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Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Sheringham, Norfolk [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bradford England [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Chippenham England [1]

Colebrook Tasmania [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Guildford Western Australia [1]

Handsworth, Birmingham [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Huntingdonshire [1]

Kent [1]

Kybram Victoria [1]

Leeds [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Monaghan, Ireland [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Pitsmoor, Yorkshire [1]

Poplar London [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1]

Saint Neots, Hampshire [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Sherigham, Norfolk [1]

St. John [1]

St. Philip [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Worthing, Sussex [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [166]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Pioneer [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Signaller [1]

Signalman [1]

Smith Gunner [1]

Smith Gunner /Acting Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Smith/Gunner/Acting Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [240]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [341]

Contribution

Military Service [332]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [342] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Sheringham, Norfolk [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bradford England [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Chippenham England [1] Colebrook Tasmania [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Guildford Western Australia [1] Handsworth, Birmingham [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Huntingdonshire [1] Kent [1] Kybram Victoria [1] Leeds [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Monaghan, Ireland [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] Pitsmoor, Yorkshire [1] Poplar London [1] Poplar, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1] Saint Neots, Hampshire [1] Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Sherigham, Norfolk [1] St. John [1] St. Philip [1] Stepney, London [1] Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] Worthing, Sussex [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [166] Gunner [15] Serjeant [13] Corporal [12] Driver [11] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Pioneer [3] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Fireman [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1] Smith Gunner [1] Smith Gunner /Acting Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Smith/Gunner/Acting Filter Staff Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Service Corps [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Border Regiment [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [240] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [341]

Contribution

Military Service [332] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Walter Alfred Fields

Born 1895

Died 1964

Other Empire Force 816343 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Samuel Edward Fields

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 8250 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army PS/8250 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army 8250 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 18th Battalion

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Edward Cotnam Fields

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1977 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 27th northumberland Battalion

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Thomas Henry Fields

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8232 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Fields

Born 1900

Died 1963

Other Empire Force 981336 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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William Astley Fields

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 29858 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 4982 Norfolk Regiment 5th, 3/5th Battalio

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J W Fields

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 200158 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 1st/5th Bn

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William John Fields

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116163

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John Fields

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G/2168 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Bn.

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Ernest E Fields

Died 1916

British Army G/6309 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Wilfrid Fields

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 78270 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert William W Fields

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 9590 Private Border Regiment

British Army 9590 Serjeant Border Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9590 Serjeant Border Regiment

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George Arthur Fields

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12/915 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Henry Fields

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223826

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Charles Walker Fields

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97567

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Annetta R.j. Fields

Born 1887

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Robert Samuel Fields

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 982 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Reginald John Sarge Fields

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206618

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Fred Charles Robert Fields

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230614

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John Wellington Fields

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279148

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