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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Southwold, Suffolk [2]

Alburgh, Norfolk [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barnet , Hertfordshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Elmstead, Essex [1]

Great Oakley, Essex [1]

Great Oakley, Harwich, Essex [1]

Halesworth, Suffolk [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Harden New South Wales [1]

Leeds [1]

Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Orford, Suffolk [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Slane, County Meath [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

St Paul's Birmingham [1]

Stafford [1]

Stonham, Suffolk, England [1]

Studley, Warwickshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tilbury,Orsett,Essex. [1]

Wangford, Suffolk [1]

Westleton [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [96]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Corporal [8]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Field Marshall [1]

General [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Labour Corps [12]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

London Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

13th Hussars [1]

30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Australian Tunnelling Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Corps: Staff [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Conquest." [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

Service

British Army [139]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [31]

M [22]

C [16]

W [13]

H [12]

S [12]

L [10]

P [10]

O [6]

N [5]

T [5]

G [4]

K [4]

D [3]

A [2]

E [2]

J [2]

V [2]

F [1]

R [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [145]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [1]

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People [164] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Southwold, Suffolk [2] Alburgh, Norfolk [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barnet , Hertfordshire [1] Birmingham [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Elmstead, Essex [1] Great Oakley, Essex [1] Great Oakley, Harwich, Essex [1] Halesworth, Suffolk [1] Hampstead, London [1] Harden New South Wales [1] Leeds [1] Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Orford, Suffolk [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Slane, County Meath [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] St Paul's Birmingham [1] Stafford [1] Stonham, Suffolk, England [1] Studley, Warwickshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tilbury,Orsett,Essex. [1] Wangford, Suffolk [1] Westleton [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [96] Gunner [10] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Corporal [8] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [3] Driver [3] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Field Marshall [1] General [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Labour Corps [12] Suffolk Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [9] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] London Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] 13th Hussars [1] 30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] Australian Tunnelling Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Corps: Staff [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Glamorgan Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Conquest." [1] HMS TURBULENT [1]

Service

British Army [139] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [31] M [22] C [16] W [13] H [12] S [12] L [10] P [10] O [6] N [5] T [5] G [4] K [4] D [3] A [2] E [2] J [2] V [2] F [1] R [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [145] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [1]

Ezra Carrol King

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J1600 Leading Telegraphist HMS TURBULENT

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George William Chapman

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253800 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Leslie Everett Barnes

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1320 Private 30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Basil M Ward

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Frank C Keeble

British Army G/16898 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Bertram Colins Brown

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434509

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434509 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Charles William Offord

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20199

Royal Navy J/20199/CH Able Seaman H.M.S. "Conquest."

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Alfred Douglas Hall

Born 1890

Royal Navy 1987 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Frederick William Barker

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 8730 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8730 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8730 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Charles Muttitt

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army PS/11374 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/11374 Private London Regiment 17th battalion, royal fusiliers (city of lond Battalion

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Charles W Newman

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army 30927 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 372253 Private Labour Corps

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Henry A Muttitt

Born 1879

Died 1962

British Army 2719 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 363817 Private Labour Corps

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George Harry Hyde

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55269

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James Proctor Moyes

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 3920 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 881 Staff Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

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Frederick Offord

Born 1887

British Army 32659 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 43793 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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H L Tomlinson

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52950

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John Patrick

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 25923 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 104712 Private Labour Corps

British Army 59117 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Walter John Sansom

Born 1895

Royal Navy 18579 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Arthur Stockdale

British Army 776441 Gunner Royal Artillery

British Army 316612 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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J K Nettlefold

British Army 173002 Royal Field Artillery

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