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Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Beccles, Suffolk, England [1]

Canning Town, West Ham [1]

Derby [1]

Derby England [1]

Derbyshire, England [1]

Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Northwood, near Ellastone, Staffordshire [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Waltham Cross, London [1]

Warsop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Driver [11]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [9]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private/Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Derby Yeomanry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General Service Dragoons [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1]

Labour Corps ex Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Service

British Army [164]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Royal Navy [7]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [188]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

South Africa [1]

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People [192] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Derby, Derbyshire [2] Beccles, Suffolk, England [1] Canning Town, West Ham [1] Derby [1] Derby England [1] Derbyshire, England [1] Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Northwood, near Ellastone, Staffordshire [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Waltham Cross, London [1] Warsop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [104] Driver [11] Gunner [11] Corporal [9] Sapper [7] Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private/Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [12] Army Service Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Derby Yeomanry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Derbyshire Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General Service Dragoons [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1] Labour Corps ex Training Reserve Battalion [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Service

British Army [164] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Royal Navy [7] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [188] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [2] South Africa [1]

Harry Augustus Poyser

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 29581 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) *conflict in CWGC records

British Army 29851 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 29851 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles H Poyser

Born 1877

British Army 36212 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Poyser

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35408

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Sydney Poyser

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236238

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Samuel Poyser

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 35352 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35352 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35352 Private King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 9th (Service) Battalion

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Joseph Poyser

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55841

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George Poyser

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125542

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Albert Poyser

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 8427 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 8427 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Poyser

Died 1917

British Army 31923 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Poyser

Died 1918

British Army 2372 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 40550 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William R Poyser

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 63738 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 63738 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederick Poyser

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4504 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 201600 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 201600 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Stephen Poyser

Died 1917

British Army 34247 Private Border Regiment

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John George Poyser

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 12070 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Poyser

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5/4787 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 38479 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 38479 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alfred Poyser

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2012 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 2012 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Ralph Poyser

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 37056 Private Essex Regiment

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James Poyser

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 11115 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Albert Henry H Poyser

Born 1892

Died 1985

British Army 1617 Private/Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265087 Private/Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

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Ernest Poyser

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army T/147 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T/147 Driver Army Service Corps

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