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Bedlington, Northumberland [2]

Durham [2]

Langhorne Creek South Australia [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bryants Bottom, Buckinghamshire [1]

Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Burntwood, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, London, England [1]

Cannock, Staffordshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Darlington [1]

Darlington England [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Dumfries Scotland [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hednesford, Staffordshire [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Islington, Wiltshire [1]

Jeparit Victoria [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Norton, Durham, England [1]

Pembroke, Dublin [1]

Penn, Bucks [1]

Preston, Shropshire [1]

Reading England [1]

Saint George Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Saint Georges Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Satara, India [1]

Scotland [1]

Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Southall, Middlesex [1]

St Kilda Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [308]

Gunner [28]

Driver [24]

Sapper [22]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Bandsman [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer [1]

Barman [1]

Bearer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/ Private [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Rifleman [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [35]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [25]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

London Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [440]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [558]

Contribution

Military Service [550]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [559] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bedlington, Northumberland [2] Durham [2] Langhorne Creek South Australia [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bryants Bottom, Buckinghamshire [1] Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Burntwood, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, London, England [1] Cannock, Staffordshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Darlington [1] Darlington England [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Dumfries Scotland [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [1] Hednesford, Staffordshire [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington, Wiltshire [1] Jeparit Victoria [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Norton, Durham, England [1] Pembroke, Dublin [1] Penn, Bucks [1] Preston, Shropshire [1] Reading England [1] Saint George Manchester, Lancashire [1] Saint Georges Manchester, Lancashire [1] Satara, India [1] Scotland [1] Selby, Yorkshire [1] Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Southall, Middlesex [1] St Kilda Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [308] Gunner [28] Driver [24] Sapper [22] Serjeant [22] Corporal [21] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Bandsman [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer [1] Barman [1] Bearer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/ Private [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Temporary Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] PRIVATE [1] Rifleman [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [35] Royal Field Artillery [35] Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps [25] Durham Light Infantry [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] London Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [440] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [558]

Contribution

Military Service [550] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Alfred Chilton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 78839 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 5/65907 Private 52nd Graduate Battalion

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Arthur Henry Chilton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41533

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John Ernest Chilton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87296

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Edwin Chilton

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 47002 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Chilton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2383 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Henry Chilton

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 25053 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Leonard Chilton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 35 Private East Surrey Regiment

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George Chilton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 7246 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 283601 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 283601 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Thomas Chilton

Died 1918

British Army 13978 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harold Chilton

Died 1916

British Army 13747 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Wilfred Chilton

Died 1915

British Army 8157 Private Scots Guards

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Alfred Edwin Chilton

Died 1918

British Army 17882 Driver Royal Field Artillery c/110th Battalion

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Frederick Chilton

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8502 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 8502 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arnold Chilton

Died 1918

British Army 57699 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Chilton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20/1241 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 20/1241 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Chilton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/33432 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/33432 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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James Chilton

Died 1917

British Army 28145 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 28145 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Elijah Chilton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5494 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th northst Battalion

British Army 5494 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Chilton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 156323 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert Richard Chilton

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army PS/1924 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army PS/1924 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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