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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Bow, London [2]

Edgware, London, Middlesex [2]

Little Eaton, Derbyshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Berkshire [1]

Billesdon, Leicestershire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bosworth, Leicestershire [1]

Bournemouth England [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Bromyard [1]

Cape Province, Queenstown [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Chorlton on Midlock Manchester [1]

Colchester. Essex [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Denbighshire [1]

Derby [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Edgeware, London [1]

Edgware, London [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Handsworth, Warwickshire [1]

Hartshill, Warwickshire [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hawley Yateley Hants [1]

Innisfail Queensland [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

London England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesex [1]

Mount Pleasant Liverpool [1]

North Marston, Bucks [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Over Whitacre, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [257]

Gunner [35]

Corporal [30]

Driver [26]

Sapper [22]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [43]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Labour Corps [34]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

London Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Kent Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Service

British Army [408]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [536]

Contribution

Military Service [520]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [536] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Bow, London [2] Edgware, London, Middlesex [2] Little Eaton, Derbyshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Stepney, London [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Berkshire [1] Billesdon, Leicestershire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Bosworth, Leicestershire [1] Bournemouth England [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bromyard [1] Cape Province, Queenstown [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Cheltenham [1] Chorlton on Midlock Manchester [1] Colchester. Essex [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Denbighshire [1] Derby [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Edgeware, London [1] Edgware, London [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Handsworth, Warwickshire [1] Hartshill, Warwickshire [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hawley Yateley Hants [1] Innisfail Queensland [1] Kensington, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Mount Pleasant Liverpool [1] North Marston, Bucks [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Over Whitacre, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [257] Gunner [35] Corporal [30] Driver [26] Sapper [22] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [43] Royal Field Artillery [36] Labour Corps [34] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Cheshire Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] London Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Kent Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Service

British Army [408] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [536]

Contribution

Military Service [520] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Sri Lanka [1]

Arthur Edward Cheshire

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267598

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William John Cheshire

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 110654 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Cheshire

Died 1918

British Army 282865 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 82485 Sapper Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army WR/289739 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Thomas Cheshire

Born 1885

British Army T 839 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 502101 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Herbert Cheshire

Died 1916

British Army L/16596 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/16596 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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George Woodford Cheshire

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 9218 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 9218 Lance Corporal Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Augustus Arthur Cheshire

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2335 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 33819 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 33819 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Eric Corveroy Cheshire

Died 1917

British Army 3173 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Reginald Edward Cheshire

Died 1917

British Army 49001 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Rowland Frederick Cheshire

Died 1918

British Army 95925 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 95925 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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James Richard Cheshire

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 3086 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Frederick William Cheshire

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 9702 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 9702 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Victor Cheshire

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8020 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8020 Private Border Regiment

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John Alder Cheshire

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 67303 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Williams Cheshire

Died 1917

British Army 131349 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Ernest Cheshire

Died 1917

British Army 203910 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 285169 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert Cheshire

Died 1917

British Army 63675 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 63675 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Abraham Cheshire

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 53295 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Cheshire

Died 1916

British Army 9574 Lance Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 9574 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Cheshire

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279249

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