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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]

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Place of birth

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]

Charles Robert Cottrell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 8144 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8144 Private Welsh Regiment

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Leonard Samuel Joscelin Cottrell

Died 1918

British Army 535 Colour Serjeant Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps

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Samuel Cottrell

Died 1917

British Army 16680 Private Worcestershire Regiment 11th worcest Battalion

British Army 16680 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Walter Watson Cottrell

Died 1917

British Army 18708 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 18708 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Cottrell

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 265068 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Henry Cottrell

Died 1917

British Army 5728 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 252664 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 252664 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Frank Cottrell

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army G/25190 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/25190 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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H J Cottrell

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 1605 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Cottrell

Died 1916

British Army 40198 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frank Cottrell

Died 1915

British Army 9457 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John W Cottrell

Died 1918

British Army 69501 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 46603 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Charles Reuben Cottrell

Born 1891

British Army 2523 Private London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)

British Army 550523 Private London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)

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

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Henry Cottrell

Died 1918

British Army 37 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 745017 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alexander Joseph Cottrell

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 9278 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Thomas William Cottrell

Died 1918

British Army 30295 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Cottrell

Died 1916

British Army 21517 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Percy Baglietto Cottrell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Thomas Edwin Cottrell

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 160763

Canadian Expeditionary Force 160763 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Edward Cottrell

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300041

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300041 Driver Canadian Field Artillery

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Vincent Swinfen Cottrell

Born 1880

Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Reserve

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