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Grays, Essex, England [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London, Middlesex [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Purfleet, Essex [2]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Charing, West Ashford Kent [1]

Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England [1]

Chesham England [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Essex [1]

Falkenham, Suffolk [1]

Hayle, Cornwall [1]

Hoxton, London, Middlesex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Jung Victoria [1]

Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Spalding, Lincolnshire [1]

St Giles, London, Middlesex [1]

St Neots, Huntingdonshire [1]

Stepney, London, Middlesex [1]

Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [1]

Sutton Bassett Leicestershire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

West Thurrock, Essex [1]

Woodford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [98]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [14]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [11]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

AC2 (Driver) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Entertainer [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Major [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Private/Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Army Service Corps [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/8th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

3rd Divisional Artillery Column [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [170]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Royal Navy [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [233]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [227]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [1]

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People [234] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Grays, Essex, England [3] Battersea, London [2] Birmingham [2] Bow, London, Middlesex [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Purfleet, Essex [2] Bermondsey, London [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Bow, London [1] Charing, Kent [1] Charing, West Ashford Kent [1] Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England [1] Chesham England [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Essex [1] Falkenham, Suffolk [1] Hayle, Cornwall [1] Hoxton, London, Middlesex [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Jung Victoria [1] Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] Nottingham [1] Spalding, Lincolnshire [1] St Giles, London, Middlesex [1] St Neots, Huntingdonshire [1] Stepney, London, Middlesex [1] Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [1] Sutton Bassett Leicestershire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] West Thurrock, Essex [1] Woodford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [98] Serjeant [15] Sapper [14] Corporal [13] Gunner [11] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Staff Serjeant [4] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] AC2 (Driver) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Entertainer [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Temporary Major [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Private/Acting Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant Major [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Army Service Corps [12] Labour Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/8th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 3rd Divisional Artillery Column [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [170] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Royal Navy [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [233] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [227] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [1]

Stowell Mapson Ashwell

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 433122 Serjeant Major Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment)

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James Ashwell

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 24430 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 35th Brigade

British Army 24430 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George Ashwell

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 1552 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harry Cloister Ashwell

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29090

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Henry Charles Ashwell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26805

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William Rowlatt Ashwell

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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John Newland Ashwell

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310084

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Thomas Henry Ashwell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199488

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Benjamin Ashwell

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309579 AC2 (Driver) 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Thomas William Ashwell

Died 1914

British Army 1224 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest Valentine Ashwell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49272

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Ethel Jane Ashwell

Born 1892

Died 1964

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Society VAD Hospital, Charing, Kent

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Edward Ashwell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160955

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Francis John Ashwell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222737

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William James Ashwell

Died 1917

British Army 169 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 30219 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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William Baker Ashwell

Born 1894

British Army B/23245 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Alfred Ashwell

Died 1917

British Army R/9115 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army TR 13/4435 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Ashwell

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 39574 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Leonard Ashwell

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 8047 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 8047 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frederick John Ashwell

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 9323 Lance Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 9323 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 9323 Lance Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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