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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]

Edward Horace Barchard

Born 1899

Died 1960

Royal Navy M30602

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Thomas Stretch

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 29718 Private Liverpool Regiment 20th Btn.

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Harry Harwood Samuel

Born 1879

Died 1947

British Army 5055 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 37533 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Sidney Albert Stretch

Born 1892

Died 1951

British Army 1238 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370109 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Stanley Barchard

Born 1895

Died 1981

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98257

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Albert John Barchard

Born 1877

Died 1961

British Army SE28983 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Percy Edward Stretch

Born 1885

Died 1939

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268134

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George Wilfred Stretch

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army M/372920 Private Army Service Corps

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Frederick Stretch

Born 1882

Died 1925

British Army 126302 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Stritch

Born 1870

Died 1942

British Army S/14798 Private Seaforth Highlanders Depot

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William James Stretch

Born 1879

Died 1942

British Army L/39749 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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William Kempton Stretch

Born 1897

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160882

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Charles Vernard Barchard

Born 1898

Died 1965

Canadian Expeditionary Force 709351

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John Charles Stretch

Born 1881

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406726

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Cyril Joseph Toller

Born 1893

Died 1958

Royal Navy M33292

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James Henry Stretch

Born 1894

Died 1942

British Army 12487 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Stretch

Born 1856

British Army WR318326 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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James Gallimore

Born 1880

Died 1965

British Army 776574 Driver Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 142951 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Stretch

Born 1900

Died 1964

British Army 49420 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 42169 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 55543 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Rodney E Clarke

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army French Red Cross

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