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Holborn, London [3]

Baschurch, Shropshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Reading England [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Weston Hall, Stafford [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Worcestershire England [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [5]

Driver [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Commander [1]

Driver /Shoeing Smith [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Private Rifleman [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Engineers [8]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Belgian Carrier Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Church Army [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Grenadier Guards attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery attached Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Shropshire Yeomanry [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Worcestershire Hussars [1]

Young Men's Christian Association [1]

Service

British Army [61]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [79]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [80] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holborn, London [3] Baschurch, Shropshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Reading England [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Weston Hall, Stafford [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Worcestershire England [1]

Rank

Private [27] Lieutenant [7] Gunner [5] Sapper [5] Driver [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain [1] Commander [1] Driver /Shoeing Smith [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Private Rifleman [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Engineers [8] Cheshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's African Rifles [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Belgian Carrier Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Church Army [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Grenadier Guards attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery attached Army Service Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Shropshire Yeomanry [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Tank Corps [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Worcestershire Hussars [1] Young Men's Christian Association [1]

Service

British Army [61] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [80]

Contribution

Military Service [79] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Douglas C Leeke

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 34043 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Bn.

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George Leeke

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2555 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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Henry Alan Leeke

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Ralph Henry Leeke

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain King's African Rifles

British Army Major King's African Rifles

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Clement Leeke

Died 1915

British Army 50313 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Charles Leeke

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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Arthur Frederick Leeke

Australian Imperial Force 3130

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Ernest Leeke

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 10929 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 10929 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 10929 Company Serjeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Leeke

Died 1917

British Army 16278 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Sidney Leeke

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4125 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army G/14974 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Cyril Reginald Leeke

Australian Imperial Force 2410

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Henry Leeke

Australian Imperial Force 246

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George Alfred Leeke

Australian Imperial Force 22358

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Thomas George Leeke

Australian Imperial Force 686

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Charles Weston Leeke

Australian Imperial Force 2089

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Walter Henry Leeke

Born 1885

Died 1924

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

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John William Leeke

Born 1892

Royal Navy L850

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Edward Leeke

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS110612

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Albert Ed Leeke

Born 1885

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59608

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Dorothea Susan Leeke

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5226

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