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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Harrogate, North Yorkshire [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Cobham, Surrey [1]

Denton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Devonport Tasmania [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Herberton Queensland [1]

Hodell England [1]

Kent England [1]

Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

London England [1]

Loughborough [1]

Luton [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Munich, Bavaria [1]

Northampton [1]

Old Brayfield, Buckinghamshire [1]

Penzance England [1]

Port Lambton, Sombra Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario [1]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Rushton, Lancashire [1]

Rye Park New South Wales [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Ticehurst [1]

Upton Park, Essex, England [1]

WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX [1]

WALTHAMSTOW, Essex [1]

Walthanstow, Essex, [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [156]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [17]

Driver [17]

Sapper [16]

Serjeant [7]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Nurse [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pte [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Labour Corps [18]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [241]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [49]

Royal Navy [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [355]

G [2]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [346]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Harrogate, North Yorkshire [2] Limehouse, London [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Cobham, Surrey [1] Denton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Devonport Tasmania [1] East Ham, London [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Finsbury, London [1] Grays, Essex [1] Herberton Queensland [1] Hodell England [1] Kent England [1] Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] London England [1] Loughborough [1] Luton [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Munich, Bavaria [1] Northampton [1] Old Brayfield, Buckinghamshire [1] Penzance England [1] Port Lambton, Sombra Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario [1] Ramsgate, Kent, England [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Rushton, Lancashire [1] Rye Park New South Wales [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Ticehurst [1] Upton Park, Essex, England [1] WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX [1] WALTHAMSTOW, Essex [1] Walthanstow, Essex, [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [156] Gunner [23] Corporal [17] Driver [17] Sapper [16] Serjeant [7] Second Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Nurse [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy [1] Captain [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pte [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [21] Labour Corps [18] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. Pembroke I [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [241] Canadian Expeditionary Force [49] Royal Navy [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [355] G [2] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [346] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1]

Walter Henry Wesley

Born 1874

Died 1944

Royal Navy DA 19085 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Charles Ernest Wesley

Born 1896

Died 1944

Royal Navy SS5597 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS5597 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Indomitable

Royal Navy SS5597 Able Seaman H.M.S. Indomitable

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Charles Wesley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 117106 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 160th Bde.

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Frederick Victor Wesley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 22310 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

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Albert Edward Wesley

Born 1886

Died 1956

Royal Navy F8875 H.M.S. Daedalus

Royal Navy F8875 H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208875

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Horace Emery Wesley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111658

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Walter Wesley

Born 1866

Died 1916

British Army 8279 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Wesley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30305

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Charles Wesley

Died 1916

British Army 7521 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5037 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Walter Wesley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165393

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Edward Wesley

Born 1899

Died 1966

Royal Navy J41921 Boy H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J.41921 Able Seaman H.M.S. Forward

Royal Navy J.41921 Able Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke I

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George Henry Wesley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275384

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Sidney Wesley

Died 1915

British Army 9343 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Harry Joseph Wesley

Born 1892

British Army T4/246976 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/2074 Acting Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Walter Wesley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 8279 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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John George Wesley

Died 1915

British Army 10700 Private Grenadier Guards

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W A Wesley

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army T/977 Driver Army Service Corps South Midland Bridging Co

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W F Wesley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120614

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Laurence Henry Wesley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50191

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Albert Edward Wesley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208875

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