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Place of birth

West Felton, Shropshire [3]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [2]

Dublin [2]

Oswestry, Shropshire [2]

Basford, Nottingham [1]

Bengal [1]

Blackheath [1]

Bolton [1]

Brierly Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brompton, Kensington [1]

Burton, Cheshire [1]

Cork [1]

Corwen, Llangollen [1]

Coventry [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dalbeattie, Scotland [1]

Dysart [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Gateshead [1]

Glasgow [1]

Hackney [1]

Hamilton [1]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex, London [1]

Hull [1]

Inverness [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Kingsbarns, Fife [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leasdale Derbyshire [1]

Leith [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate [1]

Maesbury, Shropshire [1]

Market Drayton [1]

Melksham [1]

Moorside, West Felton [1]

Mounthill, Blantyre, Lanarkshire [1]

Norwich [1]

Oswestry [1]

Pollockshaws, Glasgow [1]

Sale [1]

Southwell [1]

St George, Edinburgh [1]

Thirsk [1]

Tipton [1]

Walsall [1]

Wandsworth [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Gunner [31]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [8]

Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

2/Lt [2]

Major [2]

Pte [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Capt [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Capt [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Cpl, A/Sgt [1]

Cpl, A/Sjt [1]

Driver [1]

Gnr [1]

Gunner Acting Corporal [1]

L Cpl [1]

LCpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenany [1]

Lt [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sjt [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Tank Corps [25]

Army Service Corps [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Motor Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [3]

Motor Machine Guns [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps Motors [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

108th Infantry [1]

15th Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

21st Punjabis, attached North Waziristan Militia [1]

2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

31st DCO Lancers [1]

31st Lancers [1]

31st Lancers Indian Army [1]

3rd Battalion Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry [1]

3rd Guides Infantry Frontier Force [1]

6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

9th Royal Highlanders [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Chaplain Department attached Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment attached Tank Corps [1]

HB Machine Gun Corps [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Kurram Militia [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [107]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Indian Army [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [12]

S [11]

L [10]

D [8]

M [8]

E [7]

F [7]

H [7]

K [7]

W [7]

G [6]

J [6]

P [6]

C [4]

R [3]

T [2]

Y [2]

A [1]

I [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [115]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Ireland [1]

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People [117] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Felton, Shropshire [3] Alfreton, Derbyshire [2] Dublin [2] Oswestry, Shropshire [2] Basford, Nottingham [1] Bengal [1] Blackheath [1] Bolton [1] Brierly Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brompton, Kensington [1] Burton, Cheshire [1] Cork [1] Corwen, Llangollen [1] Coventry [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dalbeattie, Scotland [1] Dysart [1] Edinburgh [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Gateshead [1] Glasgow [1] Hackney [1] Hamilton [1] Hampton Hill, Middlesex, London [1] Hull [1] Inverness [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Kingsbarns, Fife [1] Lancashire [1] Leasdale Derbyshire [1] Leith [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate [1] Maesbury, Shropshire [1] Market Drayton [1] Melksham [1] Moorside, West Felton [1] Mounthill, Blantyre, Lanarkshire [1] Norwich [1] Oswestry [1] Pollockshaws, Glasgow [1] Sale [1] Southwell [1] St George, Edinburgh [1] Thirsk [1] Tipton [1] Walsall [1] Wandsworth [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [43] Gunner [31] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [11] Captain [8] Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] 2/Lt [2] Major [2] Pte [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Capt [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Capt [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Cpl, A/Sgt [1] Cpl, A/Sjt [1] Driver [1] Gnr [1] Gunner Acting Corporal [1] L Cpl [1] LCpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenany [1] Lt [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sjt [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [36] Tank Corps [25] Army Service Corps [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] Motor Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [4] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [3] Motor Machine Guns [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps Motors [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 108th Infantry [1] 15th Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 21st Punjabis, attached North Waziristan Militia [1] 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 31st DCO Lancers [1] 31st Lancers [1] 31st Lancers Indian Army [1] 3rd Battalion Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry [1] 3rd Guides Infantry Frontier Force [1] 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 9th Royal Highlanders [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Chaplain Department attached Yorkshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment attached Tank Corps [1] HB Machine Gun Corps [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Kurram Militia [1] Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [107] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Indian Army [2] Royal Navy [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [12] S [11] L [10] D [8] M [8] E [7] F [7] H [7] K [7] W [7] G [6] J [6] P [6] C [4] R [3] T [2] Y [2] A [1] I [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [115]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Ireland [1]

Ernest William Macro

Born 1896

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 322073

British Army 1658 Cpl, A/Sgt Motor Machine Guns 22 Bty

British Army 1658 Gunner Machine Gun Corps Motors

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George Eastwood

Born 1896

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) A/Capt 20 San

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Victor Stanley Archard

Born 1892

Died 1943

British Army 2648 Gnr HB Machine Gun Corps C Coy

British Army Gnr HB Machine Gun Corps C Battalion

British Army 205090 Lance Sergeant Tank Corps

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Max Henry Roescher

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery 22 Bty

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William Welsh

Born 1885

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army 1652 Serjeant Motor Machine Gun Corps 22 Battery

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Norman Gray Smeal

Born 1883

Died 1938

British Army 1615 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

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Percy C R Dodd

Born 1885

Died 1967

British Army Major 31st Lancers

Indian Army Lt 108th Infantry

Indian Army Lt 31st DCO Lancers

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Edward Percy Windsor

Born 1895

Died 1951

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Allan Gilmour

Born 1890

British Army 2420 Gunner Machine Gun Corps Motor

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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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Alfred William Maxlow

Born 1887

Died 1925

British Army M2/192037 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 75046 Private Tank Corps

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Charles Robert Herbert Farmer

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant 15th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 18th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant attached Motor Machine Gun Section

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William Charles Venmore

Born 1898

Died 1969

British Army 2/Lt London Regiment 1st/3rd Bn

British Army 3336 Pte London Regiment 2nd Bn

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Ellis

Born 1888

Royal Navy K13295

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Labon James

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 9995 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Butler

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 16909 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 258381 Private Labour Corps

British Army 16909 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Eric Withers Edwards

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 203558 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 4th

British Army 235660 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th

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Wilfred Da Cunha Brookes

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 38017 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 205684 Corporal Tank Corps Depot

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David Mcgeachie Lapraik

Born 1899

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110645 2nd Lieutenant 20th Squadron

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George Macpherson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Machine Gun Corps

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