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Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Chislehurst, Kent [3]

Birmingham England [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2]

Middlewich, Cheshire [2]

Newhaven, Sussex [2]

Nottingham [2]

Oldbury, Worcestershire [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Sharpness, Gloucestershire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Ballina New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Blackden, Goostrey, Cheshire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brockton, Staffordshire [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Charlton, London [1]

Chelsfield, Kent [1]

Chester England [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Grays Inn Lane, London [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Harborne, Staffordshire [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Islington [1]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1]

Leicestershire [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Litherland, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

North Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Orpington, Kent [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Rawmarsh [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [271]

Gunner [29]

Driver [26]

Sapper [20]

Corporal [19]

Lance Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [14]

Serjeant [13]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Guardsman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Conductor [1]

Major [1]

Paymaster [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42]

Labour Corps [37]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Army Service Corps [26]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Lancers [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [420]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Royal Navy [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [571]

Contribution

Military Service [565]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Chislehurst, Kent [3] Birmingham England [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2] Middlewich, Cheshire [2] Newhaven, Sussex [2] Nottingham [2] Oldbury, Worcestershire [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Sharpness, Gloucestershire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Ballina New South Wales [1] Birkenhead England [1] Blackden, Goostrey, Cheshire [1] Brixton, London [1] Brockton, Staffordshire [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Charlton, London [1] Chelsfield, Kent [1] Chester England [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Grays Inn Lane, London [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Harborne, Staffordshire [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Islington [1] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1] Leicestershire [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Litherland, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] North Kensington, Middlesex [1] Orpington, Kent [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Rawmarsh [1] Redditch, Worcestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [271] Gunner [29] Driver [26] Sapper [20] Corporal [19] Lance Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [14] Serjeant [13] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Guardsman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Bugler [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Conductor [1] Major [1] Paymaster [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42] Labour Corps [37] Royal Field Artillery [36] Army Service Corps [26] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Grenadier Guards [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Lancers [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [420] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Royal Navy [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [15] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [571]

Contribution

Military Service [565] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Thomas A Smallwood

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army R10854 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 10854 Rifleman King Royal Rifle Corps 7th Brigade Depot

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John Smallwood

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107259

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Frederick Smallwood

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190934

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Ernest Smallwood

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29575

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Harry Smallwood

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76335

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William David Smallwood

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 46069 Acting Serjeant Hussars

British Army Private 14th Kings Hussars

British Army 46069 Serjeant 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

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James Smallwood

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148524

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William Smallwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92378

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Harold Oliver Smallwood

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307306 Private 2nd Class

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Eric Butter Smallwood

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 29991 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hertfordshire Regiment

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William George Smallwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34204

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Samuel Smallwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112768

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B Smallwood

Died 1918

British Army 7557 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 7557 Company Serjeant Major Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles Henry Smallwood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226356

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John William Smallwood

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 712 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Smallwood

Died 1917

British Army 26387 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 26387 Private Grenadier Guards

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Harry Smallwood

Died 1916

British Army 16428 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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John Smallwood

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2116 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred H Smallwood

Died 1915

British Army 8301 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 8301 Acting Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 8301 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Baron Alfred Smallwood

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army SR/10813 Private East Kent Regiment

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