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Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bromsgrove [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Farringdon, Berkshire [1]

Farrington, Berkshire [1]

Hinderclay, Near Diss [1]

Ladywood, Warwickshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middlesex, England [1]

Neasden, Middlesex, England [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Port Elizabeth [1]

Redhill, Surrey [1]

winfarthing norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [86]

Gunner [12]

Driver [9]

Sapper [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain [1]

Commissioned Boatswain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Indian Ordnance Department [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Accounts Department [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society & Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Indian Expeditionary Force [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [132]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Royal Navy [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

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Contribution

Military Service [167]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [169] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Crewe, Cheshire [2] Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bromsgrove [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Farringdon, Berkshire [1] Farrington, Berkshire [1] Hinderclay, Near Diss [1] Ladywood, Warwickshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middlesex, England [1] Neasden, Middlesex, England [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Port Elizabeth [1] Redhill, Surrey [1] winfarthing norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [86] Gunner [12] Driver [9] Sapper [7] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain [1] Commissioned Boatswain [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [14] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Labour Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Indian Ordnance Department [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Accounts Department [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 6th Dragoons [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society & Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Battalion [1] Indian Expeditionary Force [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [132] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Royal Navy [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

A [169]

Contribution

Military Service [167] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Harry Norman Ashfield

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15680 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 15686 Private Worcestershire Regiment *mistake in CWGC records

British Army 457661 Private Labour Corps 536th Agricultural Company

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Alfred Charles Ashfield

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16400 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 16400 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Mark William Ashfield

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301593

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Joseph Arthur Ashfield

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112714

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William John Ashfield

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army 8902 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry Ashfield

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5393

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George Arthur Ashfield

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy S 2493 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2493(S) Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke."

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Thomas C Ashfield

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 166027 Staff Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Charles Ashfield

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 25585 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 56499 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Robert Ashfield

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 26240 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Thomas Ashfield

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57340

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Joseph Ashfield

Born 1882

Died 1967

British Army 170596 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur William Ashfield

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50040 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ernest Robert Ashfield

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 29505 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur Ashfield

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106914

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John Ashfield

Died 1917

British Army 11731 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 11731 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 11731 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Joseph Ashfield

Died 1915

British Army 3534 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Charles Ashfield

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 12254 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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George Ashfield

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 19344 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Samuel George Ashfield

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1939 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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