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Wednesbury, Staffordshire [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Geraldton Western Australia [2]

Minyip Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Alvaston, Shardlow, Derbyshire [1]

Belbroughton, Worcestershire [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1]

Darlington, County Durham [1]

Derby [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Mount Gamby South Australia [1]

Orilla, Ontario [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Staffordshire England [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Walsall, Staffs [1]

Woods Point Victoria [1]

Yardley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [106]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Squadron Sergeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

10th Hussars [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

10th Ent Battalion [1]

14th Hussars [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [1]

4th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [148]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Royal Navy [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Last name first letter

B [205]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

India [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Geraldton Western Australia [2] Minyip Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Alvaston, Shardlow, Derbyshire [1] Belbroughton, Worcestershire [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1] Darlington, County Durham [1] Derby [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Mount Gamby South Australia [1] Orilla, Ontario [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Staffordshire England [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Walsall, Staffs [1] Woods Point Victoria [1] Yardley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [106] Gunner [10] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Rifleman [1] Squadron Sergeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [17] Worcestershire Regiment [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] 10th Hussars [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Tank Corps [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 10th Ent Battalion [1] 14th Hussars [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [1] 4th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [148] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Royal Navy [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [11]

Last name first letter

B [205]

Contribution

Military Service [204] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2] India [1]

John James Bloomer

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 136

Canadian Expeditionary Force 136 Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles

Canadian Expeditionary Force 136 Trooper 1st CMR

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Robert Bloomer

Died 1916

British Army 12209 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Joseph Bloomer

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54836

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William George Bloomer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290412

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George Bloomer

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1502 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Bloomer

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107552

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Harold Bloomer

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81660

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John Henry Bloomer

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS2386

Royal Navy SS/2386 Able Seaman H.M.S. Crescent

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Benjamin Bloomer

Died 1916

British Army 4259 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Reserve Battalion.

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John Bloomer

Born 1874

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3082362

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3082362 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Boaz Bloomer

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 528407

Canadian Expeditionary Force 528407 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Andrew Bloomer

Died 1918

British Army 2402 Private Connaught Rangers

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Herbert Bloomer

Died 1916

British Army 3074 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest Bloomer

Died 1915

British Army 12900 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Samuel Thomas Bloomer

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 14455 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18801 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 14455 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Bloomer

Died 1916

British Army 15692 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Joseph Henry Bloomer

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104214

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Edward Bloomer

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107551

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John Joseph Bloomer

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152726

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William Bloomer

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 4623 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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