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Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Bampton, Devon [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Hungerford England [3]

London England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

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Maitland South Australia [2]

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Rousham, Oxfordshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Allensmore, Herefordshire [1]

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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Coomooroo South Australia [1]

Cork, Munster Province [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Dorset, England [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire, England [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

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Private [407]

Gunner [61]

Driver [43]

Sapper [33]

Serjeant [30]

Corporal [22]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [8]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bandsman (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal (Acting Lance Serjeant) [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Liaison Officer [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [68]

Royal Engineers [63]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Labour Corps [45]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

London Regiment [22]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

South Wales Borderers [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [638]

Royal Navy [71]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [54]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [859]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [838]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Bampton, Devon [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Hungerford England [3] London England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Birmingham [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Kensington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Maitland South Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rousham, Oxfordshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Allensmore, Herefordshire [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Beaudesert Queensland [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Berkshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bow, London [1] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brumpton, Devon [1] Buchan Victoria [1] Burton on Trent England [1] Camden Town, Middlesex [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cefn-Coed, Wales [1] Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Glamorgan [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Coomooroo South Australia [1] Cork, Munster Province [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Dorset, England [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire, England [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Fielding [1]

Rank

Private [407] Gunner [61] Driver [43] Sapper [33] Serjeant [30] Corporal [22] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant [11] Captain [8] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Bandsman (Acting Lance Corporal) [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Commander [1] Corporal (Acting Lance Serjeant) [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Drummer [1] Gunner Lance Bombardier [1] Honorary Major [1] Leading Stoker [1] Liaison Officer [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [68] Royal Engineers [63] Royal Field Artillery [51] Labour Corps [45] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] London Regiment [22] Cheshire Regiment [18] Royal Berkshire Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] South Wales Borderers [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Canadian Infantry [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [638] Royal Navy [71] Canadian Expeditionary Force [54] Australian Imperial Force [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [859] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [838] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Sidney John Cottrell

Born 1882

Died 1966

British Army 47187 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 177219 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 7/12501 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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George Thomas Cottrell

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103700

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John Henry Cottrell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53502

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Alfred Henry Cottrell

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81812

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Albert Joseph Cottrell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190410

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Daniel Cottrell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168592

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Fothergill William Swinfen Cottrell

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 288 Private Australian Infantry 11th Battalion

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Harry Cottrell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 245068 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 245068 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Charles Cottrell

Died 1916

British Army 933 Corporal Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 933 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Montague C Cottrell

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2078 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2076 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2078 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Prince Cottrell

Died 1918

British Army 16952(Incomplete) Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Harry William Cottrell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221315

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Alfred James Bernard Cottrell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228803

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Samuel F Cottrell

Died 1917

British Army 31998 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Thomas Cottrell

Born 1890

British Army 8449 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 8449 Drummer South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8449 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion

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Henry Cottrell

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 1354 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 751699 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1st Reserve Bde

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Albert Cottrell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161353

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Thomas Richard Cottrell

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 731008 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Archibald Cottrell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150931

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John Francis Cottrell, O.b.e.

Born 1894

British Army 1352 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)

British Army 1352 Corporal London Regiment 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion (2nd City)

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