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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]

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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]

Edward Blakemore

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 58149 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Edward Blakemore

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

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Henry Thomas Blakemore

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 50467 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Bernard Blakemore

Died 1918

British Army 262032 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Blakemore

Died 1918

British Army 2946 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 52116 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 52116 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Edwin Blakemore

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 9860 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Joseph Blakemore

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 31426 Gunner Royal Field Artillery No. 5 Depot

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Albert Charles Blakemore

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 502789

Canadian Expeditionary Force 502789 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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William Blakemore

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 58360 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 58360 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George E. Blakemore

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 11494 Private Gloucestershire 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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Wilfred Edgar Blakemore

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 49592 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Reginald Noah Blakemore

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266093

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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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Athol Grey Blakemore

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 32568 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Blakemore

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68776

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Joseph H Blakemore

Died 1918

British Army 190766 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Blakemore

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 184286 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Blakemore

Died 1916

British Army 10/527 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Leonard Mason Blakemore

Australian Imperial Force 407

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