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Oswestry, Shropshire [7]

Oswestry [5]

Oswestry England [2]

Aberystwyth, Wales [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bakewell, Derbyshire [1]

Bedford [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brierly Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chirk [1]

Clunton, Shropshire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Deytheur, Montgomeryshire [1]

Dolanog, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llandovery, Carm [1]

Llangwyn, Denbigh [1]

Llanrhaiadr, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Lumb, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1]

Manafon, Montgomeryshire [1]

Nant y Caws, near Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Nanycaws, Carms [1]

Pant, Oswestry [1]

Swansea [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Walsall, Staffs [1]

West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Wrexham Union Workhouse, Denbighshire [1]

Rank

Private [210]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lance Corporal [13]

Serjeant [10]

Captain [6]

Gunner [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [5]

Driver [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

A/Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [79]

Shropshire Light Infantry [47]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Shropshire Yeomanry [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

4th Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

7th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1]

9th Hussars [1]

Attached 76th Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Civil Service Rifles (Territorial Army) [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [255]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [37]

W [28]

D [24]

P [23]

R [22]

E [18]

H [18]

L [16]

C [15]

S [15]

M [13]

T [7]

G [6]

B [5]

F [5]

O [5]

V [4]

K [2]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Canada [1]

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People [264] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Oswestry, Shropshire [7] Oswestry [5] Oswestry England [2] Aberystwyth, Wales [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bakewell, Derbyshire [1] Bedford [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brierly Hill, Staffordshire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chirk [1] Clunton, Shropshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Deytheur, Montgomeryshire [1] Dolanog, Montgomeryshire [1] Llandovery, Carm [1] Llangwyn, Denbigh [1] Llanrhaiadr, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Lumb, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1] Manafon, Montgomeryshire [1] Nant y Caws, near Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Nanycaws, Carms [1] Pant, Oswestry [1] Swansea [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Walsall, Staffs [1] West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Wrexham Union Workhouse, Denbighshire [1]

Rank

Private [210] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [18] Lance Corporal [13] Serjeant [10] Captain [6] Gunner [6] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Sapper [5] Driver [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] A/Lance Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [79] Shropshire Light Infantry [47] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] Liverpool Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Engineers [6] Shropshire Yeomanry [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 4th Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1] 9th Hussars [1] Attached 76th Trench Mortar Battery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Civil Service Rifles (Territorial Army) [1] Corps of Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [255] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Royal Navy [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [37] W [28] D [24] P [23] R [22] E [18] H [18] L [16] C [15] S [15] M [13] T [7] G [6] B [5] F [5] O [5] V [4] K [2] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Canada [1]

Ernest Bennett

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army T4/057472 Driver Army Service Corps

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David William Ellis

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 1678 Staff Serjeant Royal Engineers attd. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (12th Battalion)

British Army 1678 Sapper Royal Engineers 2/2nd West Riding Division

British Army 1678 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 2/2nd West Riding Division

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Austin Ledwith

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 62361 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 62361 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Hubert William Rayner

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Civil Service Rifles (Territorial Army)

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George Eric Fulcher

Australian Imperial Force 6322

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Albert Sidney Roberts

Died 1918

British Army 19735 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th battalion

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Thomas Lewis Jones

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1748 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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Alfred Steenton

Died 1914

British Army 5947 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Gilbert Rowland Venables

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Robert Smith

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 12269 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Sergeant Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 6th

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George Frank

Australian Imperial Force 257

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Reuben Williams

Australian Imperial Force 4234

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Harry Heritage Owen

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 12352 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 12352 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Valentine Richard Sperring

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 11378 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 11378 Private Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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John Empsall

Died 1916

British Army L/23751 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George T Kirk

Died 1918

British Army 52641 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 52641 Private 1st/8th Lancashire fusilers

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Stanley Ledwith

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 55174 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 55174 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Edwin Sagar

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11968 A/Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11968 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward William Walker

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Percy Broster

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13868 Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 13868 Corporal King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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