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Newtown, Montgomeryshire [89]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [49]

Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire [12]

Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire [10]

Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire [6]

Llangurig, Montgomeryshire [5]

Llanllwchaiarn, Montgomeryshire [4]

Tregynon, Montgomeryshire [4]

Kerry, Montgomeryshire [3]

Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire [3]

Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire [3]

Wollaston, Shropshire [3]

Aberhafesp, Montgomeryshire [2]

Berriew, Montgomeryshire [2]

Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire [2]

Llandinam, Montgomeryshire [2]

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [2]

Llanymynech, on the borders of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire [2]

Welshpool [2]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [2]

Abermule, Montgomeryshire [1]

Almondsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Arddleen, Montgomeryshire [1]

Barrow, Shropshire [1]

Bettws Cedwain, Montgomeryshirre [1]

Brecon, Breconshire [1]

Buttington, Montgomeryshire [1]

Carrog, Merionethshire [1]

Chirbury, Shropshire [1]

Church Stretton, Shropshire [1]

Churchstoke, Montgomeryshire [1]

Crickheath Shropshire [1]

Dublin, Howth [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Forden, Montgomeryshire [1]

Four Crosses, Montgomeryshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Harlech, Merionethshire [1]

Hastings, Essex [1]

Jedburgh, Dumfries [1]

Kington, Herefordshire [1]

Knottingley, Yorkshire [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire [1]

Llandielo, Carmarthanshire [1]

Llanllwchaiarn, Newtown, Montgomery [1]

Llanwchairn, Newtown, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llanymynech, Mont [1]

Manafon, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [203]

Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal [19]

Serjeant [11]

Gunner [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [4]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Clerical Worker [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [113]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [12]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Household Battalion [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

Welsh Horse [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1]

4th Regiment [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry Works Battalion [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Denbigh Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [256]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [33]

J [30]

D [25]

B [23]

E [22]

M [22]

W [21]

H [17]

R [16]

T [13]

L [11]

G [9]

A [8]

O [7]

C [6]

F [6]

S [5]

N [4]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [269]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Turkey [1]

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People [281] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newtown, Montgomeryshire [89] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [49] Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire [12] Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire [10] Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire [6] Llangurig, Montgomeryshire [5] Llanllwchaiarn, Montgomeryshire [4] Tregynon, Montgomeryshire [4] Kerry, Montgomeryshire [3] Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire [3] Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire [3] Wollaston, Shropshire [3] Aberhafesp, Montgomeryshire [2] Berriew, Montgomeryshire [2] Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire [2] Llandinam, Montgomeryshire [2] Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [2] Llanymynech, on the borders of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire [2] Welshpool [2] Wrexham, Denbighshire [2] Abermule, Montgomeryshire [1] Almondsbury, Yorkshire [1] Arddleen, Montgomeryshire [1] Barrow, Shropshire [1] Bettws Cedwain, Montgomeryshirre [1] Brecon, Breconshire [1] Buttington, Montgomeryshire [1] Carrog, Merionethshire [1] Chirbury, Shropshire [1] Church Stretton, Shropshire [1] Churchstoke, Montgomeryshire [1] Crickheath Shropshire [1] Dublin, Howth [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Forden, Montgomeryshire [1] Four Crosses, Montgomeryshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Harlech, Merionethshire [1] Hastings, Essex [1] Jedburgh, Dumfries [1] Kington, Herefordshire [1] Knottingley, Yorkshire [1] Limehouse, London [1] Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire [1] Llandielo, Carmarthanshire [1] Llanllwchaiarn, Newtown, Montgomery [1] Llanwchairn, Newtown, Montgomeryshire [1] Llanymynech, Mont [1] Manafon, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [203] Corporal [21] Lance Corporal [19] Serjeant [11] Gunner [9] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [4] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Clerical Worker [1] Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [113] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [12] South Wales Borderers [12] Canadian Infantry [10] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Labour Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Household Battalion [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] Welsh Horse [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1] 4th Regiment [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry Works Battalion [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Denbigh Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [256] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [33] J [30] D [25] B [23] E [22] M [22] W [21] H [17] R [16] T [13] L [11] G [9] A [8] O [7] C [6] F [6] S [5] N [4] I [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [269]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Turkey [1]

John Henry Jarman

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 15087 Serjeant Grenadier Guards

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Charles Ernest Brown

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 291516 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 156266 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 156266 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Walter Meredith

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 290179 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Samuel Richard Lloyd

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1882 Corporal Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 355075 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Albert Gittins

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79838

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79838 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Trevor Llewellyn Jenkins

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 995 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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George Henry Pryce

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 355463 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edward Owen Blayney

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 203531 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Daniel Tilsley

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 54203 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Lewis

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 73765 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Pritchard

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 19252 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Zachariah Evans

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 94199 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Charles Watkins

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3354 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 290864 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Eric Victor Owen Williams

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202070 Private Tank Corps

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William Indoe Worner

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army S/37283 Private Rifle Brigade

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William Herbert Prosser

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 14947 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 388541 Private Labour Corps

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Sydney Owen

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3248 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Griffith Evans

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 17377 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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Job James

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 92690 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 63rd Heavy Artillery Brigade

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Leonard Gibson

Born 1865

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Captain General List

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