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Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Margate, Kent [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Chedzoy, Somerset [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Scone New South Wales [2]

Stalbridge, Dorset [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Ashcott, Somerset [1]

Bethanga Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1]

Chester [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Exmouth, Devon, England [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Halesworth, Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Higher Town, Scilly [1]

Hill Top New South Wales [1]

Hoddesdon England [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Kennington [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leytonstone, West Ham, Essex [1]

London England [1]

Lowestoft [1]

Lozells, Birmingham [1]

Lydlinch, Dorset [1]

Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1]

Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [340]

Gunner [37]

Driver [35]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [27]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [17]

Lieutenant [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armarment Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Honourary Second Lieutenant [1]

Interpreter [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Acting Chief Officer [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [50]

Army Service Corps [45]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

London Regiment [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [13]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [521]

Royal Navy [64]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [698]

Contribution

Military Service [673]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Margate, Kent [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Birmingham [2] Birmingham England [2] Chedzoy, Somerset [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Scone New South Wales [2] Stalbridge, Dorset [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Ashcott, Somerset [1] Bethanga Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1] Chester [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Exmouth, Devon, England [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex [1] Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Halesworth, Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Higher Town, Scilly [1] Hill Top New South Wales [1] Hoddesdon England [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Kennington [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leytonstone, West Ham, Essex [1] London England [1] Lowestoft [1] Lozells, Birmingham [1] Lydlinch, Dorset [1] Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1] Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [340] Gunner [37] Driver [35] Serjeant [33] Corporal [27] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [17] Lieutenant [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armarment Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Honourary Second Lieutenant [1] Interpreter [1] Labourer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Acting Chief Officer [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [50] Army Service Corps [45] Labour Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [33] London Regiment [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [21] Worcestershire Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Somerset Light Infantry [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [13] Devonshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Wiltshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Hampshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Canadian Engineers [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [521] Royal Navy [64] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [698]

Contribution

Military Service [673] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Edward Ashford

Died 1917

British Army G/9515 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Frank Ashford

Died 1918

British Army 65149 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles George Ashford

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 265298 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 203049 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Arthur Ashford

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101484

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101484 Private Canadian Infantry

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Levi William Ashford

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 797214

Canadian Expeditionary Force 797214 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Charles Ashford

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 646260

Canadian Expeditionary Force 646260 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Stamford Ashford

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5999 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 722804 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 722804 Private London Regiment

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Charles A Ashford

Died 1918

British Army 123048 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William J Ashford

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 95666 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney Ashford

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10732 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10732 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Richard W Ashford

Died 1918

British Army M2/184031 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Ashford

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 76044 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Harry Ashford

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4923 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 223002 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Sidney J. Ashford

Died 1915

British Army 10243 Private Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 10243 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Ashford

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4166 Private London Regiment 1/23rd lond Battalion

British Army 205588 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 205588 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Samuel Ashford

Died 1917

British Army 21411 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Angus Harold Ashford

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 35071 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Bidgood Godfrey Ashford

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41211 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Harold Ashford

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131119

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Frederick George Ashford

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39368

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