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Leicester [12]

Knighton, Leicester [2]

Aston [1]

Bardon Hill, Leicestershire [1]

Coalville [1]

Cornwall [1]

Hardway, Hampshire [1]

Isle of Ryde [1]

Knighton [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Loughborough [1]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Normanton, Derbyshire [1]

Stanstead Abbotts,Hertfordshire, England [1]

Stoke Devonport [1]

Thurmaston [1]

Thurmaston, Leicester [1]

Waltham on the Wolds [1]

Ware [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Wilmslow [1]

Rank

Private [128]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Corporal [9]

Serjeant [9]

Captain [7]

Gunner [4]

Driver [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chaplain The Reverend [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [128]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Postal Service [1]

Inns Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leic Regt Territorial Force [1]

Leicester Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS BULWARK [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

The Leicestershire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

British Army [172]

Royal Navy [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

C [20]

W [16]

S [15]

H [13]

L [12]

M [12]

P [10]

A [9]

R [8]

T [8]

D [6]

G [5]

F [4]

J [4]

N [3]

E [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [177]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

India [2]

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People [177] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leicester [12] Knighton, Leicester [2] Aston [1] Bardon Hill, Leicestershire [1] Coalville [1] Cornwall [1] Hardway, Hampshire [1] Isle of Ryde [1] Knighton [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Loughborough [1] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Normanton, Derbyshire [1] Stanstead Abbotts,Hertfordshire, England [1] Stoke Devonport [1] Thurmaston [1] Thurmaston, Leicester [1] Waltham on the Wolds [1] Ware [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Wilmslow [1]

Rank

Private [128] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [9] Serjeant [9] Captain [7] Gunner [4] Driver [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Chaplain The Reverend [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Major [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [128] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment Territorial Force [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS OPAL [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Postal Service [1] Inns Court Officer Training Corps [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leic Regt Territorial Force [1] Leicester Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS BULWARK [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] The Leicestershire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

British Army [172] Royal Navy [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] C [20] W [16] S [15] H [13] L [12] M [12] P [10] A [9] R [8] T [8] D [6] G [5] F [4] J [4] N [3] E [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [177]

Country

United Kingdom [12] India [2]

Alfred Conway

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 5393 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John Neat

Died 1915

British Army 5342 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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James Smith

Died 1915

British Army 12120 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Sam Smith

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6150 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Hall

Died 1915

British Army 12041 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick Arthur Elson

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7096 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 7096 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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William Helsdon

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6021 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 6021 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Hicks

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10718 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Edgar Garton

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 9939 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Alfred Cooke

Died 1915

British Army 9898 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Bertram Brooks

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 12142 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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William Holt

Died 1915

British Army 12093 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Leonard Locke

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8961 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8961 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Raymond Fox Ferguson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 9277 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd battalion leicest Battalion

British Army 9277 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Moore

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 5661 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Morgan

Died 1915

British Army 8412 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John William Hyde

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8199 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick Congreve

Died 1915

British Army 8282 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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E Cooper

Died 1915

British Army 9812 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Green

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11801 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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