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Ballarat Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Chorley, Lancashire [3]

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [3]

Newtown, Montgomeryshire [3]

Camden New South Wales [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bringley, Yorkshire [1]

Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1]

Chorley [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Conway [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Haltwhistle [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Landour, Bengal. [1]

Liverpool [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Medstead, Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Mount Albert, Auckland [1]

Newtown, Wales [1]

Pulford, Cheshire [1]

Reddish, Lancashire [1]

Rhondda, Glamorgan [1]

St Pauls Royton [1]

Stockport, Lancashire [1]

Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [217]

Corporal [19]

Driver [19]

Gunner [19]

Serjeant [14]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [7]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Doctor [1]

Fusilier [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Captain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Priv [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Service Corps Transport [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [315]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [393]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [390]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [394] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ballarat Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Chorley, Lancashire [3] Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [3] Newtown, Montgomeryshire [3] Camden New South Wales [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bringley, Yorkshire [1] Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1] Chorley [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Conway [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Haltwhistle [1] Hertfordshire [1] Landour, Bengal. [1] Liverpool [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Medstead, Winchester, Hampshire [1] Mount Albert, Auckland [1] Newtown, Wales [1] Pulford, Cheshire [1] Reddish, Lancashire [1] Rhondda, Glamorgan [1] St Pauls Royton [1] Stockport, Lancashire [1] Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [217] Corporal [19] Driver [19] Gunner [19] Serjeant [14] Second Lieutenant [10] Sapper [7] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [4] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Doctor [1] Fusilier [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Captain [1] Pioneer [1] Priv [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps [12] South Lancashire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Engineers [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Service Corps Transport [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [315] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [393] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [390] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Eric Henry Astley

Born 1894

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/4A Sapper New Zealand Engineers

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Edwin Chappell Astley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 22672 Acting Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army G/15131 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Aston Giffard Astley

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

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Richard Astley

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286276

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Thomas Frederick Astley

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 8346 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8346 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Cecil Astley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162364

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Christopher Basil Astley

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Kings Regiment Liverpool Scottish 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool Scottish

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Albert Edward Astley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48140

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William Astley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226637

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William Pryce Astley

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 4870 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 15010 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 203413 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Pryce Astley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 46499 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 46499 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Astley

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 1215 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 1215 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Reginald Frederick Astley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35025

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William Astley

Died 1918

British Army 125406 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 125406 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Alfred Edward Astley

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 15714 Private South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 15714 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Oswald Morris Astley

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2628 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/6th northst Battalion

British Army 2628 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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The Hon Jacob John Astley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Company Serjeant Major Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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William Thomas Astley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2314 Private Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 355230 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Fred Astley

Died 1917

British Army 12704 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13701 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

British Army 13701

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George Edward Astley

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4046 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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