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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

London, Middlesex [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Amphitheatre Victoria [2]

Evesham, Worcestershire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hailsham [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2]

Perth [2]

Pinxton, Derbyshire [2]

Redditch, Worcestershire [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ascot Victoria [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Beath, Fife [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Dalmuir, Dumbartonshire [1]

Darvel, Ayrshire [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Durham [1]

Elmore, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Enniskillen, Fermanagh [1]

Eudlo Queensland [1]

Farnham,Aldershot,Surrey. [1]

Follcross Glasgow [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Gloucester [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hoxton, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [344]

Corporal [36]

Gunner [29]

Driver [28]

Serjeant [22]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Sapper [14]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Petty Officer [1]

2nd Armourer's Crew [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Agent [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st. Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Brevet Major and Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Driver /Lance Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [47]

Royal Engineers [37]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Army Service Corps [27]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Scots [18]

Scottish Rifles [18]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Highlanders [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [525]

Royal Navy [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [686]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [670]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] London, Middlesex [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Amphitheatre Victoria [2] Evesham, Worcestershire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hailsham [2] Hay New South Wales [2] Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2] Perth [2] Pinxton, Derbyshire [2] Redditch, Worcestershire [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Warwickshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ascot Victoria [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ayrshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Beath, Fife [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Brixton, London [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Dalmuir, Dumbartonshire [1] Darvel, Ayrshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Durham [1] Elmore, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Enniskillen, Fermanagh [1] Eudlo Queensland [1] Farnham,Aldershot,Surrey. [1] Follcross Glasgow [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Gloucester [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hoxton, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [344] Corporal [36] Gunner [29] Driver [28] Serjeant [22] Second Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [16] Lieutenant [15] Sapper [14] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Petty Officer [1] 2nd Armourer's Crew [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Agent [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st. Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Brevet Major and Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Driver /Lance Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Officer [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [47] Royal Engineers [37] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Royal Field Artillery [34] Army Service Corps [27] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] London Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Scots [18] Scottish Rifles [18] Hampshire Regiment [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Highlanders [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] Highland Light Infantry [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Tank Corps [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [525] Royal Navy [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [686] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [670] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Charles Spiers

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134467

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Herbert Spiers

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235295

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Frederick Charles Spiers

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 7972 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Thomas Spiers

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62458

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Albert Edward Spiers

Born 1870

Died 1968

British Army 302 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 302 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 302 Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

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Henry Spiers

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314827

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Robert Spiers

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96295

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Robert John Spiers

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100162

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Joseph Spiers

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147096

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Colman Spiers

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198429

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James Spiers

Born 1892

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13995 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Spiers

Born 1882

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404463

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404463 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Alfred J Spiers

Died 1918

British Army G/22198 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/22198 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Bernard Spiers

Died 1916

British Army 10474 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 10474 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John W Spiers

Died 1916

British Army 2503 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Spiers

Died 1918

British Army 13857 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 48728 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 48728 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Alfred Spiers

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 15575 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Alfred Spiers

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 307782 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Joseph Spiers

Died 1918

British Army 4658 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 22075 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 4658 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Robert Spiers

Died 1916

British Army 8845 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 8845 Acting Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 8845 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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