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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Camden Town, London [2]

Chertsey, Surrey [2]

Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [2]

St Helena, Warwickshire, England [2]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bowes Park, London [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Murwillumbah New South Wales [1]

Near Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ogbourne St George, Marlborough, Wiltshire [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

St Peter's, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Stafford [1]

Streatham, London [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Tredegar, Monmouthshire [1]

Walgett New South Wales [1]

Wallumbilla Queensland [1]

Welshpool, Monmouthshire [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [1]

Wiarton, Ontario [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Worcester England [1]

Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [188]

Driver [27]

Gunner [25]

Corporal [19]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Sapper [7]

Bombardier [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Armament Staff Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse /Acting Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant (Flight Com.) [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Serjeant /Acting Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Temporary Sergeant Major [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unpaid Acting Corporal [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [4]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps Transport [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [315]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Royal Navy [30]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [434]

Contribution

Military Service [425]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Camden Town, London [2] Chertsey, Surrey [2] Dudley, Staffordshire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [2] St Helena, Warwickshire, England [2] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bowes Park, London [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Malvern, Worcestershire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Murwillumbah New South Wales [1] Near Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Ogbourne St George, Marlborough, Wiltshire [1] Paddington, London [1] Peckham, London [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] St Peter's, Wolverhampton, Staffs [1] Stafford [1] Streatham, London [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Tredegar, Monmouthshire [1] Walgett New South Wales [1] Wallumbilla Queensland [1] Welshpool, Monmouthshire [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Westminster, London [1] Westminster, London, Middlesex [1] Wiarton, Ontario [1] Wolverhampton [1] Worcester England [1] Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [188] Driver [27] Gunner [25] Corporal [19] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [8] Sapper [7] Bombardier [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Staff Nurse [5] Acting Corporal [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Armament Staff Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse /Acting Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant (Flight Com.) [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Hon Capt [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Serjeant /Acting Colour Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Squadron Leader [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Temporary Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Unpaid Acting Corporal [1] Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [37] Army Service Corps [26] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Canadian Infantry [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [4] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps Transport [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [315] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Royal Navy [30] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [434]

Contribution

Military Service [425] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Canada [1]

John Charles William Caswell

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 679 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 670 Staff Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 679 Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Medical Corps

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Jack Reading Caswell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 55 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 55 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Caswell

Born 1871

British Army GS/13118 Unpaid Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 25th

British Army GS/13118 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 25th

British Army GS/13118 Corporal Royal Fusiliers Depot

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Bruce Bernard Caswell

Born 1899

Died 1971

Royal Navy PI 39200 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39200 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Yarmouth

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force East Fortune

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Francis John Caswell

Born 1890

British Army 9834 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9834 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9834 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Albert Caswell

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army 17469 Quartermaster Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Margaret Selina Caswell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15703 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Edward Caswell

Born 1898

British Army 74742 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry William Caswell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191879

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Henry Harvey Caswell

Born 1899

Canadian Expeditionary Force 529101

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Benjamin Charles Caswell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60543

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William James Caswell

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409714

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Jack Reading Caswell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 14/55 Corporal Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest Edward Caswell

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 20638 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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James Caswell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66815

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Samuel Charles Caswell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72929

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Sidney James Caswell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 18387 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18387 Private Wiltshire 2nd Battlion

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William Bradley Caswell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118882

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Charles William Caswell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216343

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Arthur Edward Caswell

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 18724 Private Coldstream Guards

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