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Kidderminster Worcestershire [24]

Simla [3]

Birmingham [2]

Pudsey [2]

1 High Street, Hemel Hempstead [1]

Arundel Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley-by-Bow Middlesex [1]

Bromyard, Herefordshire [1]

Camberwell Surrey [1]

Canterbury [1]

Crowborough [1]

Denton Gravesend [1]

Dover [1]

East Sheen, Surrey [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Farnham Surrey [1]

Farsley, Yorkshire [1]

Formby Lancashire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hambury Worcestershire [1]

Hastings Sussex [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Highgate Middlesex [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Kings Norton, Pershore, Worcestershire [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth Surrey [1]

Middlesex [1]

Nantyglo, Monmouthshire [1]

New Brompton, Chatham, Kent [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Normanton [1]

Northgate Canterbury [1]

Padiham Lancashire [1]

Peterborough [1]

Ramsgate [1]

Salford Lancashire [1]

Shelf [1]

Shepherds Bush London [1]

Stamford, Lincolnshire [1]

Tunbridge Kent [1]

Wherwell Hampshire [1]

Woolwich [1]

Wye, Kent [1]

chorley [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Serjeant [29]

Lance Corporal [19]

Sergeant [19]

Corporal [16]

Captain [12]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

A/Sergeant [1]

A/W.O. II [1]

Acting W.O. I [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

W.O.II [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class II [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [84]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [8]

Labour Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

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

West Yorkshire regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment Machine Gun Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment/Staff [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Head Quarters Indian Army [1]

Headquarters Line of Communication [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Army [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Prisoner of War Company [1]

Rajputs Indian Army [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

School of Musketry [1]

Service

British Army [140]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

H [16]

M [10]

P [9]

S [9]

T [9]

A [8]

C [8]

G [7]

L [7]

N [6]

W [6]

D [5]

E [5]

R [5]

F [3]

J [3]

K [2]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Kidderminster Worcestershire [24] Simla [3] Birmingham [2] Pudsey [2] 1 High Street, Hemel Hempstead [1] Arundel Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley-by-Bow Middlesex [1] Bromyard, Herefordshire [1] Camberwell Surrey [1] Canterbury [1] Crowborough [1] Denton Gravesend [1] Dover [1] East Sheen, Surrey [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Farnham Surrey [1] Farsley, Yorkshire [1] Formby Lancashire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hambury Worcestershire [1] Hastings Sussex [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Highgate Middlesex [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Kings Norton, Pershore, Worcestershire [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth Surrey [1] Middlesex [1] Nantyglo, Monmouthshire [1] New Brompton, Chatham, Kent [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Normanton [1] Northgate Canterbury [1] Padiham Lancashire [1] Peterborough [1] Ramsgate [1] Salford Lancashire [1] Shelf [1] Shepherds Bush London [1] Stamford, Lincolnshire [1] Tunbridge Kent [1] Wherwell Hampshire [1] Woolwich [1] Wye, Kent [1] chorley [1]

Rank

Private [73] Serjeant [29] Lance Corporal [19] Sergeant [19] Corporal [16] Captain [12] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Company Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Colour Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Lieutenant [1] A/Sergeant [1] A/W.O. II [1] Acting W.O. I [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Major [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Driver [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Lt Colonel [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Conductor [1] W.O.II [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class II [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [84] Worcestershire Regiment [23] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [8] Labour Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] West Yorkshire regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment Machine Gun Corps [1] East Kent Regiment/Staff [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Head Quarters Indian Army [1] Headquarters Line of Communication [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Army [1] Indian Miscellaneous List [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Prisoner of War Company [1] Rajputs Indian Army [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] School of Musketry [1]

Service

British Army [140] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] H [16] M [10] P [9] S [9] T [9] A [8] C [8] G [7] L [7] N [6] W [6] D [5] E [5] R [5] F [3] J [3] K [2] O [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [84] India [2] Ireland [1]

John Hanson Shaw

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1314 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1314 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 1314 Corporal West Yorkshire regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Ernest Michael Russell

Born 1889

British Army 69075 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9075 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Robb Birrell

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Sergeant Major East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Valentine Reginald Smith

British Army 8926 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8926 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Norman Othick

Born 1896

British Army 2188 Private London Regiment

British Army 530490 Private London Regiment

British Army 530490 Acting Sergeant London Regiment 15th Battalion

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Thomas Egan

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army 20362 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 203415 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 20362 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frank Morgan

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 701 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203981 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 701 Private Rifle Brigade 21st Battalion

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Frank Pryer Alexander

Born 1885

British Army G/12170 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/15501 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/15501 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Patrick Naughton

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 9349 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 6857 Royal Garrison Regiment

British Army 2639 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Fredrick Tinmouth

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 5429 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army 5429 Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 421306 Corporal Labour Corps

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Edward Waghorn

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 7545 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 7545 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7545 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joshua Fearnley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 202377 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 202377 Private Highland Light Infantry 12th & 14th Battalions

British Army Highland Light Infantry B Company 17th Battalion

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William Burt

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army G/3635 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3635 Colour Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3635 Colour Sergeant East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Fred Cockram

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 15504 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 57599 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2341 Corporal West Riding Division Cycle Company 1/1

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William Albert H Dunn

Born 1889

British Army 2061 Corporal Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army 270227 Corporal East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Christopher Barton

Born 1895

British Army G/1036 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1036 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1036 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edwin Perry

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 29813 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 101744 Private Labour Corps

British Army 29813 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Robert Carew Wyers

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13772 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 13772 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 13772 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Elsey

British Army 265246 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army 265246 East Kent Regiment

British Army 22758 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Wesley Alderman

Born 1888

British Army 50223 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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