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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Dawley, Shropshire [2]

Uppington, Shropshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1]

Boness Linlithgow [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Casterton Victoria [1]

Chetwynd Victoria [1]

Clapton [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Elphinstone Victoria [1]

Fenwick, Ayrshire [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Garden Island Creek Tasmania [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

Haywards Heath, Sussex [1]

Hynam South Australia [1]

Kirkcudbright [1]

London England [1]

Malvern Victoria [1]

Meath [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Rutherglen, Lanarkshire [1]

Shropshire [1]

Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

St Marks, Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Swan Hill Victoria [1]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [123]

Gunner [25]

Corporal [14]

Driver [9]

Captain [8]

Serjeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Blacksmiths Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Major [1]

Orderly [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

T/Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Wheeler [1]

t/Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Army Service Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Scots [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Shropshire Yeomanry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Camel Transport Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Service

British Army [206]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Royal Navy [14]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [284]

Contribution

Military Service [276]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [284] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Dawley, Shropshire [2] Uppington, Shropshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1] Boness Linlithgow [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Casterton Victoria [1] Chetwynd Victoria [1] Clapton [1] East Ham, London [1] Elphinstone Victoria [1] Fenwick, Ayrshire [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Garden Island Creek Tasmania [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Haywards Heath, Sussex [1] Hynam South Australia [1] Kirkcudbright [1] London England [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Meath [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Rutherglen, Lanarkshire [1] Shropshire [1] Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] St Marks, Wellington, Shropshire [1] Swan Hill Victoria [1] Tunstall, Staffordshire [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [123] Gunner [25] Corporal [14] Driver [9] Captain [8] Serjeant [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Lance Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Blacksmiths Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Guardsman [1] Major [1] Orderly [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] T/Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Wheeler [1] t/Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [26] Labour Corps [20] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Army Service Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Scots [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Shropshire Yeomanry [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Camel Transport Royal Army Service Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Coldstream Guards [1]

Service

British Army [206] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Royal Navy [14] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [284]

Contribution

Military Service [276] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Alexander Picken

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282898

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Walter James Picken

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58420

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Thomas William Picken

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162077

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Ronald Baynton Picken

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Henry Picken

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191298

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Harold Lovering Picken

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 890664 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 890664 Acting Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Picken

Died 1915

British Army 2909 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Francis Picken

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205716

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George Sidney Picken

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161932

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George Sampson Picken

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200242

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John Victor Picken

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66570

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Charles Murray Picken

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121012

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William Young Picken

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220317

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Thomas Picken

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261380

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Arthur Ernest Picken

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292646

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Shaw Stewart Picken

Died 1918

British Army 131564 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 131564 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Picken

Died 1916

British Army 8626 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 8626 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Charles Picken

Died 1918

British Army 7345 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 417465 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Picken

Died 1918

British Army T4323 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 412764 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Picken

Died 1916

British Army 20093 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20093 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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