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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]

George Stretch

British Army T7923 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 432390 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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Arthur Stretch

British Army 1990 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 280331 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry Stretch

Born 1877

Died 1914

Royal Navy 278358

Royal Navy 8265 Chief Stoker Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1

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Edward Moseley Cope

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment attached Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 34352 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Lucy Maud Toller, Rrc

Born 1874

Died 1962

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Charles Booth

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy 81 Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Hazel"

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