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Leicester [5]

Hinckley, Leicestershire [3]

Belgrave, Leicester [2]

Leicester Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Aberfeldy, Perthshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Bagworth; Leicestershire [1]

Barrow on Soar [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Bigbury, Devon [1]

Blaby, Leicester [1]

Blackburn [1]

Boundary, Derbyshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcs [1]

Carlton, Bedfordshire [1]

Charlton, Kent [1]

Clarendon Park, Leicester [1]

Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1]

Crowland, Lincolnshire [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Derby [1]

Devon [1]

Dresden [1]

East Harnham, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Erith, Dartford, Kent [1]

Great Burstead, ESSEX [1]

Halidax Nova Scotia [1]

Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Havant, Hampshire [1]

Heathfield, Sussex [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Huntingdon [1]

Kegworth; Leicestershire [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Launde Abbey, Leicestershire [1]

Leicester,Leicestershire [1]

Linton, Herefordshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Loughborough, Leicsestershire [1]

Luton [1]

Lyddington, Uppingham, Rutland [1]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1]

Market Overton, Rutland [1]

Rank

Private [189]

Lance Corporal [36]

Captain [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [11]

Corporal [10]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Gunner [3]

Major [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lt. [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Comapny Sergeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Mechanic Corporal [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Reverend Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Sepoy [1]

Stoker, Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Assistant Paymaster [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [177]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS SHARK [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

7th Battalion [1]

7th Leinster Regiment [1]

9th Battalion [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Attached 3rd Army HQ [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS "Dunedin" [1]

HMS "Hood" [1]

HMS "Indefatigable" [1]

HMS "Tiger" [1]

HMS "Watchman" [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

Service

British Army [245]

Royal Navy [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [47]

B [28]

M [25]

S [21]

P [18]

H [17]

A [15]

W [14]

F [12]

R [11]

T [11]

D [9]

J [9]

K [9]

E [8]

G [7]

L [6]

N [3]

V [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [271]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Argentina [1]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [275] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leicester [5] Hinckley, Leicestershire [3] Belgrave, Leicester [2] Leicester Leicestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Aberfeldy, Perthshire [1] Auckland [1] Bagworth; Leicestershire [1] Barrow on Soar [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast [1] Bigbury, Devon [1] Blaby, Leicester [1] Blackburn [1] Boundary, Derbyshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Bromsgrove, Worcs [1] Carlton, Bedfordshire [1] Charlton, Kent [1] Clarendon Park, Leicester [1] Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1] Crowland, Lincolnshire [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Derby [1] Devon [1] Dresden [1] East Harnham, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1] Edinburgh [1] Erith, Dartford, Kent [1] Great Burstead, ESSEX [1] Halidax Nova Scotia [1] Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1] Havant, Hampshire [1] Heathfield, Sussex [1] Huddersfield [1] Huntingdon [1] Kegworth; Leicestershire [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Launde Abbey, Leicestershire [1] Leicester,Leicestershire [1] Linton, Herefordshire [1] Liverpool [1] Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Loughborough, Leicsestershire [1] Luton [1] Lyddington, Uppingham, Rutland [1] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1] Market Overton, Rutland [1]

Rank

Private [189] Lance Corporal [36] Captain [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [11] Corporal [10] Rifleman [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Company Sergeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Gunner [3] Major [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lt. [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy First Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Stoker [1] Comapny Sergeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Mechanic Corporal [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Reverend Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Sepoy [1] Stoker, Petty Officer [1] Temporary Assistant Paymaster [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [177] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS SHARK [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] Labour Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 7th Battalion [1] 7th Leinster Regiment [1] 9th Battalion [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Attached 3rd Army HQ [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS "Dunedin" [1] HMS "Hood" [1] HMS "Indefatigable" [1] HMS "Tiger" [1] HMS "Watchman" [1] HMS Ardent [1]

Service

British Army [245] Royal Navy [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [47] B [28] M [25] S [21] P [18] H [17] A [15] W [14] F [12] R [11] T [11] D [9] J [9] K [9] E [8] G [7] L [6] N [3] V [2] I [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [271]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Argentina [1] Australia [1] India [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

James Sinfield

Died 1918

British Army 25698 Acting Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 25698 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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William Killips

Died 1916

British Army 25892 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 8th Battalion

British Army Private

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Frank Arthur Willis Hurst

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2009 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Herbert Billings

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1866 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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George Mcclellan

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 15170 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 15170 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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John Murphy

Died 1915

British Army 1315 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 1315 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Duncan Walker

Died 1915

British Army 9606 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Ismail Khan

British Army Punjabis

British Army 3228 Sepoy Punjabis

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William Drysdale

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots attached Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Scots attached Leicestershire Regiment

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Thomas Wilding

Died 1915

British Army 6418 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6418 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Norman Parkhurst Kemp

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J13134 Able Seaman HMS Black Prince

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Oliver Evans

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1248 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1248 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Hermann Reynolds Cobley

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 624094

Canadian Expeditionary Force 624094 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Jarvis

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 5088 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 40048 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 7th Battalion

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William Woolman Fisher

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2086 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Arthur Foreman

Died 1915

British Army 2745 (incomplete) Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Anthony Lionel Fenwick

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment

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Arthur Dumford

Died 1917

British Army 21799 Acting Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 21799 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Jonathan Richardson Cowling

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 267287 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William John Ellis

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy L7838 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Ardent

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