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Bideford [4]

Newport, Mon [4]

Bristol [3]

Newport [3]

Wolverhampton [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Portskewett [2]

Stroud [2]

Abergevenny [1]

Appledore, Bideford registration district, Devon, England [1]

Barrow Gurney, Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Barrowford, Lancs [1]

Barton Regis [1]

Bedwellty, Mon [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishops Castle, Shropshire [1]

Bonnybridge, Sterling [1]

Borrowash [1]

Braintree [1]

Bredon [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broxburn, Scotland [1]

Castleford Yorkshire [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Chiswick [1]

Colchester [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Farington [1]

Ferndale, Glamorgan [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gorseinon [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hawick [1]

Hull [1]

Liverpool [1]

Llantilio Pertholey, Abergavenny [1]

London [1]

Maindy, Cardiff [1]

Manchester [1]

Newport, Monmothshire [1]

Pontnewydd [1]

Royal Oak Cottage, Burnley [1]

Scarbourgh [1]

Sedbury, Glos [1]

Sherston [1]

Stapleton, Gloucester [1]

Stourbridge [1]

Sudbrook [1]

Rank

Private [86]

Gunner [14]

Sapper [12]

Driver [10]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Guardsman [2]

AB [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

PTE [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Waggoner; Wagoner [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

3rd Dragoon Guards [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

RMRE [2]

Royal Dragoon Guards [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

11th Kings [1]

12th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

18th Hussars [1]

18th Queen Alexandra's Own Royal Hussars [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordance Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Cheshire,Royal Welsh Fusiliers,Royal Engineers [1]

Divisional Train [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [142]

Royal Navy [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [35]

A [26]

C [18]

F [18]

B [13]

P [8]

G [7]

J [7]

H [5]

D [4]

M [3]

T [3]

E [2]

L [1]

S [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [151]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Bideford [4] Newport, Mon [4] Bristol [3] Newport [3] Wolverhampton [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Portskewett [2] Stroud [2] Abergevenny [1] Appledore, Bideford registration district, Devon, England [1] Barrow Gurney, Bedminster, Bristol [1] Barrowford, Lancs [1] Barton Regis [1] Bedwellty, Mon [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishops Castle, Shropshire [1] Bonnybridge, Sterling [1] Borrowash [1] Braintree [1] Bredon [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broxburn, Scotland [1] Castleford Yorkshire [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Chiswick [1] Colchester [1] Dublin [1] Durham [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Farington [1] Ferndale, Glamorgan [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gorseinon [1] Hampshire [1] Hawick [1] Hull [1] Liverpool [1] Llantilio Pertholey, Abergavenny [1] London [1] Maindy, Cardiff [1] Manchester [1] Newport, Monmothshire [1] Pontnewydd [1] Royal Oak Cottage, Burnley [1] Scarbourgh [1] Sedbury, Glos [1] Sherston [1] Stapleton, Gloucester [1] Stourbridge [1] Sudbrook [1]

Rank

Private [86] Gunner [14] Sapper [12] Driver [10] Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Guardsman [2] AB [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] PTE [1] Pioneer [1] Pte [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Waggoner; Wagoner [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [13] Welsh Regiment [9] Labour Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 3rd Dragoon Guards [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] RMRE [2] Royal Dragoon Guards [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 11th Kings [1] 12th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 18th Hussars [1] 18th Queen Alexandra's Own Royal Hussars [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordance Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Cheshire,Royal Welsh Fusiliers,Royal Engineers [1] Divisional Train [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [142] Royal Navy [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [35] A [26] C [18] F [18] B [13] P [8] G [7] J [7] H [5] D [4] M [3] T [3] E [2] L [1] S [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [151] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

James Williams

Born 1899

Died 1965

British Army 69709 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 8787 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 388787 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Jesse Frampton Cotty

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 582 PTE Army Service Corps Welsh Horse

British Army S4/146607 R.A.M.C A.S.C. Supplies

British Army S4/146607 Private Army Service Corps

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George Harry Lowe

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 18095 Private Welsh Regiment

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Thomas Jayne

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 19354 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Sidney Arthur Wallace

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 1020 Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment

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James William Davies

Born 1887

Died 1931

British Army WR/178404 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Railway Transport Depot

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Joseph Whild

Born 1897

Died 1966

Royal Navy SS113016

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John Walter Watson

Born 1896

Died 1988

British Army 21192 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 14 21192 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 77994 Gunner Royal Reg, of Artillery

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Alfred Backhouse

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1743 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200338 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200338 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Williams

Born 1878

Died 1952

British Army 387424 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 387424 RMRE

British Army 313636

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Angus Scott Anthony

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 30716 (Incomplete) Private Tank Corps

British Army 307160 Tank Corps

British Army 307160,307166,304981 Private Tank Corps

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Valentine Stanley Wallace

Born 1890

Died 1955

British Army D/3688 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3688 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army

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Charles Percy Attwood

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army 452558 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 971 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 452558 Sapper R.E. Signal L. Signal Battalion

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Thomas Frank Wakeman

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3/6743 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Dennis Heirene

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army T2/10050 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T2/10050 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Albert Found

Born 1880

Died 1969

British Army 221582 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Stanley Thomas Evans

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6279 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202575 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 6279. 202575 Private 2/4th

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Ernest J E Moore

Born 1886

Died 1969

British Army 4184 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 200137 Acting Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 244613 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

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William Benjamin Evans

Born 1894

British Army 51920 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Wall

Born 1884

British Army 242031 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 17324 Hussars

British Army 242031

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