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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Mount Barker South Australia [4]

Staffordshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Hanley, Staffordshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Islington, London [3]

London [3]

London England [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [2]

Hereford, Herefordshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kingsley, Staffordshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Mallala South Australia [2]

Nantwich, Cheshire [2]

Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Strathmerton Victoria [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [2]

12 Duro Place Kensington Nr London [1]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Appleby Magna, Leics [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Athlone [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bowral New South Wales [1]

Brierley Hill,Staffordshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burwood New South Wales [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camden, London [1]

Cannock, Staffordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Casino New South Wales [1]

Cheadle, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [771]

Gunner [97]

Corporal [74]

Driver [63]

Serjeant [47]

Sapper [41]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Lance Corporal [20]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Pioneer [12]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Orderly [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lt & Temp. Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armament Serjeant Major [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Brevet Major/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [111]

Royal Engineers [80]

Labour Corps [78]

Army Service Corps [74]

North Staffordshire Regiment [66]

London Regiment [50]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

South Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Essex Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Canadian Infantry [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1186]

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [67]

Australian Imperial Force [49]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1482]

H [1]

N [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1465]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

India [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Mount Barker South Australia [4] Staffordshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Hanley, Staffordshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Islington, London [3] London [3] London England [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [2] Hereford, Herefordshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kingsley, Staffordshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Mallala South Australia [2] Nantwich, Cheshire [2] Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Strathmerton Victoria [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Warwickshire [2] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Wrexham, Denbighshire [2] 12 Duro Place Kensington Nr London [1] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Appleby Magna, Leics [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Athlone [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bowral New South Wales [1] Brierley Hill,Staffordshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camden, London [1] Cannock, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Casino New South Wales [1] Cheadle, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [771] Gunner [97] Corporal [74] Driver [63] Serjeant [47] Sapper [41] Second Lieutenant [37] Lance Corporal [20] Captain [15] Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [12] Pioneer [12] Acting Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [6] Bombardier [5] Acting Captain [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Farrier Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Honorary Second Lieutenant [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Orderly [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lt & Temp. Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armament Serjeant Major [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Band Corporal [1] Brevet Major/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [111] Royal Engineers [80] Labour Corps [78] Army Service Corps [74] North Staffordshire Regiment [66] London Regiment [50] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43] Machine Gun Corps [42] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] South Staffordshire Regiment [30] Leicestershire Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [29] Cheshire Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Rifle Brigade [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Manchester Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Essex Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Canadian Infantry [8] East Kent Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Grenadier Guards [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1186] Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81] Canadian Expeditionary Force [67] Australian Imperial Force [49] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1482] H [1] N [1] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1465] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [35] India [1]

Walter Gordon Cope

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army 2nd Lt & Temp. Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Bn France. Later 3rd Bn.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temp. Captain / Flight Commander Lakedown Airfield Wiltshire 14th Depot Squadron

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Walter Cope

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 22556 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 22556 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Thomas Cope

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 3789 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201087 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201087 Private Alexandra 4th Battalion

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Cyril Montague Cope

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3761 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371530 Acting Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3761 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Cope

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10372 Lance-Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Thomas Cope

Born 1901

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Thomas Cope

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6838 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Albert Cope

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11572 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11572 Private Alexandra 8th Battalion

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William Henry Cope

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161533

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William James Cope

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92637

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James Langloies Cope

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216385

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William Cope

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25350

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James Francis Cope

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27769

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William James Cope

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14595

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James Cope

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188287

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Henry John Cope

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44860

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Tom Cope

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401345

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Gordon Stockdale Cope

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army Middlesex Regiment Public Schools Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Henry Cope

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282390

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Arthur John Cope

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239821

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