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Place of birth

Sheffield [6]

Glasgow [4]

Burnley [3]

Dumfries [3]

Gateshead [3]

Newhall, Derbyshire [3]

Paisley [3]

Plymouth [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Aston [2]

Brentford [2]

Cambuslang [2]

Dunston-on-Tyne [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Hastings [2]

Kettering [2]

Manchester [2]

Middlesbrough [2]

Roath, Cardiff [2]

Stockport [2]

Turnham Green, Middlesex [2]

Worksop, Nottinghamshire [2]

Alfreton [1]

Ashton-in-Makerfield [1]

Barnstaple [1]

Barton Regis [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bearpark [1]

Beddington [1]

Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Belfast [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Auckland [1]

Blackford, Perthshire [1]

Blackheath, London [1]

Blackley [1]

Blackpool [1]

Blaydon-on-Tyne [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bolton [1]

Bonnyton, Fife [1]

Bradfield, Berkshire [1]

Brechin [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brierley Hill [1]

Bristol [1]

Buckley, Flintshire [1]

Burntisland, Fife [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Lance Corporal [40]

Corporal [38]

Serjeant [32]

Gunner [24]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Sergeant [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Driver [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Sapper [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Sergeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Provost Marshal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Mechanical Transport [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Major [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [102]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

HMS President II [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Training Reserve [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Gymnastic Staff Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Daedalus [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [265]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [41]

S [29]

H [28]

W [25]

C [18]

M [18]

F [13]

R [13]

L [12]

D [10]

G [10]

P [10]

T [10]

A [9]

K [9]

J [8]

N [8]

E [6]

I [2]

O [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [280]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [191]

Ireland [2]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Netherlands [1]

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People [283] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sheffield [6] Glasgow [4] Burnley [3] Dumfries [3] Gateshead [3] Newhall, Derbyshire [3] Paisley [3] Plymouth [3] Aberdeen [2] Aston [2] Brentford [2] Cambuslang [2] Dunston-on-Tyne [2] Fulham, London [2] Hastings [2] Kettering [2] Manchester [2] Middlesbrough [2] Roath, Cardiff [2] Stockport [2] Turnham Green, Middlesex [2] Worksop, Nottinghamshire [2] Alfreton [1] Ashton-in-Makerfield [1] Barnstaple [1] Barton Regis [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bearpark [1] Beddington [1] Bedminster, Bristol [1] Belfast [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Auckland [1] Blackford, Perthshire [1] Blackheath, London [1] Blackley [1] Blackpool [1] Blaydon-on-Tyne [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bolton [1] Bonnyton, Fife [1] Bradfield, Berkshire [1] Brechin [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brierley Hill [1] Bristol [1] Buckley, Flintshire [1] Burntisland, Fife [1]

Rank

Private [161] Lance Corporal [40] Corporal [38] Serjeant [32] Gunner [24] Second Lieutenant [14] Sergeant [13] Lieutenant [10] Driver [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Sapper [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Company Sergeant Major [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Sergeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Provost Marshal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Cadet [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Mechanical Transport [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Major [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [102] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Scots [4] Scots Guards [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] HMS President II [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Training Reserve [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Gymnastic Staff Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Daedalus [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [265] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [41] S [29] H [28] W [25] C [18] M [18] F [13] R [13] L [12] D [10] G [10] P [10] T [10] A [9] K [9] J [8] N [8] E [6] I [2] O [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [280] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [191] Ireland [2] Belgium [1] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] Netherlands [1]

Harold Thomas Springthorpe

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1803 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 1803 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 1803 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Yeomanry

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George Andrew Lake

Died 1918

British Army 56637 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/4th (T.F.) Battalion

British Army 39 East Lancashire Regiment 66th Divisional Cyclist Company

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Samuel George Davis

Born 1890

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army F295 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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William Booth

Born 1886

Died 1963

British Army F/13 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Percy Jackson

British Army G/3981 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion

British Army G/5981 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Ratcliff

Born 1887

British Army F/21 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st (Service) Battalion

British Army F/21 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army F/21 Middlesex Regiment 5th (Service) Battalion

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Samuel Timmins

Born 1881

British Army 99568 Royal Garrison Artillery 1st (Reserve) Battery

British Army 99568 Royal Garrison Artillery 229th Siege Battery

British Army 99568 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No. 4 Depot

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William Frederick West

Born 1881

British Army F/804 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army F/804 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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John Harold Sharp

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Oswald Eric Wreford-Brown

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 9th battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Ralph Brett

British Army 36694 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 40888 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Herbert Callwood

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 31509 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Albert H Mills

British Army 254076 Private London Regiment

British Army 365030 Private London Regiment

British Army 87204 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Benjamin John Bateman

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army 2137 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 230983 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harold Iremonger

British Army 302 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 139418 Private Royal Air Force

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F Spencer

British Army 27 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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Evelyn Henry Lintott

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Sergeant West Yorkshire Regiment 15th (Service) Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th (Service) Battalion

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James Brannick

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 37816 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 11th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas Goodwill

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 28/159 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 16th (Service) Battalion

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Edgar Harold Holmes Turner

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3536 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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