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Cheshire England [2]

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Warwick, Warwickshire [2]

Abergele, Denbighshire [1]

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Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Wellington, Shropshire [1]

West Bromwich England [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Worcester England [1]

Rank

Private [176]

Gunner [27]

Serjeant [21]

Corporal [15]

Sapper [11]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

/ Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Major [1]

Priv [1]

Sapper /Acting Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

10th Hussars [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [271]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Royal Navy [11]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [330]

Contribution

Military Service [320]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Cheshire England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Warwick, Warwickshire [2] Abergele, Denbighshire [1] Bicton, Shrewsbury [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bromley, London [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Camden Town, Middlesex [1] Darnel, Yorkshire [1] Durham [1] Knowle, Warwickshire [1] Little Brighton England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Merewether New South Wales [1] Mile End, London [1] Minsterley, Salop [1] Saint Johns Wood, London [1] Shifnal, Shropshire [1] Shrewsbury [1] Shrewsbury England [1] Shropshire [1] Southwark, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Wellington, Shropshire [1] West Bromwich England [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Worcester England [1]

Rank

Private [176] Gunner [27] Serjeant [21] Corporal [15] Sapper [11] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Lance Serjeant [2] / Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Major [1] Priv [1] Sapper /Acting Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant and Captain [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [21] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Labour Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] London Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 10th Hussars [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [271] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Royal Navy [11] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [330]

Contribution

Military Service [320] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6] India [1]

Charles Rowland Blakemore

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 268340 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Reginald Milnes Blakemore

Died 1916

British Army 342 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Martin Blakemore

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1608 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Rupert Benjamin Blakemore

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269736

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Joseph Blakemore

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29275

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Frank Fred Blakemore

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95963

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George Blakemore

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 43837 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Ernest Blakemore

Born 1868

Died 1935

British Army 4283 Serjeant 4th Hussars

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Charles Herbert Blakemore

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200473

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Denis Jetson Blakemore

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 40435 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Alfred William Blakemore

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228054

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Thomas Alfred Blakemore

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284344

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Reginald Noah Blakemore

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266093

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Edward Blakemore

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 184286 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Thomas Blakemore

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 50467 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George Alexandra Blakemore

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 83477 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 83477 Driver Royal Engineers

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Bernard Blakemore

Died 1918

British Army 262032 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Blakemore

Died 1916

British Army 10/527 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Alfred Blakemore

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4122 Manchester Regiment

British Army 276463 Private Manchester Regiment

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Reginald George Robert Blakemore

Born 1899

Died 1921

British Army 6568 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army 698014 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 698014 Private London Regiment

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