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Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Casino New South Wales [1]

Cherrington, Warwickshire [1]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Cork [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Harrow England [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Norwood, London [1]

Queensferry, Linlithgow [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Shillington, Bedfordshire [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Upper Holloway, London [1]

Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [85]

Driver [11]

Gunner [10]

Sapper [9]

Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Pioneer [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Labour Corps [8]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Lancers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

2nd Lancers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Cavalry [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Depot Suffolk Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

Service

British Army [154]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [193]

P [2]

Contribution

Military Service [192]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [195] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Casino New South Wales [1] Cherrington, Warwickshire [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Cork [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Hamilton ON [1] Harrow England [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Norwood, London [1] Queensferry, Linlithgow [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Shillington, Bedfordshire [1] Stepney, London [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Upper Holloway, London [1] Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [85] Driver [11] Gunner [10] Sapper [9] Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [7] Corporal [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Pioneer [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [2] Trooper [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Signal Boy [1] Sister [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] Labour Corps [8] Essex Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Lancers [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 2nd Lancers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Cavalry [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Depot Suffolk Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

Service

British Army [154] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [193] P [2]

Contribution

Military Service [192] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William Simkins

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 4701 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 4701 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Charles Simkins

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141056

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Charles David Simkins

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36535

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Arthur Simkins

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 242474 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Alfred Simkins

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1194 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest C Simkins

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 202505 Private Essex Regiment

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Daniel Fredrick Simkins

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 265019 Company Serjeant Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 265019 Company Serjeant Major Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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John Victor Simkins

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240838

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John Charles Simkins

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 5913 Private London Regiment

British Army 702614 Private London Regiment

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Samuel Simkins

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15947 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 15947 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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William Simkins

Died 1915

British Army 2142 Private London Regiment

British Army 2142 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Samuel Simkins

Died 1915

British Army 16640 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Benjamin Simkins

Died 1917

British Army 72776 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas George Simkins

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757634

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757634 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Ernest Simkins

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65894 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Herbert Simkins

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5050

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Albert Henry Simkins

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31793

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Herbert Simkins

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404454

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404454 Sapper Canadian Railway Troops

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Henry James Simkins

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237910

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Charles R Simkins

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 290354 Private Welsh Regiment

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