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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Birmingham [3]

Birmingham England [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Cannock, Staffordshire [3]

Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bilston [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Wednesbury, Staffs [2]

Worcester [2]

Aberavon, Glamorganshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aston Warwickshire [1]

Barnton, Cheshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bilston England [1]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bloxwich, Staffordshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bowraville New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broseley [1]

Broseley, Shropshire [1]

Builth, Breconshire [1]

Calgary [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Cape Town [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Colway, Gloucestershire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Dudley Port, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [510]

Serjeant [51]

Corporal [44]

Sapper [40]

Gunner [39]

Driver [35]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [19]

Captain [16]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

CSM [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Constable [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight/Serjeant [1]

Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [81]

Royal Field Artillery [62]

Labour Corps [58]

Army Service Corps [42]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41]

South Staffordshire Regiment [35]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

London Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Training Reserve [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [788]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71]

Royal Navy [66]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [992]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [983]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Brazil [1]

China [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] Melbourne Victoria [4] Birmingham [3] Birmingham England [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Cannock, Staffordshire [3] Dudley, Worcestershire [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bilston [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bow, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warwickshire [2] Wednesbury, Staffs [2] Worcester [2] Aberavon, Glamorganshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aston Warwickshire [1] Barnton, Cheshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bilston England [1] Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bloxwich, Staffordshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bowraville New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broseley [1] Broseley, Shropshire [1] Builth, Breconshire [1] Calgary [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Cape Town [1] Chelsea, London [1] Colway, Gloucestershire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Dudley Port, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [510] Serjeant [51] Corporal [44] Sapper [40] Gunner [39] Driver [35] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [19] Captain [16] Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [11] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] CSM [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Clerk [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Constable [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Fireman [1] Flight/Serjeant [1] Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [81] Royal Field Artillery [62] Labour Corps [58] Army Service Corps [42] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41] South Staffordshire Regiment [35] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] London Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Manchester Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Naval Division [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Air Force [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Training Reserve [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [788] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71] Royal Navy [66] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [992] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [983] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Brazil [1] China [1] New Zealand [1]

William Osborne Aston

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 17833 Lance Corporal Munt Company Royal Engineers

British Army 17833 Transport Warrant Officer Class 8 Munt Company Royal Engineers

British Army 1852269 Serjeant Munt Company Royal Engineers

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Leonard Aston

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 9175 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Herbert Henry Aston

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29665 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Hubert Somerset Aston

Born 1885

Died 1928

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 2602 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Charles Nelson Walton Aston

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 2645 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2645 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Walter Douglas Aston

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Alfred John George Aston

Born 1886

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Albert Edward Aston

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy Bristol Z/3683 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division SS Kenmare

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Dennis G Aston

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 42298 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas William Aston

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3/2819 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

British Army 3/2819 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Horace Augustus Aston

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 47753 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion (Territorials)

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Leonard Aston

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 6208 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 6208 Private Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

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Thomas Henry Aston

Died 1918

British Army 34799 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Henry Aston

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 81405 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 29957 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Amos Aston

Died 1918

British Army 4416 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 266556 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Archibald Malcolm Aston

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 11581 Constable East African Police

British Army 5913 Private Uganda List

British Army 5913 Private East African Labour Corps

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Harry Aston

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 1777 Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army L/1777 Corporal 9th Lancers

British Army L/1777 Corporal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Frank Aston

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308414

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Samuel Arthur Aston

Died 1920

British Army 39219 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 39219 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 39219 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Leonard Aston

Born 1892

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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