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Leicester [3]

London [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberfoyle, Perthshire [1]

Anstey, Leicester [1]

Attercliffe, Yorkshire [1]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Crwew [1]

Durham [1]

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Enfield Wash [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Harefield [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Leyton, Essex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Newbold, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Newcastle-On-Tyne [1]

Newton, Heath, Manchester [1]

Newton, Lancashire [1]

Notting Hill, London [1]

Nottingham [1]

Pennan, Aberdeenshire [1]

Pentonville, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Saint Andrews Plymouth, Devon [1]

Salford, Lancs [1]

Scotland [1]

Sherrygroom, Co. Tyrone [1]

Shrewsbury, Salop [1]

Silvertown, London [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

St. Mary's, Wigton, Cumberland [1]

St. Michael's, Leeds [1]

Steyning, Sussex [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Walsall [1]

Wellington, Shropshire [1]

West Bromwich [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [77]

Corporal [10]

Deck Hand [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Serjeant [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [5]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Chief Motor Mechanic [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Deputy Chief Controller [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Group Captain [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [23]

Royal Naval Reserve [17]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Army Service Corps (Canteens) [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Manitoba Regiment [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

102nd T.R. Battalion [1]

10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1]

12th Labour Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

17th Lancers [1]

6th Labour Corps [1]

89th Labour Corps [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Service

British Army [117]

Royal Navy [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [57]

B [16]

A [15]

H [9]

L [9]

W [9]

M [7]

K [6]

P [6]

S [6]

T [6]

J [5]

G [4]

R [3]

D [1]

E [1]

F [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [130]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Ireland [1]

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People [162] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leicester [3] London [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberfoyle, Perthshire [1] Anstey, Leicester [1] Attercliffe, Yorkshire [1] Ballymena, Co Antrim [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Crwew [1] Durham [1] Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1] Enfield Wash [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Harefield [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Leyton, Essex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Newbold, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Newcastle-On-Tyne [1] Newton, Heath, Manchester [1] Newton, Lancashire [1] Notting Hill, London [1] Nottingham [1] Pennan, Aberdeenshire [1] Pentonville, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Saint Andrews Plymouth, Devon [1] Salford, Lancs [1] Scotland [1] Sherrygroom, Co. Tyrone [1] Shrewsbury, Salop [1] Silvertown, London [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] St. Mary's, Wigton, Cumberland [1] St. Michael's, Leeds [1] Steyning, Sussex [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Walsall [1] Wellington, Shropshire [1] West Bromwich [1] Wolverhampton [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [77] Corporal [10] Deck Hand [10] Lance Corporal [10] Serjeant [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Able Seaman [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Gunner [6] Sapper [5] Rifleman [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Driver [3] Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Chief Motor Mechanic [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Brevet Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deputy Chief Controller [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Group Captain [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [23] Royal Naval Reserve [17] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Engineers [9] Army Service Corps (Canteens) [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Manitoba Regiment [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 102nd T.R. Battalion [1] 10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1] 12th Labour Battalion Royal Highlanders [1] 17th Lancers [1] 6th Labour Corps [1] 89th Labour Corps [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Coldstream Guards [1]

Service

British Army [117] Royal Navy [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [57] B [16] A [15] H [9] L [9] W [9] M [7] K [6] P [6] S [6] T [6] J [5] G [4] R [3] D [1] E [1] F [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [130]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Ireland [1]

John Henry Cooper

Born 1880

British Army 4552 Private Scots Guards

British Army 15876 Private Scots Guards

British Army 4552 Private Scots Guards

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John Cooper

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army R9354 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/9354 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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John William Cooper

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 14069 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 7th Battalion

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John William Cooper

Died 1916

British Army 1512 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1512 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1512 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st/7th Battalion

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John Sellwood

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army G/664 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 12th Battalion

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John Cooper

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army B 2545 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army B/2545 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 9th Battalion

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John Cooper

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army S 5325 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army S 5325 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/5325 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 9th Battalion

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John William Cooper

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army TR/10/53586 Private 102nd T.R. Battalion

British Army GS/52107 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Martin Dennis Pleasance

Born 1895

Died 1991

British Army 1270 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325122 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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Edith Helen Pratt, O.b.e.

Born 1882

Died 1959

British Army Deputy Chief Controller Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army Deputy Chief Controller Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Charles Tate Or Tait

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 24472 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 24472 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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George William Bates

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 426080 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Northern General Hospital

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John Thomas Bevans Cooper

Died 1915

British Army 3/9092 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9092 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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John Henry Cooper

Born 1895

British Army 13581 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Thomas Cooper

Died 1915

British Army 7426 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7426 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Frederick Cooper

Died 1916

British Army 10538 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 10538 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 10538 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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George Frederick Barrett

Died 1917

British Army GS-11144 Lance Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Jonathan Simpson

Died 1918

British Army 270191 Trooper Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235725 Trooper Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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John Cooper

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 16305 Private Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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James Balcomb

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 495 Private Army Service Corps (Canteens) Expeditionary Force Canteens

British Army 495/A311963 Serjeant Major Army Service Corps (Canteens)

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