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Southport Queensland [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Chiltern Victoria [2]

Leicester [2]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Alexandria [1]

Allanford, Ontario [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

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Belfast Down [1]

Belgrave, Leicestershire [1]

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Dunedin [1]

Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Glenferrie Victoria [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire, England [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester England [1]

Lemsford, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

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Staffordshire [1]

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Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [1]

Water Street, Boothen, Stoke on Trent, Staffs [1]

Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Whitmore, Staffordshire [1]

Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [274]

Gunner [31]

Corporal [29]

Driver [24]

Serjeant [22]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private/ Private/ Private/ Private [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Labour Corps [35]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

North Staffordshire Regiment [31]

Army Service Corps [29]

Royal Engineers [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Derby Yeomanry [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Irish Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Service

British Army [418]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Royal Navy [25]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [526]

Contribution

Military Service [521]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [526] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Southport Queensland [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Chiltern Victoria [2] Leicester [2] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Alexandria [1] Allanford, Ontario [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Bakewell, Derbyshire [1] Belfast Down [1] Belgrave, Leicestershire [1] Brampton Chesterfield Derbyshire [1] Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Brampton, Derbyshire [1] Caistor, Lincolnshire [1] Cardiff, Wales [1] Chelsea, London [1] Dunedin [1] Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Glenferrie Victoria [1] Glossop, Derbyshire, England [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Lancashire England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester England [1] Lemsford, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Sheffield England [1] Southbank, Yorkshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Tamworth, Staffordshire [1] Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [1] Water Street, Boothen, Stoke on Trent, Staffs [1] Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Whitmore, Staffordshire [1] Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [274] Gunner [31] Corporal [29] Driver [24] Serjeant [22] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Nursing Member [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private/ Private/ Private/ Private [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36] Labour Corps [35] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] North Staffordshire Regiment [31] Army Service Corps [29] Royal Engineers [28] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] London Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Derby Yeomanry [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Irish Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2]

Service

British Army [418] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Royal Navy [25] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [526]

Contribution

Military Service [521] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Richard William Leslie Wain

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain Tank Corps

British Army Welsh Regiment 7th Battalion (Cyclists)

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Tom Wain

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124770

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Frederick Wain

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25133

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Harry James Wain

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132028

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Walter Wain

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301108

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James Wain

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121283

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John William Francis Wain

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122337

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Amos Wain

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405494

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Samuel Wain

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51623

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George Wain

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 16250 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Allan Claude Wain

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93295

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Edward Wain

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20062 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 203355 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Elmer Wain

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 337904

Canadian Expeditionary Force 337904 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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Victor Charles Wain

Born 1882

Died 1950

Royal Navy 359283

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Horace Wain

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57112

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Osborne Sayer Wain

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25149

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John Salt Wain

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 201817 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 641418 Private Labour Corps

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John R Wain

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1662 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1662 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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David Wain

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 7090 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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David Wain

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 147453 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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