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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Nantwich, Cheshire [2]

Ardwick, Lancashire [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Beswick, Lancashire [1]

Bunbury Western Australia [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Compton, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Great Barr, Staffordshire [1]

Hanley England [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Hednesford, Staffordshire [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Kidderminster [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leeds, Staffordshire [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Macclesfield England [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Madras [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester England [1]

Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Newport, Shropshire [1]

Porchester, Hampshire [1]

Richmond New South Wales [1]

Roydon [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Shropshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Stannifer New South Wales [1]

Stoke, Staffordshire [1]

Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Teignemouth, Devon [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

York Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [228]

Gunner [32]

Sapper [22]

Driver [19]

Serjeant [19]

Corporal [15]

Lance Corporal [11]

Major [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Orderly [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Labour Corps [27]

North Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Army Service Corps [17]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [370]

Royal Navy [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [458]

Contribution

Military Service [449]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [458] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Crewe, Cheshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Nantwich, Cheshire [2] Ardwick, Lancashire [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Beswick, Lancashire [1] Bunbury Western Australia [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Compton, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Dulwich, London [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Great Barr, Staffordshire [1] Hanley England [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hednesford, Staffordshire [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Kidderminster [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leeds, Staffordshire [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Macclesfield England [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Madras [1] Manchester [1] Manchester England [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] Newport, Shropshire [1] Porchester, Hampshire [1] Richmond New South Wales [1] Roydon [1] Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Shropshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Stannifer New South Wales [1] Stoke, Staffordshire [1] Surbiton, Surrey [1] Teignemouth, Devon [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] York Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [228] Gunner [32] Sapper [22] Driver [19] Serjeant [19] Corporal [15] Lance Corporal [11] Major [8] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Orderly [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Lieutenant Colonel [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Squadron Commander [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30] Cheshire Regiment [29] Royal Field Artillery [28] Labour Corps [27] North Staffordshire Regiment [23] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Army Service Corps [17] Liverpool Regiment [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Border Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Scots [3] Worcestershire Yeomanry [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Corps of Lancers [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [370] Royal Navy [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [458]

Contribution

Military Service [449] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Thomas William Tomkinson

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 9974 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 9974 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Joseph Tomkinson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 16933 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Edmund Tomkinson

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 16107 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank Tomkinson

Born 1902

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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John T Tomkinson

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army TT/0895 Corporal Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Joseph Tomkinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39141

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Frank Tomkinson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48631

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Robert William Tomkinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165381

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Harry Cecil Tomkinson

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John William Tomkinson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131411

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John Tomkinson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61152

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George Tomkinson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241174

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Stanley Clarence Tomkinson

Died 1917

British Army 4673 Private London Regiment

British Army 471782 Rifleman London Regiment 12th Bn.

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Charles Wilson Tomkinson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment Garrison Battalion

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Wilfred Tomkinson

Born 1877

Died 1971

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Joseph Edward Tomkinson

Died 1918

British Army 63689 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 40724 Private South Wales Borderers 6th

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Arthur Tomkinson

Died 1916

British Army 13182 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Tomkinson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 32275 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd manchest Battalion

British Army 32275 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion

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James Henry Tomkinson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5419

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Thomas Alfred Tomkinson

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army T/22282 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/22282 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Service Corps

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