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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]

Ernest Leon Maunsell Hackett

Born 1874

Died 1938

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance RAMC

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance

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Philip Howard Colomb

Born 1867

Died 1958

Royal Navy Admiral

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Hugh Cecil Vicker

Born 1882

Died 1956

British Army G/25089 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Charles Redout

Born 1884

Died 1965

British Army 33039 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Isaac William Hobbs

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 661220 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

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Elihu Wilton Leavis

Born 1880

Died 1961

British Army 030683 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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John James Sage

Born 1880

Died 1956

British Army 25543 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Gibbs

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 12822 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12822 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Ransome

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 7683 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Albert Eavis

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 16782 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

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John Allberry

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 184708 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Henry Sawyer

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 22795 Private Border Regiment

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George John Thatcher

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 11235 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 271017 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 271017 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Horatio Walcott Colomb

Born 1871

Died 1922

Royal Navy Commander

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Cyril Percy Hierons

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 62378 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 41st Company

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Jehu Eavis Baker

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3386 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 37608 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 37608 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Cecil Albert Dacombe

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10161 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10161 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Richard Stephen Bastable

Born 1889

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223104

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Frank Willie Frost

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army 301759 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Malcolm Henry Mortimer Lamb

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army Temporary Captain /Temporary Major Special List/ Staff

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