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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]

Alfred Pugh

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1613 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 49163 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald Albert Prowlin

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1489 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 41 Bn

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Josiah Davies

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 12539 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 315222 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st /4th Battalion

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Edward Wallace

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 37910 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 542 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

British Army 37910 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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George William Gittins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10477 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 10477 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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William Williams

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 11930 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55536 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55530 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Henry Edwin Baldwyn

Died 1918

British Army 45613 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Dickinson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 170705 Royal Engineers

British Army 48048 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Henry Barratt

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 202525 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Lionel Robson Warburton

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 24439 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Charles Hope

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 87136 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 87136 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Bn.

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Harry Gibson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 137310 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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Edward Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 11469 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 11469 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 11469 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Frederick Stanyon Curry

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 286246 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Private 5th Cyclist Bn

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Thomas Bennion

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 8287 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 200954 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st/4th Battalion

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Henry Morley

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 8104 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd/4th Bn.

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James Wilson Gollaglee

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 17467 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17467 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 9th Bn

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Robert Ridge

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 7262 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 200455 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion attd. 24th London Battalion

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Thomas Albert Dobbins

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 8463 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 201070 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Charles Herbert Ellis

Born 1887

Died 1940

British Army 25832 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 643245 Private Labour Corps 532

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