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Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Bristol [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Campania Tasmania [2]

Headington, Oxfordshire [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Widcombe, Somerset [2]

Wimbledon, London [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Cotesloe Western Australia [1]

Creyditon, Devon [1]

Cricklade,Wilts. [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Duddly England [1]

Easton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Elphinstone England [1]

Essex [1]

Fairfort England [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Gloucester Western Australia [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Gloucestirshire England [1]

Gould's Country Tasmania [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Harford Tas Tasmania [1]

Harringay, London [1]

Highworth Wiltshire [1]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Hungerford, Hertfordshire [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [259]

Gunner [37]

Driver [29]

Sapper [19]

Corporal [17]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Major [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Field Commander [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Chief Cook [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Doctor [1]

Forewoman [1]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Colonel [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant /Prov Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Colonel [1]

Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Engineers [46]

Army Service Corps [38]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Labour Corps [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Wiltshire Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Dragoon Guards [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Training Reserve [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [435]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

I [574]

Contribution

Military Service [568]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Germany [2]

South Africa [1]

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People [574] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Bristol [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Campania Tasmania [2] Headington, Oxfordshire [2] Kensington, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Widcombe, Somerset [2] Wimbledon, London [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bow, London [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Cotesloe Western Australia [1] Creyditon, Devon [1] Cricklade,Wilts. [1] Dalston, London [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Duddly England [1] Easton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Elphinstone England [1] Essex [1] Fairfort England [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Gloucester Western Australia [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Gloucestershire [1] Gloucestirshire England [1] Gould's Country Tasmania [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Harford Tas Tasmania [1] Harringay, London [1] Highworth Wiltshire [1] Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Hungerford, Hertfordshire [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Kingston, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [259] Gunner [37] Driver [29] Sapper [19] Corporal [17] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [10] Major [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Field Commander [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Chief Cook [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Doctor [1] Forewoman [1] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Temporary Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant /Prov Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Colonel [1] Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Engineers [46] Army Service Corps [38] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Labour Corps [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Wiltshire Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] London Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Dragoon Guards [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] South Wales Borderers [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Training Reserve [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [435] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

I [574]

Contribution

Military Service [568] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Germany [2] South Africa [1]

Henry Iles

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army 8561 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Robert Iles

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 52649 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 52649 Private Manchester Regiment

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Horace Iles

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 15/1784 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion.

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Mary Muriel Griffin Iles

Born 1873

Died 1947

British Army Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps Women's Medical Unit RAMC

Other Empire Force Surgeon Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit 3

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John Owen Iles

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment Attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Benjamin Iles

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275965

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Cecil George Iles

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151736

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Joseph Iles

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52704

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George Iles

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230243

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Charles Cochrane Iles

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps Attached East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Iles

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10371 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Edward Iles

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy K10310 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K10310 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K10310 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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William Henry Iles

Born 1871

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 736333 Chief Cook Mercantile Marine Reserve

Other Empire Force 736333 Chief Cook Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Laurentic

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Albert Edward Iles

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23159

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Walter Harold Iles

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/13388 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/13388 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Alfred Iles

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4336 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 82942 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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J R Iles

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42730 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 42730 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Henry Charles Iles

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 21744 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Henry Edward Iles

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 265754 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Herbert John Iles

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233926

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