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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [7]

Nottingham [6]

Leicester [3]

Grantham [2]

Grantham, Lincs [2]

Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Nuneaton, Warwickshire [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

60 Winson St, Winson Green/Smethwick, Birmingham [1]

Alsager, Staffordshire [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bilston England [1]

Bilston, Staffs [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blackpool England [1]

Blean, Kent [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bradley, Staffordshire [1]

Burton On Trent England [1]

Calverley, Yorkshire [1]

Castle Bromwich, Birmingham [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Crick, Northamptonshire [1]

Darlaston, Staffs [1]

Derby England [1]

Dudley [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Edgbaston, Warwickshire [1]

Grantham Lincolnshire [1]

Gravesand, KENT [1]

Halesowen Worcestershire [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hartshill, Warwicks [1]

Heanor, Derbyshire [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Johannesburg, South Africa [1]

Kilfinichen, Argyllshire [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

London England [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Mansfield,Notts [1]

Marlpool, Derby [1]

Moseley, Worcestershire [1]

Moseley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [260]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Serjeant [27]

Gunner [26]

Lieutenant [25]

Corporal [20]

Lance Corporal [17]

Captain [16]

Rifleman [8]

Sapper [8]

Driver [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Cadet [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieut. [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lt. [1]

3rd Class Air Mechanic [1]

Able Seamn [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 and Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Engineers [14]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Officer Training Corps [2]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [381]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [49]

S [47]

H [44]

W [37]

C [31]

M [29]

G [26]

P [24]

L [23]

D [22]

F [17]

T [16]

R [15]

J [12]

E [11]

A [9]

K [8]

N [7]

O [5]

I [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [418]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Grantham, Lincolnshire [7] Nottingham [6] Leicester [3] Grantham [2] Grantham, Lincs [2] Leek, Staffordshire [2] Nuneaton, Warwickshire [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Wolverhampton [2] 60 Winson St, Winson Green/Smethwick, Birmingham [1] Alsager, Staffordshire [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Bilston England [1] Bilston, Staffs [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blackpool England [1] Blean, Kent [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bradley, Staffordshire [1] Burton On Trent England [1] Calverley, Yorkshire [1] Castle Bromwich, Birmingham [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Crick, Northamptonshire [1] Darlaston, Staffs [1] Derby England [1] Dudley [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Edgbaston, Warwickshire [1] Grantham Lincolnshire [1] Gravesand, KENT [1] Halesowen Worcestershire [1] Hampstead, London [1] Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hartshill, Warwicks [1] Heanor, Derbyshire [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Johannesburg, South Africa [1] Kilfinichen, Argyllshire [1] Lincolnshire [1] London England [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Mansfield,Notts [1] Marlpool, Derby [1] Moseley, Worcestershire [1] Moseley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [260] Second Lieutenant [45] Serjeant [27] Gunner [26] Lieutenant [25] Corporal [20] Lance Corporal [17] Captain [16] Rifleman [8] Sapper [8] Driver [6] Able Seaman [5] Cadet [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieut. [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lt. [1] 3rd Class Air Mechanic [1] Able Seamn [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Signalman [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 and Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Worcestershire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Engineers [14] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [11] Army Service Corps [9] Cheshire Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Manchester Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Officer Training Corps [2] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [381] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [49] S [47] H [44] W [37] C [31] M [29] G [26] P [24] L [23] D [22] F [17] T [16] R [15] J [12] E [11] A [9] K [8] N [7] O [5] I [2] V [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [418]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Douglas C Sansome

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20082 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest Harrison

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4714 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 45301 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 45301 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Arthur White

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 67709 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 67709 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Francis Hornby

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2155 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 2155 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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Bernard Mccraith

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Daniel Fredrick Simkins

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 265019 Company Serjeant Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 265019 Company Serjeant Major Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Richard Henry King

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 27306 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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James Meldrum Knox

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Thomas Harrison

Died 1917

British Army 3649 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 266483 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Grahame Heath A.f.c.

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Horace Waite

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 11700 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11700 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Paul Francis Seymour Ward

Died 1918

British Army 4756 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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John Herbert Fitzmaurice

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Edwin Lake

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 35634 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Horace Higgins

Died 1917

British Army 27756 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Oscar Cecil Lawrence Hughes

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps attache King's African Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Roland Davis

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11416 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Hind

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18261 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 18261 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Lancaster

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 28640 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Horace Walter Powell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 241481 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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