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Leeds [3]

London [3]

Birmingham [2]

Glasgow [2]

Liverpool [2]

Manchester [2]

Airdrie, Scotland [1]

Arrow, Warwickshire [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bristol [1]

Cadoxton Lodge, Vale of Neath [1]

Calcutta [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Cincinnati, Ohio [1]

Cotehill, Carlisle [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Dartmouth [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fulham [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Hampstead [1]

Hespeler, Ontario [1]

Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Islington [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kimberley [1]

Knaresborough, Yorkshire [1]

Long Benton, Northumberland [1]

Middlesex [1]

Mile End Old Town, London [1]

New York [1]

Norwich [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Paris [1]

Pietermaritzburg, Natal [1]

ROUGH HAY, BRANSTON, STAFFS [1]

Revelstoke, BC [1]

Russia [1]

STOKE NEWINGTON LONDON [1]

Saint Georges in the East, London [1]

Skipton, Yorkshire [1]

St. George Hanover Square, London [1]

St. George, Hanover Square, London [1]

Rank

Private [35]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [10]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Interpreter [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Border Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Medical Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Glasgow Highlanders [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS Goldfinch [1]

HMS Negro [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Hms Mignonette [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Life Guards [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Lord Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadians [1]

Magnificent [1]

Service

British Army [68]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [24]

A [8]

C [8]

B [7]

S [5]

H [4]

M [4]

Y [4]

E [3]

P [3]

D [2]

G [2]

R [2]

W [2]

Z [2]

F [1]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [85]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [4]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [85] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leeds [3] London [3] Birmingham [2] Glasgow [2] Liverpool [2] Manchester [2] Airdrie, Scotland [1] Arrow, Warwickshire [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bristol [1] Cadoxton Lodge, Vale of Neath [1] Calcutta [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Cincinnati, Ohio [1] Cotehill, Carlisle [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Dartmouth [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Fulham [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hampstead [1] Hespeler, Ontario [1] Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Islington [1] Kensington, London [1] Kimberley [1] Knaresborough, Yorkshire [1] Long Benton, Northumberland [1] Middlesex [1] Mile End Old Town, London [1] New York [1] Norwich [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Paddington, London [1] Paris [1] Pietermaritzburg, Natal [1] ROUGH HAY, BRANSTON, STAFFS [1] Revelstoke, BC [1] Russia [1] STOKE NEWINGTON LONDON [1] Saint Georges in the East, London [1] Skipton, Yorkshire [1] St. George Hanover Square, London [1] St. George, Hanover Square, London [1]

Rank

Private [35] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [12] Lieutenant [10] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Major [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Interpreter [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Fusiliers [6] Border Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Medical Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Glasgow Highlanders [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS Goldfinch [1] HMS Negro [1] HMS Vivid [1] Hms Mignonette [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Life Guards [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Lord Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadians [1] Magnificent [1]

Service

British Army [68] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [24] A [8] C [8] B [7] S [5] H [4] M [4] Y [4] E [3] P [3] D [2] G [2] R [2] W [2] Z [2] F [1] K [1] N [1] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [85]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [4] Australia [1] India [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

John Scott Lauder

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 23/1395 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

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George Christopher Serocold Tennant

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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William Amherst Cecil

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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George Frederick Budge

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 10998 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion.

British Army 10998 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Aubrey Wentworth Harrison Watson

Born 1892

Died 1928

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Donald Simpson Bell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15722 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Baron Alexis De Gunzburg

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Interpreter Royal Horse Guards 7th Cavalry Brigade

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Henry Matthews

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army L/14699 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Norman Goodfellow

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164018

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164018 Corporal Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164018 Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion

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Hon Henry Lyndhurst Bruce

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

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Leopold William Henry Fisher

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army L/46035 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Abraham Levin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 53180 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 53180 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Reginald Warren Chetham-Strode

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 1st Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Captain Tank Corps

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Cecilius Frederick Holcombe Calvert

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment attached East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Percy Greatorex

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4471 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 241432 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Frank Elston

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2482 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Barnett Levine

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 746 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment "A" Company 2nd Battalion

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Benjamin James Polack

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1935 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 1935 Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Ernest Andrade Haines

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 11th Battalion

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Arthur Levi

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army SR/9541 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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