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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]

William Henry Vale

Died 1917

British Army 40461 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 6th Battalion

British Army Private

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Joseph Emmerson

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Percy Abels

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6617 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6617 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Batallion

British Army 6617 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Buckley

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 18751 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 18751 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Horace Chesham

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12874 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 12874 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 12874 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Aubrey French

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3424 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 241165 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Dick Muggleton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 17475 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd/4th

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Leslie James Towers

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6872 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 202508 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 202508 Private Leicestershire Regiment 8th Bn.

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Lionel Pilkington Abbott

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 9th leicest Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 7th Leinster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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George Harry Matthews

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 18600 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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James Leonard Graham Cobley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11479 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 11479 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Leonard Cobley Thorpe

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 84614 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Derby Yeomanry

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Herbert Gerald Merrifield

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 22201 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Alfred Henry Ernest Gray

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy L3201

Royal Navy L3201 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS TIPPERARY

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Warren Perrett

Born 1882

Died 1920

Royal Navy 346856

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Sydney Adolphus Soper

Born 1896

Died 1920

Royal Navy K22972

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class HMS "Tiger"

Royal Navy K/22972

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James Edward Cobley

Died 1917

British Army Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 13206 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Henry Sutton

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7620 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 7620 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Ernest Cobley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 14521 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Battalion

British Army 14521 Private

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