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Wrexham [29]

Gresford, Wrexham [19]

Ruabon, Wrexham [6]

Cefn Mawr, Wrexham [4]

Gresford [4]

Chester [3]

Hull [3]

Liverpool [3]

Oswestry, Shropshire [3]

Rhosddu, Wrexham [3]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [3]

Bethnal Green [2]

Chirk, Wrexham [2]

Clipston, Northamptonshire [2]

Gwersyllt [2]

Gwersyllt, Wrexham [2]

Manchester [2]

Marchwiel, Wrexham [2]

Minera, Wrexham [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Rhostyllen, Wrexham [2]

Rossett, Wrexham [2]

Ruabon [2]

Ruthin [2]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

Allington, Rossett, Wrexham [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bangor Isycoed, Wrexham [1]

Bangor on Dee, Flintshire [1]

Barwell, Leicestershire [1]

Battersea [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bersham, Wrexham [1]

Blakesley, Northamptonshire [1]

Bolton [1]

Botley, Hants [1]

Bradley, Wrexham [1]

Brighton [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Broughton, Denbighshire [1]

Broughton, Wrexham [1]

Brymbo, Wrexham [1]

Buckley, Flintshire [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Coedpoeth [1]

Coedpoeth, Wrexham [1]

Cork [1]

Cuddington, Cheshire [1]

Denbigh [1]

Denbigh, Denbighshire [1]

Rank

Private [173]

Lance Corporal [20]

Corporal [15]

Serjeant [12]

Captain [9]

Gunner [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Driver [4]

Major [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

2nd Lieu. [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal (L/C) [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieu. [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Retired Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Leiutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [113]

Denbigh Yeomanry [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Reserve [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Cheshire Yeomanry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

17th Lancers [2]

Army Service Corp [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corp [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corp [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corp [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

(Illegible on Record) [1]

14th Durham Infantry [1]

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

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1]

5th Cyclist Bn [1]

Service

British Army [222]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [27]

J [26]

R [19]

B [16]

P [16]

C [14]

E [14]

H [13]

M [13]

D [11]

G [11]

L [11]

T [10]

S [7]

F [6]

O [6]

K [5]

A [3]

N [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [225]

Country

United Kingdom [181]

India [4]

Canada [3]

Austria [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [232] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wrexham [29] Gresford, Wrexham [19] Ruabon, Wrexham [6] Cefn Mawr, Wrexham [4] Gresford [4] Chester [3] Hull [3] Liverpool [3] Oswestry, Shropshire [3] Rhosddu, Wrexham [3] Wrexham, Denbighshire [3] Bethnal Green [2] Chirk, Wrexham [2] Clipston, Northamptonshire [2] Gwersyllt [2] Gwersyllt, Wrexham [2] Manchester [2] Marchwiel, Wrexham [2] Minera, Wrexham [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Rhostyllen, Wrexham [2] Rossett, Wrexham [2] Ruabon [2] Ruthin [2] Aldershot, Hants [1] Allington, Rossett, Wrexham [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bangor Isycoed, Wrexham [1] Bangor on Dee, Flintshire [1] Barwell, Leicestershire [1] Battersea [1] Battersea, London [1] Bersham, Wrexham [1] Blakesley, Northamptonshire [1] Bolton [1] Botley, Hants [1] Bradley, Wrexham [1] Brighton [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Broughton, Denbighshire [1] Broughton, Wrexham [1] Brymbo, Wrexham [1] Buckley, Flintshire [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Coedpoeth [1] Coedpoeth, Wrexham [1] Cork [1] Cuddington, Cheshire [1] Denbigh [1] Denbigh, Denbighshire [1]

Rank

Private [173] Lance Corporal [20] Corporal [15] Serjeant [12] Captain [9] Gunner [8] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Driver [4] Major [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] 2nd Lieu. [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal (L/C) [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieu. [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Retired Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Leiutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [113] Denbigh Yeomanry [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] Army Service Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Labour Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Reserve [3] Border Regiment [3] Cheshire Yeomanry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] 17th Lancers [2] Army Service Corp [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corp [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corp [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corp [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Tank Corps [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] (Illegible on Record) [1] 14th Durham Infantry [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1] 5th Cyclist Bn [1]

Service

British Army [222] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [27] J [26] R [19] B [16] P [16] C [14] E [14] H [13] M [13] D [11] G [11] L [11] T [10] S [7] F [6] O [6] K [5] A [3] N [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [225]

Country

United Kingdom [181] India [4] Canada [3] Austria [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

David John Jones

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 15903 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Charles Herbert Jones

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 200300 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 6996 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 200300 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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John William Earl

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 118603 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 117 Siege

British Army 332 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 2/East Riding

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John Charles Oliver

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 48035 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 27th Siege Battery

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Charles Griffith Cotton

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 137162 Pioneer Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 48840 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1/8th London

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John Charles

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy K25113 Victory

Royal Navy K25113 (Illegible on Record)

Royal Navy K25113 Stoker 1st Class HMS Partridge

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Frederick William Cook

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master Yorkshire Regiment 4th battalion east Battalion

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2791 Colour Sergeant East Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edward Matthews

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army 54075 Private Royal Artillery

British Army Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 23594 Private Royal Defence Corps 31st Protection Company

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Robert John Loftus

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3167 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Bn

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Thomas Eyton Jones

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 515150

Canadian Expeditionary Force 515150 Driver Canadian Army Service Corps

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William Williams

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 458 (Incomplete) Warrant Officer Class 2 Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 4584 Company Serjeant Major Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Alfred Goodchild

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 9826 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Bn.

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Alyn Reginald James

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 551 Lance Corporal Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 58th Squadron

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Richard James Price

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 5935 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

British Army 5935 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John George Roberts

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 159553 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Whiley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 11565 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 30873 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 30873 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 36th Company

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Robert Jones

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6989 (sic) possibly 6999 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corp

British Army 6999 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 200302 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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John Thomas Hulmston

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 24365 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Bn

British Army 24365 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Bn

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Herbert Timberlake

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2004 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 2004 Lance Corporal Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Samuel Roberts

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 4228 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 266660 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army 266660 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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