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Birmingham, Warwickshire [148]

Birmingham [127]

Aston, Warwickshire [39]

Aston Warwickshire [34]

Erdington Warwickshire [24]

Aston Birmingham [19]

Birmingham Warwickshire [13]

Erdington, Warwickshire [13]

Warwickshire [13]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Aston, Birmingham [10]

Birmingham,Warwickshire [10]

Coventry, Warwickshire [10]

Walsall, Staffordshire [9]

Penkridge, Staffordshire [8]

Yardley, Worcestershire [7]

Solihull, Warwickshire [6]

Dudley Worcestershire [5]

London [5]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Aston [4]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [4]

Lozells, Birmingham [4]

West Bromwich [4]

Worcester [4]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [3]

Coleshill Warwickshire [3]

Erdington Birmingham [3]

Handsworth Staffordshire [3]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [3]

Ladywood, Birmingham [3]

Nechells, Warwickshire [3]

Rugby, Warwickshire [3]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [3]

West Bromwich Staffordshire [3]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3]

Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Adderbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Aston Manor Warwickshire [2]

Aston Warwick [2]

Aston,Warwickshire [2]

BIRMINGHAM [2]

Balsall Heath, Warwickshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Cannock, Staffordshire [2]

Cardiff [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dublin [2]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [2]

Edgbaston, Warwickshire [2]

Rank

Private [1412]

Corporal [122]

Lance Corporal [102]

Gunner [101]

Serjeant [100]

Second Lieutenant [62]

Driver [61]

Sapper [54]

Lieutenant [35]

Rifleman [35]

Captain [26]

Able Seaman [25]

Acting Corporal [22]

Pioneer [19]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [14]

Bombardier [14]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Major [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Private 2nd Class [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Sergeant [5]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Cadet [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Signaller [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

ALIAS Private [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Armourer [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Cook [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [492]

Worcestershire Regiment [149]

Royal Engineers [105]

Royal Field Artillery [99]

Army Service Corps [95]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [80]

Labour Corps [77]

South Staffordshire Regiment [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [66]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [46]

Rifle Brigade [44]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

London Regiment [33]

Hampshire Regiment [32]

Coldstream Guards [31]

Devonshire Regiment [30]

Gloucestershire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Royal Air Force [26]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [18]

Royal Flying Corps [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Training Reserve [16]

North Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Army Cyclist Corps [8]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Service

British Army [2009]

Royal Navy [111]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [273]

H [220]

S [207]

W [201]

C [189]

M [131]

P [122]

D [112]

G [111]

T [111]

R [94]

F [87]

L [84]

A [71]

J [70]

E [39]

K [38]

N [29]

O [17]

V [14]

I [11]

Y [11]

Q [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1652]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [649]

India [4]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [148] Birmingham [127] Aston, Warwickshire [39] Aston Warwickshire [34] Erdington Warwickshire [24] Aston Birmingham [19] Birmingham Warwickshire [13] Erdington, Warwickshire [13] Warwickshire [13] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Aston, Birmingham [10] Birmingham,Warwickshire [10] Coventry, Warwickshire [10] Walsall, Staffordshire [9] Penkridge, Staffordshire [8] Yardley, Worcestershire [7] Solihull, Warwickshire [6] Dudley Worcestershire [5] London [5] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5] Aston [4] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [4] Lozells, Birmingham [4] West Bromwich [4] Worcester [4] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [3] Coleshill Warwickshire [3] Erdington Birmingham [3] Handsworth Staffordshire [3] Handsworth, Staffordshire [3] Ladywood, Birmingham [3] Nechells, Warwickshire [3] Rugby, Warwickshire [3] Smethwick, Staffordshire [3] West Bromwich Staffordshire [3] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3] Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Adderbury, Oxfordshire [2] Aston Manor Warwickshire [2] Aston Warwick [2] Aston,Warwickshire [2] BIRMINGHAM [2] Balsall Heath, Warwickshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Cannock, Staffordshire [2] Cardiff [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dublin [2] Edgbaston, Birmingham [2] Edgbaston, Warwickshire [2]

Rank

Private [1412] Corporal [122] Lance Corporal [102] Gunner [101] Serjeant [100] Second Lieutenant [62] Driver [61] Sapper [54] Lieutenant [35] Rifleman [35] Captain [26] Able Seaman [25] Acting Corporal [22] Pioneer [19] Company Serjeant Major [17] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [14] Bombardier [14] Lance Serjeant [14] Major [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Staff Serjeant [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Private 2nd Class [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Colour Serjeant [5] Sergeant [5] Aircraftman 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Cadet [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Signaller [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] ALIAS Private [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Armourer [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Cook [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [492] Worcestershire Regiment [149] Royal Engineers [105] Royal Field Artillery [99] Army Service Corps [95] King's Royal Rifle Corps [80] Labour Corps [77] South Staffordshire Regiment [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [66] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [46] Rifle Brigade [44] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] London Regiment [33] Hampshire Regiment [32] Coldstream Guards [31] Devonshire Regiment [30] Gloucestershire Regiment [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Royal Air Force [26] Machine Gun Corps [25] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [18] Royal Flying Corps [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Training Reserve [16] North Staffordshire Regiment [15] Wiltshire Regiment [15] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] South Wales Borderers [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Essex Regiment [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Horse Artillery [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Army Cyclist Corps [8] Canadian Infantry [8] Durham Light Infantry [8]

Service

British Army [2009] Royal Navy [111] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [273] H [220] S [207] W [201] C [189] M [131] P [122] D [112] G [111] T [111] R [94] F [87] L [84] A [71] J [70] E [39] K [38] N [29] O [17] V [14] I [11] Y [11] Q [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1652] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [649] India [4] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Turkey [1]

Thomas Parkes

Born 1888

British Army 146445 Corporal Royal Engineers No 2nd OC Battalion

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Harry Ansell

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 20302 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 20302 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Richard Long

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 17462 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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William Simkins

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 4701 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 4701 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Harold Ernest Parsons

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 1831 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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William George Goldingay

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 8419 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 8419 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Francis Collicott

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 10518 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Thomas George Cutler

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army 7575 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Leonard Perkins

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1420 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Samuel Ralph Ashforth

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 9323 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Harold Samuel Bevan

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 13760 Private Worcestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Frederick Willetts

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 7965 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion.

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Charles Howard Deakin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 62102 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 62102 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Frederick Weston

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 6834 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Bennett

Born 1880

British Army T/501 Driver Army Service Corps Transport

British Army T4/248223 Driver Army Service Corps

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George Henry Arthur Martin

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 241292 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Millington

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 180047 Private Machine Gun Corps 6th Battalion

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Edwin Wager

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 269796 Driver Royal Field Artillery 35th D.A.C

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Frank Adey

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 3/12011 Private West Riding Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles William Goodwin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF G Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279922 RAF

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