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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]

Frederick Cureton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 4501 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 4501 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry Dyke

Born 1874

Died 1921

British Army 3365 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Jonathan W Brannan

Died 1919

British Army 9223 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Harry Barnett

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 24703 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 658998 Private Labour Corps

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John Lewis Jenkins

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 371277 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Truman

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 267456 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 220153 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles Bennett

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 28205 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 28205 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Frankland Turnham

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army S/295484 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S/295484 Private Army Service Corps

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John Hunter

Born 1888

Died 1921

British Army 200436 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 224545 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2362 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William John Pinson

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 1281 Private London Regiment

British Army 350103 Private London Regiment

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Edmund Ewart Creedy

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 21726 Private Coldstream Guards

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Charles Edward Wheldon

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 91013 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Knight

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army 25440 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Ernest Edwin Bamford

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army 9315 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Holt

Died 1918

British Army 3653 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Bertie James Hendry

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 13757 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Thomas Mawby

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 42607 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 43382 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Dutton

Died 1918

British Army 8331 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Barson

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army TF2043 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T4/234503 Driver Army Service Corps

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James Mccall

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 5709 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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