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Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [1]

Compton, Kinver, Staffordshire [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Heath Town, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Manchester England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Rowley Regis, Staffordshire [1]

Rushden, Northants [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Wellington New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sapper [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (First Class) [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (Second Class) [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (Third Class) [1]

Colonel [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Smith Gunner [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

258th Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry Depot [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Indian Army North West Frontier [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Madras Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [95]

Royal Navy [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [113]

Contribution

Military Service [112]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Egypt [1]

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People [113] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Blackheath, Staffordshire [1] Compton, Kinver, Staffordshire [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Heath Town, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Manchester England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Rowley Regis, Staffordshire [1] Rushden, Northants [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Wellington New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [58] Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sapper [4] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Gunner [2] Major [2] Temporary Major [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chaplain to the Forces (First Class) [1] Chaplain to the Forces (Second Class) [1] Chaplain to the Forces (Third Class) [1] Colonel [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Smith Gunner [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [9] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Worcestershire Yeomanry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 258th Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry Depot [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Indian Army North West Frontier [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Madras Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [95] Royal Navy [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [113]

Contribution

Military Service [112] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Egypt [1]

Philip John Thomas Blakeway

Born 1865

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars

British Army Chaplain to the Forces (Third Class) Army Chaplain's Department Territorial Force

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Noel Carleton Blakeway

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Ernest Blakeway

Born 1887

Died 1943

British Army 241398 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 701026 Private Labour Corps

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John N Blakeway

Died 1918

British Army 65329 Private Welsh Regiment

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Charles Lewis Blakeway

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 30980 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Blakeway

Died 1915

British Army 15409 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Reginald John Blakeway

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1884 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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William Blakeway

Died 1919

British Army 38765 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 567707 Private Labour Corps

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Samuel Blakeway

Died 1917

British Army 12594 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 12594 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Frederick Isaac Blakeway

Died 1918

British Army 50396 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Wilbert Earl Blakeway

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154644

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Horace Blakeway

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190952

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Edwin Oswald Blakeway

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 12525 Lance Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12525 Corporal Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12525 Lance Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Benjamin Blakeway

Died 1916

British Army 12472 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 12472 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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George Frederick Blakeway

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2758 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 15053 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Denys Brooke Blakeway

Born 1870

Died 1933

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army North West Frontier

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John Blakeway

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 9747 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 26297 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 9747 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Clinton Aubrey Blakeway

Died 1916

British Army 2438 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Fred John Blakeway

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148496

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148496 Sergeant Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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William Blakeway

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2409

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