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Staffordshire [2]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [2]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Derby [1]

Dresden, Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Linda Tasmania [1]

Longton, Staffs [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Portrush, County Antrim [1]

Raymond Terrace New South Wales [1]

Tunstall, Staffordshire. [1]

Waverley New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [82]

Driver [11]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [7]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Victuallers Assistant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Labour Corps [11]

London Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Irish Horse [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Service

British Army [120]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

E [144]

Contribution

Military Service [139]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [144] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Staffordshire [2] Tunstall, Staffordshire [2] Ashfield New South Wales [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Derby [1] Dresden, Longton, Staffordshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Linda Tasmania [1] Longton, Staffs [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Portrush, County Antrim [1] Raymond Terrace New South Wales [1] Tunstall, Staffordshire. [1] Waverley New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [82] Driver [11] Corporal [10] Gunner [7] Guardsman [3] Lance Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Victuallers Assistant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Labour Corps [11] London Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Irish Horse [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Service

British Army [120] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [4] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

E [144]

Contribution

Military Service [139] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

William Elkin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 23243 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 23243 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion.

British Army 23243 Corporal Grenadier Guards 5th Battalion

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Percy Henry Elkin

Died 1920

British Army 1360 Corporal London Regiment

British Army Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion, attached to 3rd Brigade HQ

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Amos Elkin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17597 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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James Elkin

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168204

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James Elkin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260078

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Horace Elkin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147204

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Sydney Elkin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army T4/093263 Driver Army Service Corps

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Herbert Charles Elkin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 11152 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Elkin

Died 1916

British Army 37076 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harold Elkin

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 35214 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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William Elkin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129186

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Frederick Spurgeon Elkin

Born 1903

Died 1972

British Army 1421090 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Elkin

Died 1917

British Army 11944 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Walter Elkin

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army M2/200842 Private Army Service Corps

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William Elkin

Died 1915

British Army 10047 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Elkin

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57781

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William Elkin

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy A 8106 Royal Naval Reserve

South African Services 8106/A Seaman Royal Naval Resrve: HMS Skipjack

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Frank Baden Powell Elkin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268224

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John H Elkin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202937 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Rowland Elkin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2478 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 290593 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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