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Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Canterbury, Kent [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Leicester [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London England [2]

Macclesfield [2]

Southam, Warwickshire [2]

Sturry, Kent [2]

Watford, Northamptonshire [2]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Barston, Warwickshire [1]

Battersea Surrey [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bladon, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Bothwell Tasmania [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Braunston, Daventry, Northamptonshire [1]

Bretforton, Worcestershire [1]

Brighton Tasmania [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Buckinghamshire England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Corston, Warwickshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Cubbington. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Eton England [1]

Evandale Tasmania [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Ferntree Gully Victoria [1]

Grafton New South Wales [1]

Hadlow, Kent [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Knowle, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [313]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [29]

Driver [25]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [6]

Pioneer [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

3rd Air Mechanic [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bar Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Flight Officer (Observer) [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Air Mechanic [1]

Guardsman [1]

Hononary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Press Correspondent [1]

Private Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43]

Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Engineers [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Labour Corps [27]

London Regiment [26]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Service

British Army [480]

Royal Navy [63]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [657]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [654]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Jersey [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Canterbury, Kent [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Leicester [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Beaconsfield Tasmania [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London England [2] Macclesfield [2] Southam, Warwickshire [2] Sturry, Kent [2] Watford, Northamptonshire [2] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Barston, Warwickshire [1] Battersea Surrey [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bladon, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Bothwell Tasmania [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Braunston, Daventry, Northamptonshire [1] Bretforton, Worcestershire [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Buckinghamshire England [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Corston, Warwickshire [1] Croydon [1] Cubbington. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Derbyshire [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Eton England [1] Evandale Tasmania [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Ferntree Gully Victoria [1] Grafton New South Wales [1] Hadlow, Kent [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Kennington, London [1] Knowle, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [313] Gunner [36] Corporal [29] Driver [25] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [6] Pioneer [6] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Temporary Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] 3rd Air Mechanic [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bar Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain Flight Officer (Observer) [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Air Mechanic [1] Guardsman [1] Hononary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Press Correspondent [1] Private Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43] Army Service Corps [39] Royal Engineers [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Labour Corps [27] London Regiment [26] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Service

British Army [480] Royal Navy [63] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Australian Imperial Force [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [657] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [654] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Jersey [1] South Africa [1]

Eric Arnold Cleaver

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 9th east Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Harold Saxon Cleaver

Born 1890

Died 1948

British Army 577 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 577 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 373rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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Joseph Turton Cleaver

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 4302 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert Vaughan Cleaver

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 229536 Sapper Canadian Railway Troops

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Railway Troops 8th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 229536 Private

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Percival Arthur Cleaver

Born 1888

Died 1951

British Army 6098 London Regiment (Artists Rifles) 28th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Gloucester Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Frederick Cleaver

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 21913 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 21913 Private King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 7th Bn

British Army 4/ 18211 T R Battn

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Harry Cleaver

Died 1914

British Army 6544 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6544 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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John Cleaver

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121214

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Walter Cleaver

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34025

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William Henry Cleaver

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36017

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Henry Francis Cleaver

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 10447 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 10447 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Albert Ernest Cleaver

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18877 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Albert Cleaver

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35255 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Arthur Henry Cleaver

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9222 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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John Cleaver

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 225 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 225 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Thornton Cleaver

Born 1893

British Army Private Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) 1/10

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Flight Officer (Observer) Royal Flying Corps 3 Squadron

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Harry Whitworth Cleaver

Born 1894

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206391

Royal Navy F6391 Corporal Air Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) F206391 Corporal No 1 Squadron

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Harry Cleaver

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94119

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Hubert John Cleaver

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16698

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Fred Louis Cleaver

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277234

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