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Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Oakleigh Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Akaroa [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canton, Cardiff [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deddington, Oxon [1]

Drury Lane, London [1]

Foleshill, Warwickshire [1]

Furze Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Matlock, Derbyshire [1]

Michigan [1]

Napton, Warwicks [1]

Newark, Notts [1]

South Newington,Oxfordshire [1]

Stockton, Warwickshire [1]

Swallownest, Rotherham [1]

Treherbert, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [80]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Sapper [6]

Driver [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

6th Btt Machine Gun Corps [1]

6th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Attached Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps, [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment Depot [1]

M Divisional Signal Company Army Service Corps [1]

Service

British Army [119]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [157]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [158]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Oakleigh Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Akaroa [1] Battersea, London [1] Birmingham [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canton, Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deddington, Oxon [1] Drury Lane, London [1] Foleshill, Warwickshire [1] Furze Hill, Staffordshire [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Matlock, Derbyshire [1] Michigan [1] Napton, Warwicks [1] Newark, Notts [1] South Newington,Oxfordshire [1] Stockton, Warwickshire [1] Swallownest, Rotherham [1] Treherbert, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [80] Gunner [10] Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Sapper [6] Driver [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Lance Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Battery Sergeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Labour Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 6th Btt Machine Gun Corps [1] 6th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Attached Royal Horse Artillery [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps, [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment Depot [1] M Divisional Signal Company Army Service Corps [1]

Service

British Army [119] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [157] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [158]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Harry Osborne Checkley

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 20785 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Albert Checkley

Born 1882

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27057

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27057 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Alfred Valentine Checkley

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215493

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Arthur Leslie Checkley

Australian Imperial Force 5662

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John Darnell Checkley

Born 1900

Royal Navy 216213 Royal Marine Artillery

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Harry Checkley

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 103398 Machine Gun Corps

British Army 103398 Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Btt Machine Gun Corps

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John William Checkley

Born 1895

British Army 285157 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Walter Checkley

Australian Imperial Force 20013

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James Checkley

Australian Imperial Force 4458

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Edmund Roy Checkley

Australian Imperial Force 920

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George Edward Checkley

Born 1897

Royal Navy 3016 Royal Marine Artillery

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William Albert Checkley

Born 1885

Royal Navy 10818 Royal Marine Artillery

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Cyril Allan Checkley

Born 1902

Royal Navy CH/22763 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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John Michael Checkley

Born 1887

British Army 30422 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/286862 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Joseph Checkley

Born 1887

British Army 3/3750 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Checkley

Born 1893

British Army 23222 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 94813 Corporal Labour Corps

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Frederick St George Checkley

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2007567

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Roy Checkley

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 422600

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Dallas Checkley

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Charles Checkley

Born 1900

Royal Navy J75281

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