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Ellastone, Staffordshire [21]

Cambridge [8]

Dublin [7]

Wootton, Staffordshire [7]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [6]

Stanton, near Ashbourne [6]

Crewe, Cheshire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Longford [4]

Carnforth, Lancashire [3]

Chester [3]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [3]

Hull [3]

Leicester [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

West Derby, Lancashire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Calwich, Staffordshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Christleton, Cheshire [2]

Clapham, Surrey [2]

Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Maresfield, Sussex [2]

Norbury, Staffordshire [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Ottawa [2]

Over, Cheshire [2]

Pancras, London [2]

Pendleton, Lancashire [2]

Stanton, Staffordshire [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Uttoxeter [2]

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [2]

Alderbury, Wiltshire [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Arnold, Nottingham [1]

Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1]

Aston,Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone [1]

Atlow, Derbyshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Barton on Irwell [1]

Rank

Private [181]

Lieutenant [19]

Serjeant [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Driver [14]

Captain [13]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [13]

Sapper [9]

Lance Corporal [5]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Civilian [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Engineers [21]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Hussars [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

Irish Guards [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [284]

Royal Navy [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [220]

T [45]

B [36]

W [13]

C [9]

H [8]

D [6]

P [6]

F [5]

U [4]

L [3]

A [2]

G [2]

M [2]

I [1]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [344]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [174]

Canada [9]

Ireland [7]

Australia [3]

United States [2]

China [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [366] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ellastone, Staffordshire [21] Cambridge [8] Dublin [7] Wootton, Staffordshire [7] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [6] Stanton, near Ashbourne [6] Crewe, Cheshire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Longford [4] Carnforth, Lancashire [3] Chester [3] Clitheroe, Lancashire [3] Hull [3] Leicester [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] West Derby, Lancashire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Calwich, Staffordshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Christleton, Cheshire [2] Clapham, Surrey [2] Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Maresfield, Sussex [2] Norbury, Staffordshire [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Ottawa [2] Over, Cheshire [2] Pancras, London [2] Pendleton, Lancashire [2] Stanton, Staffordshire [2] Stepney, London [2] Uttoxeter [2] Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [2] Alderbury, Wiltshire [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Arnold, Nottingham [1] Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] Aston,Warwickshire [1] Atherstone [1] Atlow, Derbyshire [1] Auckland [1] Ayr [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Barton on Irwell [1]

Rank

Private [181] Lieutenant [19] Serjeant [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Driver [14] Captain [13] Corporal [13] Gunner [13] Sapper [9] Lance Corporal [5] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Chief Stoker [1] Civilian [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance-Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24] Royal Engineers [21] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Leinster Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Hussars [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] Irish Guards [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [284] Royal Navy [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [220] T [45] B [36] W [13] C [9] H [8] D [6] P [6] F [5] U [4] L [3] A [2] G [2] M [2] I [1] K [1] N [1] O [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [344] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [174] Canada [9] Ireland [7] Australia [3] United States [2] China [1] Sierra Leone [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Kenneth Robert Marshall Stretch

Born 1892

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force 20299

Australian Imperial Force 20299 Private Engineer Reinforcements 2nd MD

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Thomas Noel Heath Stretch

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 534 Serjeant Australian Imperial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 53629 Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 35th Battalion

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Hubert Francis Keith Stretch

Born 1896

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force Infantry 13th & 45th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3467 Infantry 13th & 45th Battalion

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Herbert George Gregory

Born 1882

Died 1969

British Army T/2035 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 200584 Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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John Merry Toller

Born 1877

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101450

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George Stretch

Born 1899

Died 1968

British Army 63286 Private Manchester Regiment

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David Maxwell Barchard

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Alfred Barchard Over

Born 1879

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91420

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Albert Stretch

Born 1880

Died 1925

Canadian Expeditionary Force 770228

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Patrick Stritch

Born 1878

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88723

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Harold Stanley Claude Toller

Born 1896

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4071

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Arthur Stretch

Born 1875

Died 1948

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291824

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Horace Alfred Whatmore Stretch

Born 1883

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264749

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Arthur Stretch

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 12745 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army WR298382 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 346924 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur K Barchard

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 22453 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Stretch

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army 125583 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Stretch

Born 1896

Died 1961

British Army 40018 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 672603 Private Labour Corps

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George Thomas Stretch

Born 1895

Died 1953

British Army 9427 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 616487 Private Labour Corps

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Gerald Hill

Born 1901

Died 1971

Royal Navy 20048 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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George Davenport Wray

Born 1885

Died 1957

British Army WR/317570 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 228929 Sapper Royal Engineers

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