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Birmingham England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blakenhall, Staffordshire [1]

Burmingham England [1]

Chester, Cheshire, England [1]

Disley, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Fulford, Yorkshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Hardwick, Glamorgan [1]

Hopesay, Craven Arms, Clun, Shropshire [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Longsight, Lancashire [1]

Middlesex, London [1]

Neston, Cheshire [1]

Pelsall, Staffordshire [1]

Plymouth [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Shropshire [1]

St Martin's, Birmingham [1]

Swinton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Uttoxeter [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [1]

West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Willenhall, Staffordshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England [1]

Wolverley, Worcestershire [1]

Wood Mill, Yoxall, Staffordshire [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [194]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [17]

Gunner [16]

Corporal [12]

Sapper [11]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Nurse [3]

Pioneer [3]

Bombardier [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant /Acting Armament Serjeant Major [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant/Temporary Armament Serjeant Major [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Corporal [1]

Hospital Assistant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Late Temporary Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Private Lance Serjeant [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sister [1]

Strapper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

South Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

London Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hussars [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [299]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Last name first letter

L [359]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [352]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Australia [1]

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People [361] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham England [3] London, Middlesex, England [2] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blakenhall, Staffordshire [1] Burmingham England [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Disley, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Fulford, Yorkshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hardwick, Glamorgan [1] Hopesay, Craven Arms, Clun, Shropshire [1] Hoxton, London [1] Longsight, Lancashire [1] Middlesex, London [1] Neston, Cheshire [1] Pelsall, Staffordshire [1] Plymouth [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Shropshire [1] St Martin's, Birmingham [1] Swinton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Uttoxeter [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [1] West Bromwich, Staffs [1] Widnes, Lancashire [1] Willenhall, Staffordshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England [1] Wolverley, Worcestershire [1] Wood Mill, Yoxall, Staffordshire [1] Woolwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [194] Driver [21] Serjeant [17] Gunner [16] Corporal [12] Sapper [11] Acting Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [3] Nurse [3] Pioneer [3] Bombardier [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant /Acting Armament Serjeant Major [1] Armament Staff Serjeant/Temporary Armament Serjeant Major [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Corporal [1] Hospital Assistant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Late Temporary Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Private Lance Serjeant [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sister [1] Strapper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [26] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] South Staffordshire Regiment [18] Labour Corps [17] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] London Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] British Red Cross Society [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hussars [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [299] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [5]

Last name first letter

L [359] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [352] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Australia [1]

William Wallace Lawley

Born 1891

Died 1945

British Army 805 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 805 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Arthur Lawley

Born 1860

British Army Lieutenant Colonel British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

British Army Colonel General List

British Army General List

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William Lawley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 45814 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 45814 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 45814 Rifleman Kings Rifle Corps

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Levi William Lawley

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army T/303 Armament Staff Serjeant/Temporary Armament Serjeant Major Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Thomas Henry Lawley

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank Lawley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198006

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William Lawley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147151

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Edward Lawley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126175

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Harry Lawley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42381

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Leonard Arthur Lawley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57513

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George Lawley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52024

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William Henry Charles Lawley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167526

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Francis Reginald Lawley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58733

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Joseph Procter Lawley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124588

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Edward Lawley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199215

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William Henry Lawley

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 20386 Private Grenadier Guards

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Edward Lawley

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 40016 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Herbert Lawley

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260592

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Reginald Arthur Lawley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2770 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 81st Provisional Battalion

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Victor Lawley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 5891 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 5891 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance

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