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Place of birth

Aston, Warwickshire [6]

Islington, London [6]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [5]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [5]

Pershore, Worcestershire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [4]

Dudley, Staffordshire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Ladywood, Birmingham [2]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [2]

Pancras, London [2]

Portland, Dorset [2]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Astley, Worcestershire [1]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bellville [1]

Billericay, Essex [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bramley, Yorkshire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire [1]

Caravaggio, Lombardy [1]

Chelmford, Essex [1]

Claines, Worcestershire [1]

Colaba, Bombay [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Harpurhey, Lancashire [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [77]

Corporal [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Gunner [10]

Rifleman [8]

Sapper [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Sergeant [5]

3 Air Mechanic [3]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

2 Air Mechanic [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Cadet [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Motor Cyclist Corporal [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker II [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1st Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Air Mechanic [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Flight Sergeant [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting R2MS [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Craftman II [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Air Mechanic II [1]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy First [1]

Boy I [1]

Chief Mechanic - Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Engineers [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1 Officer Cadet Wing [1]

188th Battalion [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

2 School of Aeronautics [1]

2nd Lovat's Scouts/Reserve of Officers [1]

46th Battalion [1]

5 Officer Cadet Wing [1]

59th Battalion [1]

6th Infantry Brigade [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cycling Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [124]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [10]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26]

M [13]

H [12]

R [12]

S [11]

L [9]

W [9]

A [8]

G [8]

T [7]

C [6]

E [6]

F [6]

D [5]

J [5]

P [5]

N [2]

O [2]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [120]

Canada [5]

Australia [3]

United States [2]

China [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [153] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aston, Warwickshire [6] Islington, London [6] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [5] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [5] Pershore, Worcestershire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Market Drayton, Shropshire [4] Dudley, Staffordshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Eton, Buckinghamshire [2] Kensington, London [2] Ladywood, Birmingham [2] Lichfield, Staffordshire [2] Pancras, London [2] Portland, Dorset [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Astley, Worcestershire [1] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Bellville [1] Billericay, Essex [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bramley, Yorkshire [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire [1] Caravaggio, Lombardy [1] Chelmford, Essex [1] Claines, Worcestershire [1] Colaba, Bombay [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Harpurhey, Lancashire [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [77] Corporal [14] Lance Corporal [12] Gunner [10] Rifleman [8] Sapper [7] Acting Corporal [6] Driver [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [5] Sergeant [5] 3 Air Mechanic [3] Acting Sergeant [3] Captain [3] Major [3] Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] 2 Air Mechanic [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Cadet [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Motor Cyclist Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker II [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1st Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Air Mechanic [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Flight Sergeant [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting R2MS [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Craftman II [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Air Mechanic II [1] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy First [1] Boy I [1] Chief Mechanic - Air Mechanic 3 [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Labour Corps [10] Royal Engineers [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Tank Corps [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Scots [2] Training Reserve [2] 1 Officer Cadet Wing [1] 188th Battalion [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 2 School of Aeronautics [1] 2nd Lovat's Scouts/Reserve of Officers [1] 46th Battalion [1] 5 Officer Cadet Wing [1] 59th Battalion [1] 6th Infantry Brigade [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cycling Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [124] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [10] Australian Imperial Force [6] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26] M [13] H [12] R [12] S [11] L [9] W [9] A [8] G [8] T [7] C [6] E [6] F [6] D [5] J [5] P [5] N [2] O [2] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [120] Canada [5] Australia [3] United States [2] China [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

William Brazier

Born 1888

Died 1962

Royal Navy K18735 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy Sailor

Royal Navy SS103395 Stoker II

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William Jackson Huson

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 15363 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 478385 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Huson

Born 1897

Died 1981

British Army 161885 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Hale Aked

Born 1886

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 2783 Private 46th Battalion

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Herbert John Browne

Born 1887

Died 1939

British Army 2454 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army 8669 Private Army Cyclist Corps 33rd Divisional Cycling Company

British Army 8669 Cyclist Army Cycling Corps 11th Cycling Company

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Percy West Aked

Born 1874

Died 1945

British Army 5340 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1635 Private Welsh Guards

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Keith Pope Thompson

Born 1893

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 2195 Private Australian Imperial Force 59th Battalion

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Harry Dickinson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department Attached to 1/28th London Regiment

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Percy George Jones

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 345037 Private Manchester Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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William David Turner

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 14288 Corporal Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 14288 Lance Serjeant Grenadier Guards

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William Albert Palmer

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 12068 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion

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Edwin Angelo Larby

Born 1894

Died 1985

Royal Navy SS115506 Stoker II Victory II

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Sydney Thomas Gittins

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army 764 Royal Field Artillery 2nd South Midland Brigade

British Army 764 Corporal Wheeler Royal Field Artillery 2nd South Midland Brigade

British Army 764 Wheeler Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 2nd South Midland Brigade

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George Herbert Devall

Born 1899

Died 1977

Royal Navy J31863 Boy I Impregnable

Royal Navy J31863 Boy I Pembroke

Royal Navy J31863 Boy I Duke of Edinburgh

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Henry Charles Barron

Born 1894

Died 1958

British Army S/17935 Private Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army S/17935 Private Rifle Brigade 10th Battalion

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Thomas William Clark Joy

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army M2/183034 Private Army Service Corps

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Percy Ellson

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 8285 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 14th General Hospital

British Army 8285 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 8285 Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank Turner

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 46928 Private Worcestershire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Alfred Edward F Grundy

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army D/14432 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

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Esau Thomas Frederick Fowler

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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