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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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People [438] Stories Communities

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]

Francis Norton Pratt

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick John Iliff

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2709 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Pugh

Died 1918

British Army 3411 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240805 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Edward E Bradshaw

Died 1917

British Army 41001 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 41001 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Arthur Cyril Frettingham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 17416 Private 10th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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Harold Vernon Mcvittie

Australian Imperial Force 6860

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Frederick John Hooper

Born 1873

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/881 Auckland Mounted Rifles

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Charles Webster

Died 1916

British Army R10878 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Humpage

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2113 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Reginald Hill

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Leonard Cecil Grimes

Died 1916

British Army 609 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 609 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Grantham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 40212 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles H Weaver

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 5207 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 241705 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Reuben Wheatley

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 11847 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 11847 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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George Newton

Died 1916

British Army 2588 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William James Newey

Died 1917

British Army 21520 Warrant Officer Class 2 and Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army 21520 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Albert Foskett

Died 1916

British Army 22099 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Henry Hurst Hooton

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Richard Albert Humpage

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2913 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Herbert William Eglen

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 235474 Acting Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 50876 Acting Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 50876 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

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