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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

London England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Walsall, Staffordshire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Coventry, Warwickshire [5]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Cork [4]

Greenough Western Australia [4]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Chedzoy, Somerset [3]

Hay New South Wales [3]

Islington, London [3]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Bingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Devonport Tasmania [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Geraldton Western Australia [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Keynsham, Somerset [2]

Ladywood, Birmingham [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lyme, Dorset [2]

Mount Walker Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [1536]

Gunner [188]

Driver [158]

Serjeant [129]

Corporal [115]

Sapper [106]

Lance Corporal [62]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Lieutenant [48]

Captain [47]

Acting Corporal [35]

Pioneer [28]

Bombardier [21]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Major [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Sister [8]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Rifleman [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Matron [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [252]

Royal Engineers [210]

Labour Corps [166]

Army Service Corps [146]

Royal Garrison Artillery [94]

London Regiment [90]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [87]

Machine Gun Corps [74]

Royal Army Medical Corps [72]

Worcestershire Regiment [66]

Royal Fusiliers [60]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [47]

South Staffordshire Regiment [47]

Gloucestershire Regiment [46]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

Hampshire Regiment [38]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

Leicestershire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31]

Essex Regiment [29]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Wiltshire Regiment [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

North Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Tank Corps [21]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Service

British Army [2445]

Royal Navy [240]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185]

Australian Imperial Force [160]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [150]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3265]

B [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3221]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] London England [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Walsall, Staffordshire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Bethnal Green, London [5] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Coventry, Warwickshire [5] Geelong Victoria [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Cork [4] Greenough Western Australia [4] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Chedzoy, Somerset [3] Hay New South Wales [3] Islington, London [3] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Bingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Birmingham [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Deptford, London [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Devonport Tasmania [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Geraldton Western Australia [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Keynsham, Somerset [2] Ladywood, Birmingham [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Lyme, Dorset [2] Mount Walker Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [1536] Gunner [188] Driver [158] Serjeant [129] Corporal [115] Sapper [106] Lance Corporal [62] Second Lieutenant [61] Lieutenant [48] Captain [47] Acting Corporal [35] Pioneer [28] Bombardier [21] Acting Serjeant [16] Major [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Lance Serjeant [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Sister [8] Acting Bombardier [5] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Rifleman [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Captain [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Worker [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Nurse [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Matron [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [252] Royal Engineers [210] Labour Corps [166] Army Service Corps [146] Royal Garrison Artillery [94] London Regiment [90] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [87] Machine Gun Corps [74] Royal Army Medical Corps [72] Worcestershire Regiment [66] Royal Fusiliers [60] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54] King's Royal Rifle Corps [47] South Staffordshire Regiment [47] Gloucestershire Regiment [46] Cheshire Regiment [40] Hampshire Regiment [38] Middlesex Regiment [37] Rifle Brigade [36] Devonshire Regiment [33] Leicestershire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [31] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31] Essex Regiment [29] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] Welsh Regiment [28] Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [26] Wiltshire Regiment [26] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [24] Somerset Light Infantry [24] South Lancashire Regiment [23] North Staffordshire Regiment [21] Tank Corps [21] The Queen's Regiment [20] East Kent Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [19] Army Veterinary Corps [17] East Surrey Regiment [17] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [16]

Service

British Army [2445] Royal Navy [240] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185] Australian Imperial Force [160] Canadian Expeditionary Force [150] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3265] B [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3221] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Charles Stokes

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army G/15354 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Reginald Alexander Stokes

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Clifford Stokes

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 82106 Private Canadian Infantry 32nd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 82106 Private Canadian Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frederick William Stokes

Born 1875

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654708

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654708 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 1st Battalion.

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George Edward Stokes

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Acting Major London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment Prince of Wales's Own, Civil Service Rifles

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Oliver Stokes

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15557 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Victor H Stokes

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 14129 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery Headquarters Eastney

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Daniel Stokes

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 11928 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 41st Company

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Ernest Alfred Stokes

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 4353 Private Coldstream Guards

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Claud Harry Stokes

Born 1884

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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Frederick Charles Stokes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 8436 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 31291 Private Machine Gun Corps Infantry Battalion

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John Sydney Bertram Stokes

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army Captain Army Pay Corps

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Sydney Stokes

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 5800 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Charles Stokes

Born 1878

Died 1920

British Army 4/20092 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 20092 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Clifford James Stokes

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 7/1419 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army B/203390 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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James Stokes

Died 1917

British Army 2563 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2563 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 2563 Private Scottish Rifles 5/6th Battalion

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Robert Stokes

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 200366 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Trevor Stokes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35418 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Harold Stokes

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Henry Stephen Stokes

Born 1886

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Guards

British Army Captain Welsh Guards

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