming

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army P-3218 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Lawson Grant Williams

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 469 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th (2nd Birmingham) Bn

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Harry Keeble

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 19684 Private Durham Light Infantry 14th Bn

British Army 19684 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur Pease

Born 1884

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28968

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Francis Cornwall Williamson

Born 1896

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 441

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Walter John Tipton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1989 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240266 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240266 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Bn

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George Timmins

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 31379 Private West Yorkshire Regt

British Army 26214 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 4th Special Reserve Bn

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Cecil Spencer

Born 1897

Died 1991

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319382

British Army Pte Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319382 Flight Cadet No 3 Cadet Wing

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Ernest A Spencer

Born 1894

Died 1945

British Army 44294 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 44294 Pte Suffolk

British Army 48451 Pte Leicestershire Regiment 3rd/6th leicest Battalion

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Joseph W Tromans

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3440 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 831312 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Charles F Walford

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2525 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325374 Private Corps of Hussars

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Victor W Webb

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4322 Private London Regiment

British Army 391469 Private London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 1st/9th Bn

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Oswald P Pollard

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 14838 Private Grenadier Guards

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James Plaskett

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 125016 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 295853 Private Labour Corps

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