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Trunkey Creek New South Wales [3]

London [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

Yass New South Wales [2]

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brighton England [1]

Clapham, London, England [1]

Deritend, Birmingham [1]

Deritend, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Harborne, Staffordshire [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Islington, London [1]

Lakemoore, Staffordshire [1]

Langwarrin Victoria [1]

Leytonstone, Essex, England [1]

London England [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Port Victor South Australia [1]

Portland, Dorset [1]

Ribesford, Worcestershire [1]

Saint Georges Hanover Square, London [1]

Southwark,London. [1]

St. George, Hanover Square, London [1]

St. Joseph [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Summer Hill New South Wales [1]

Tettenhall, Staffordshire [1]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

Wickham New South Wales [1]

Wolverhampton England [1]

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Private [101]

Captain [12]

Sapper [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Driver [7]

Gunner [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Major [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Second [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1st Life Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

West Yorks Regiment [2]

1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Depot [1]

18th Lancers [1]

2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1]

30th Corps Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry/ Canadian Forces/ Staff [1]

Service

British Army [162]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Royal Navy [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [212]

L [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [211]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [215] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Trunkey Creek New South Wales [3] London [2] Warwickshire [2] Wolverhampton [2] Yass New South Wales [2] Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton England [1] Clapham, London, England [1] Deritend, Birmingham [1] Deritend, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Harborne, Staffordshire [1] Holloway, London [1] Islington, London [1] Lakemoore, Staffordshire [1] Langwarrin Victoria [1] Leytonstone, Essex, England [1] London England [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Port Victor South Australia [1] Portland, Dorset [1] Ribesford, Worcestershire [1] Saint Georges Hanover Square, London [1] Southwark,London. [1] St. George, Hanover Square, London [1] St. Joseph [1] Staffordshire [1] Summer Hill New South Wales [1] Tettenhall, Staffordshire [1] Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] Wickham New South Wales [1] Wolverhampton England [1]

Rank

Private [101] Captain [12] Sapper [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Driver [7] Gunner [7] Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [5] Major [3] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Captain [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Second [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Engineers [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1st Life Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] West Yorks Regiment [2] 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Depot [1] 18th Lancers [1] 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1] 30th Corps Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry/ Canadian Forces/ Staff [1]

Service

British Army [162] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [14] Royal Navy [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [212] L [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [211] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Joseph Frederick Grosvenor

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53116

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53116 Sergeant Western Ontario Regiment Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion

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Arthur William Grosvenor

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/22756 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/22756 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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Burnett Buckingham Grosvenor

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 500409

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Central Ontario Regiment Canadian Infantry 1st/3rd Battalion

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Hon. Richard Eustace Grosvenor

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Hugh William Grosvenor

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Captain 1st Life Guards

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Martin Thomas William Grosvenor

Born 1883

Royal Navy 202648 Able Seaman HMS Terrible

Canadian Expeditionary Force 871011

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Rollo Grosvenor

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 687132 Driver Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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Frank Ambrose Grosvenor

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 213241

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William Grosvenor

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3189079 Private

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Robert Grosvenor

Born 1877

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434775

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Alfred Grosvenor

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 63450 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 403040 Private Labour Corps 190th Prisoner of War Company

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Christopher Grosvenor

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 16797 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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John Edward Grosvenor

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10207 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 10207 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edward Grosvenor

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196442

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William Henry Grosvenor

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268680

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Harold Grosvenor

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 34616 Private Worcestershire Regiment 10th worcest Battalion

British Army 34616 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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George Francis Grosvenor

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146663

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Ernest Stewart Grosvenor

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 11309 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Grosvenor

Died 1916

British Army 10157 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10157 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 10157 Company Serjeant Major Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Thomas Grosvenor

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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