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Birmingham, Warwickshire [13]

Warwickshire [4]

Wolverhampton [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Bridgewater Victoria [2]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Catford, Kent [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

London England [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Allestre, Derbyshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Aston [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Battlefield, Shropshire [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1]

Bromley-by-Bow, London [1]

Bromsgrove England [1]

Burrowa New South Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Clapham, Surrey, England [1]

Conderton, Worcs [1]

Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, England [1]

Dandenong Victoria [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Great Bridge, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Hackney, Middlesex, England [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Jackfield, Shropshire [1]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [1]

Leominster England [1]

Limehouse, Middlesex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Lucknow [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Maude New South Wales [1]

Near Badminton, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [396]

Corporal [42]

Driver [40]

Gunner [39]

Sapper [25]

Serjeant [23]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [9]

Pioneer [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Transport Corporal [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant Major/Acting Temporary Staff Serjeant 1st Class [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [57]

Worcestershire Regiment [53]

Labour Corps [50]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Army Service Corps [44]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41]

South Staffordshire Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14]

London Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Herefordshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Service

British Army [601]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Royal Navy [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [760]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [748]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [13] Warwickshire [4] Wolverhampton [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Birmingham [2] Birmingham England [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Bridgewater Victoria [2] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Catford, Kent [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] London England [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Allestre, Derbyshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Aston [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Battlefield, Shropshire [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1] Bromley-by-Bow, London [1] Bromsgrove England [1] Burrowa New South Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Clapham, Surrey, England [1] Conderton, Worcs [1] Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, England [1] Dandenong Victoria [1] Derbyshire [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Great Bridge, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Hackney, Middlesex, England [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Jackfield, Shropshire [1] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [1] Leominster England [1] Limehouse, Middlesex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Lucknow [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Maude New South Wales [1] Near Badminton, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [396] Corporal [42] Driver [40] Gunner [39] Sapper [25] Serjeant [23] Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [9] Pioneer [8] Lieutenant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Transport Corporal [3] Acting Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant Major/Acting Temporary Staff Serjeant 1st Class [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [57] Worcestershire Regiment [53] Labour Corps [50] Royal Field Artillery [47] Army Service Corps [44] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41] South Staffordshire Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14] London Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Herefordshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Service

British Army [601] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Royal Navy [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [760] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [748] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

A Perks

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army R/1115 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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John Perks

Born 1881

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 153 Private Australian Infantry

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Charles Perks

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213818

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Alan Albion Perks

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239776

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Walter John Perks

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 53009 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Arthur William George Perks

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161942

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Edwin Keslerlon Perks

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54875

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Frederick Perks

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2445

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Charles Edward Perks

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139519

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Charles Frederick George Perks

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241678

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Arthur George Perks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242127

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Alfred Perks

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 27306 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 27306 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harry Perks

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1952 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 238021 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 248693 Private Army Service Corps

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John Noel R Perks

Born 1892

Died 1995

British Army 28073 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 28073 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Stephen Perks

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Y133 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Y133 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion.

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Thomas Henry Perks

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107250

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Harry Mainwaring Perks

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294580

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Albert Perks

Born 1883

British Army 9312 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 3903079 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9312 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

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Joseph Henry Perks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265223

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Alfred George Perks

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 36505 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 36505 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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