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Olveston Gloucestershire [18]

Thornbury Gloucestershire [18]

Olveston Thornbury Gloucestershire [11]

Aust Gloucestershire [7]

Littleton on Severn Gloucestershire [7]

Swanage Dorset [6]

Swanage, Dorset [6]

Fulham London [5]

Wareham Dorset [5]

Bristol Gloucestershire [4]

Chelsea London [4]

Dorchester Dorset [4]

Hitchin Hertfordshire [4]

Kensington London [4]

Liverpool Lancashire [4]

Alveston Gloucestershire [3]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Brentford Middlesex [3]

Hull Yorkshire [3]

Kingsclere Hampshire [3]

Nottingham [3]

Piddlehinton Dorset [3]

Templecombe Somerset [3]

Walthamstow Essex [3]

West Ham Essex [3]

Alton Pancras Dorchester [2]

Bath Somerset [2]

Blandford Dorset [2]

Bradford Yorkshire [2]

Braintree Essex [2]

Bridport Dorset [2]

Brighton Sussex [2]

Cambridge [2]

Cardiff [2]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire [2]

Chipping Hill Witham Essex [2]

Christchurch Hampshire [2]

Cirencester Gloucestershire [2]

Colchester Essex [2]

Elberton Gloucestershire [2]

Gargunnock Stirlingshire SCOTLAND [2]

Hendon Middlesex [2]

Islington London [2]

Lambeth London [2]

Liverpool [2]

London [2]

Newport Monmouthshire Wales [2]

Piddletrenthide Dorset [2]

Poole Dorset [2]

Portland Dorset [2]

Rank

Private [296]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Serjeant [38]

Lieutenant [37]

Captain [36]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [27]

Lance Corporal [25]

Driver [20]

Sapper [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Major [11]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nurse [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Dorsetshire Regiment [33]

Army Service Corps [31]

Labour Corps [27]

London Regiment [24]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Corps of Hussars [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Military Mounted Police [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Hussars [3]

Hampshire Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [565]

Royal Navy [73]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [86]

H [79]

C [77]

D [68]

S [64]

W [52]

M [45]

L [34]

G [29]

P [24]

K [23]

V [21]

T [18]

A [17]

F [17]

R [17]

E [10]

J [10]

N [6]

O [5]

I [4]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [693]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [450]

Guernsey [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

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People [708] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Olveston Gloucestershire [18] Thornbury Gloucestershire [18] Olveston Thornbury Gloucestershire [11] Aust Gloucestershire [7] Littleton on Severn Gloucestershire [7] Swanage Dorset [6] Swanage, Dorset [6] Fulham London [5] Wareham Dorset [5] Bristol Gloucestershire [4] Chelsea London [4] Dorchester Dorset [4] Hitchin Hertfordshire [4] Kensington London [4] Liverpool Lancashire [4] Alveston Gloucestershire [3] Bath, Somerset [3] Brentford Middlesex [3] Hull Yorkshire [3] Kingsclere Hampshire [3] Nottingham [3] Piddlehinton Dorset [3] Templecombe Somerset [3] Walthamstow Essex [3] West Ham Essex [3] Alton Pancras Dorchester [2] Bath Somerset [2] Blandford Dorset [2] Bradford Yorkshire [2] Braintree Essex [2] Bridport Dorset [2] Brighton Sussex [2] Cambridge [2] Cardiff [2] Cheltenham Gloucestershire [2] Chipping Hill Witham Essex [2] Christchurch Hampshire [2] Cirencester Gloucestershire [2] Colchester Essex [2] Elberton Gloucestershire [2] Gargunnock Stirlingshire SCOTLAND [2] Hendon Middlesex [2] Islington London [2] Lambeth London [2] Liverpool [2] London [2] Newport Monmouthshire Wales [2] Piddletrenthide Dorset [2] Poole Dorset [2] Portland Dorset [2]

Rank

Private [296] Second Lieutenant [46] Serjeant [38] Lieutenant [37] Captain [36] Gunner [36] Corporal [27] Lance Corporal [25] Driver [20] Sapper [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Major [11] Bombardier [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Sergeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colonel [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nurse [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain and Quarter Master [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42] Royal Field Artillery [42] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Dorsetshire Regiment [33] Army Service Corps [31] Labour Corps [27] London Regiment [24] Hampshire Regiment [20] Somerset Light Infantry [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [12] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Corps of Hussars [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Grenadier Guards [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Military Mounted Police [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorset Yeomanry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Hussars [3] Hampshire Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [565] Royal Navy [73] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [86] H [79] C [77] D [68] S [64] W [52] M [45] L [34] G [29] P [24] K [23] V [21] T [18] A [17] F [17] R [17] E [10] J [10] N [6] O [5] I [4] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [693] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [450] Guernsey [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] Malta [1]

Thomas William Sidnell

Born 1884

Died 1954

British Army 230467 Sapper Royal Engineers 500th Field Company

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Joseph Henry George Bush

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 14427 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Eugene Tomes

Born 1879

Died 1961

British Army 138882 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR253697 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Ernest Prewett

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army T2358 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Archibald Robinson Spurr

Born 1879

Died 1945

British Army 18/1345 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18/1345 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

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Henry Edward Medlycott

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 12370 Private Coldstream Guards

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William Arthur Rees

Born 1878

Died 1941

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick William Hobbs

Born 1868

Died 1948

British Army 32161 Driver Royal Engineers 13th Battalion

British Army 22939 Machine Gun Corp

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Frederic John Chinchen

Born 1885

Died 1978

British Army 50168 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 9382 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Francis Percival Don

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Horse

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Group Captain

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Alfred Henry Chinchen

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 589 Serjeant Hampshire Yeomanry

British Army 26873 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 15th Service Battalion

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George Ryall

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221855

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Cecil Charles Hierons

Born 1899

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263136

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Reginald George Denning Hobbs

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 46217 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Charles Medlycott

Born 1881

Died 1951

British Army 203971 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 88481 Private Labour Corps

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Henry Thomas E Whybrew

Born 1877

Died 1954

British Army 47092 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 76623 Private Labour Corps

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George James Mckitterick

Born 1887

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98448

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Percy John Durnell

Born 1900

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191762

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Percival Gibson Turner

Born 1884

Died 1955

Royal Navy 213616

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Eli Rowland Spurr

Born 1880

Died 1938

British Army 200921 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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