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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Warwickshire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Knutsford [3]

London England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Nottingham [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

East London [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Herefordshire [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London [2]

Penkridge, Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ashton Gate, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Ashton under Lyne Manchester [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Banbury, Oxon [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnton, Near Northwich [1]

Barton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Binton, Warwickshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1172]

Gunner [116]

Corporal [81]

Serjeant [76]

Driver [69]

Sapper [50]

Lance Corporal [44]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Captain [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Bombardier [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nurse [2]

Pioneer Corporal [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [143]

Royal Field Artillery [116]

Army Service Corps [110]

Royal Engineers [105]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86]

Worcestershire Regiment [79]

Royal Garrison Artillery [68]

Royal Army Medical Corps [60]

London Regiment [51]

South Staffordshire Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps [45]

North Staffordshire Regiment [44]

Lancashire Fusiliers [41]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

York and Lancaster Regiment [36]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Leicestershire Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Army Veterinary Corps [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1664]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [160]

Royal Navy [125]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [66]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2088]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2060]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5] Loughborough, Leicestershire [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Warwickshire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Crewe, Cheshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Knutsford [3] London England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Nottingham [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Dudley, Staffordshire [2] East London [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Herefordshire [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London [2] Penkridge, Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ashton Gate, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Ashton under Lyne Manchester [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnton, Near Northwich [1] Barton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Binton, Warwickshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1172] Gunner [116] Corporal [81] Serjeant [76] Driver [69] Sapper [50] Lance Corporal [44] Second Lieutenant [37] Pioneer [17] Acting Corporal [16] Captain [11] Lieutenant [10] Bombardier [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Nurse [2] Pioneer Corporal [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4 [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [143] Royal Field Artillery [116] Army Service Corps [110] Royal Engineers [105] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86] Worcestershire Regiment [79] Royal Garrison Artillery [68] Royal Army Medical Corps [60] London Regiment [51] South Staffordshire Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps [45] North Staffordshire Regiment [44] Lancashire Fusiliers [41] Cheshire Regiment [38] York and Lancaster Regiment [36] Manchester Regiment [35] Leicestershire Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [30] Gloucestershire Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Middlesex Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] West Riding Regiment [19] Welsh Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] Army Veterinary Corps [15] South Lancashire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Hampshire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [14] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Grenadier Guards [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1664] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [160] Royal Navy [125] Canadian Expeditionary Force [66] Australian Imperial Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2088] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2060] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Australia [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

William Frederick Brookes

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38802

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Alfred Brookes

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 406865 Company Sergeant Major Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406865 Acting Company Serjeant Major Canadian Infantry

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Vernon Thomas Brookes

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 389 Private Australian Infantry 7th Infantry Battalion

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James Henry Brookes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20497

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Leonard Ernest Brookes

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194477

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William Pullen Brookes

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193501

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Frederick George Brookes

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 7987 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 7987 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 7987 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Clifford Brookes

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 9998 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William George Brookes

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 164838 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Brookes

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 1168 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion.

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Arthur John Brookes

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15123 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion.

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Archer Percival Brookes

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3077 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Thomas Brookes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98751

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Bernard J Brookes

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 2228 Private London Regiment 1/16th lond Battalion

British Army 23737 Private Labour Corps

British Army Sergeant London Regiment 1/16th lond Battalion

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Alexander Brookes

Born 1885

Died 1954

British Army 203780 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 204487 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Albert Brookes

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198559

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Benjamin Brookes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286994

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Percy Leonard Brookes

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222417

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Henry Brookes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279944

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John William Brookes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262021

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