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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Petersham New South Wales [2]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

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Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

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Private [164]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [14]

Driver [14]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Band Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain [1]

Filter Corporal [1]

Lady Welfare Superintendent [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

London Regiment [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Herefordshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

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

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [244]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Royal Navy [19]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [326]

Contribution

Military Service [318]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Norwood South Australia [2] Petersham New South Wales [2] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Birmingham England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broadway England [1] Clifton Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Eirdington England [1] Erskinville New South Wales [1] Garth Castle, Dorset [1] Kennington, Surrey [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] London England [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Oldham England [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Redfern New South Wales [1] Sheffield,Yorkshire [1] St Albans [1] Swarraton, Hampshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Taralga New South Wales [1] Uxbridge, Middlesex [1] West End Queensland [1] Whitton, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [164] Gunner [18] Corporal [14] Driver [14] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Band Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain [1] Filter Corporal [1] Lady Welfare Superintendent [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Labour Corps [17] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] London Regiment [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Warwickshire Yeomanry [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Herefordshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [244] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Royal Navy [19] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [326]

Contribution

Military Service [318] Conscientious Objector [5] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Harold Cotterell

Died 1918

British Army G/69746 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army G/69746 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/69746 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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John Hubbard Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force

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Robert Victor Cotterell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Harry Edward Cotterell

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 7114 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 31835 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Thomas Cotterell

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916904

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916904 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Cotterell

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403035

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Walter John Cotterell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137318

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Thomas Cotterell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65030

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Mabel Cotterell

Other Empire Force Lady Welfare Superintendent Ministry of Munitions - HM Factory, Gretna

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Arthur Victor Cotterell

Died 1917

British Army 16459 Private 6th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 35628 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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George Edward Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force

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Ernest Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 1716

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Joseph Cotterell

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65733

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John Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 6067

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Herbert Payton Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 9513

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Ernest Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 126

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Sylvester Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 2874

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Frederick John Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 5127

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Leslie Cotterell

Australian Imperial Force 1810

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John Cotterell

Born 1900

Royal Navy 216287 Royal Marine Artillery

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