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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]

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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]

Albert Wainwright

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 9465 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 24/1718 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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Morris Frederick Bamberg

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 1480 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Samuel Levi

Died 1917

British Army 98373 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 98373 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Isidore Benjamin Youkles

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion

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Frederick Joseph Levi

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 346 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 346 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Emanuel Polack

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 4th (City of Bristol) Battalion Territorial

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Leonard Herman Stern

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 13th Kensington Battalion

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Frederic Eckersall Nixon-Eckersall

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery 157th Siege Battery

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Albert Levinson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293331 Private Lord Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadians

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293331 Private Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

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Bernard Russell Abinger

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3039 Trooper Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cyril Isaac Levine

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 60996 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 60996 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Francis Rolph

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1415

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1415 Corporal Canadian Army Service Corps

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David Ezra

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery 192nd Siege Battery

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Samuel S Levison

Died 1918

British Army 233551 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 233551 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Harry Kaplan

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153703

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Kenneth Maurice Halgren Solomon

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1720 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald Harper Reid

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Archibald Cubitt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 2nd-Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Henry Raymond Syndercombe Bower

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander Wallace Herriot

Born 1875

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424905

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424905 Private Canadian Infantry

British Army Glasgow Highlanders 5th Battalion

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