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Kensington, London [5]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Catford, London SE [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Harrow, Middx [1]

Lower-Milton, Worcestershire [1]

Southwark, London SE [1]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Stourport, Worcestershire [1]

Warwickshire [1]

Waterloo Road, Wandsworth [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Driver [11]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [9]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [8]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Commissary [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier and Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal (Acting) [1]

Corporal (Shoeing Smith) [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private, Acting Sergeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant (Acting) [1]

Shoeing Smith and Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

acting sergeant [1]

corporal [1]

driver [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Lond. Dist. Cmd. Depot. [1]

Middlesex Regiment Special Reserve [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1]

The King's Own Royal Regiment [1]

The London Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [1]

Worcestershire Yeomanry Transport [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry Special Reserve [1]

service corps [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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S [136]

Contribution

Military Service [136]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Kensington, London [5] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Catford, London SE [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Harrow, Middx [1] Lower-Milton, Worcestershire [1] Southwark, London SE [1] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Stourport, Worcestershire [1] Warwickshire [1] Waterloo Road, Wandsworth [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [58] Driver [11] Gunner [11] Corporal [9] Sapper [8] Serjeant [8] Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Commissary [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier and Acting Corporal [1] Corporal (Acting) [1] Corporal (Shoeing Smith) [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private, Acting Sergeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant (Acting) [1] Shoeing Smith and Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] acting sergeant [1] corporal [1] driver [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [21] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Engineers [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Service corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Lond. Dist. Cmd. Depot. [1] Middlesex Regiment Special Reserve [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1] The King's Own Royal Regiment [1] The London Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Worcestershire Yeomanry [1] Worcestershire Yeomanry Transport [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry Special Reserve [1] service corps [1]

Service

British Army [114] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [136]

Contribution

Military Service [136]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

John Frank Sheward

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 13502 Private Middlesex Regiment Special Reserve 6th Battalion

British Army L/13502 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army L/13502 Private Middlesex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Henderson Sheward

Born 1897

Died 1943

British Army 3826 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 701193 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 3826 Corporal (Acting) The London Regiment 3/23rd Battalion

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Alfred Richard Ley Sheward

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army

British Army S/10800 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Sheward

Born 1889

Died 1958

Royal Navy J72573

Royal Navy J72573

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Frederick Sheward

Born 1880

British Army T/309942 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 309942 driver Service corps

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John Sheward

Born 1875

Died 1954

British Army 97909 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 97909 Royal Engineers 155th Field co.

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William Wansley Sheward

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army 10476 Yorkshire Light Infantry Special Reserve

British Army 10476 Private, Acting Sergeant Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Charles Sheward

Born 1888

Died 1943

British Army 3319 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army M/397964 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army 397964 Service corps 620th Mechanical Transport

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Percy Arthur Sheward

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213402

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Ernest William Sheward

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293338

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George Sheward

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120902

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Harry Arthur Sheward

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13430

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William Henry Sheward

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 63364 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63364 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery a/110th Brigade

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Ernest William Sheward

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 34981 Private Essex Regiment

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Sidney Charles Sheward

Born 1884

Died 1940

Royal Navy 220412

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Christopher James Sheward

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6891

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Louis Sydney Sheward

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196335

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Cyril Godfrey Sheward

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137593

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Percy Sheward

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69301

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Thomas E. Sheward

Died 1917

British Army 39735 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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