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Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Cheltenham [3]

Grays, Essex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Romford, Essex [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bright Victoria [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Gordon New South Wales [2]

London England [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Allesley, Warwickshire [1]

Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Barcaldine Queensland [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burton, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Cheltenham England [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

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Clerkenwell, London. [1]

Derby [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Devon [1]

Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Finchley, London [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hagley, Essex [1]

Harrietville Victoria [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Liverpool [1]

Mathon Court, Mathon, Malvern, Worcs [1]

Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [230]

Gunner [30]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [26]

Sapper [19]

Driver [16]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Captain [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Royal Marine Gunner [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Airman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Unpaid Lance Bombardier [1]

VAD [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [30]

Army Service Corps [28]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [377]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

V [533]

S [2]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [530]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Melbourne Victoria [4] Cheltenham [3] Grays, Essex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Romford, Essex [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bright Victoria [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Dover, Kent [2] Gordon New South Wales [2] London England [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Allesley, Warwickshire [1] Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Beaufort Victoria [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burton, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Cheltenham England [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Christchurch [1] Clerkenwell, London. [1] Derby [1] Derbyshire [1] Devon [1] Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Finchley, London [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hagley, Essex [1] Harrietville Victoria [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Liverpool [1] Mathon Court, Mathon, Malvern, Worcs [1] Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [230] Gunner [30] Serjeant [28] Corporal [26] Sapper [19] Driver [16] Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Captain [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Royal Marine Gunner [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Airman [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Pte [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Temporary Major [1] Trooper [1] Unpaid Lance Bombardier [1] VAD [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36] Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [30] Army Service Corps [28] London Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [377] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Australian Imperial Force [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

V [533] S [2] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [530] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Australia [1]

Percy Vale

Born 1877

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64260 Airman

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Charles Edward Vale

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2989 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army

British Army 240760 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Joseph Henry Vale

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 11103 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 11103 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd

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Hubert Chamberlain Vale

Born 1883

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2913 Private 3rd Australian Pioneers

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Herbert Algernon Vale

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 3018 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army TR/13/1531 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Henry Vale

Died 1917

British Army 40461 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 6th Battalion

British Army Private

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Tom Brazen Giles Vale

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23977

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Walter Vale

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36523

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Richard Thomas Vale

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264735

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John Ambrose Vale

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27952

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William Vale

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290737

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Fred Elliott Vale

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44154

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Thomas Arthur Vale

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35573

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Hubert Joseph Vale

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246467

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William Thomas Vale

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army 73172 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers

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Reynolds Watson Vale

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236562

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John Edwin Vale

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 78480 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army TR/5/16704 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 78480 Pte Durham Light Infantry 13 Bn

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Arthur Vale

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407990

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Victor Francis Vale

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40868

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Richard Vale

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406044

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