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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Earith, Huntingdonshire [1]

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Highfields, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Kineton, Warwickshire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leicester [1]

London England [1]

Ripley, Derbyshire [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Saltburn, Yorkshire [1]

South Wigston, Leicestershire [1]

St Pancras [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Wapping, London [1]

Warwick [1]

West Ham, London [1]

West Hampstead, London [1]

Wetburn, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [109]

Gunner [13]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [7]

Driver [6]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [155]

Royal Navy [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [195]

B [1]

D [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [194]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [198] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Earith, Huntingdonshire [1] Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1] Highfields, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Kineton, Warwickshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leicester [1] London England [1] Ripley, Derbyshire [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Saltburn, Yorkshire [1] South Wigston, Leicestershire [1] St Pancras [1] St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [1] Wapping, London [1] Warwick [1] West Ham, London [1] West Hampstead, London [1] Wetburn, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [109] Gunner [13] Corporal [10] Serjeant [7] Driver [6] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS Hampshire [1] Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [155] Royal Navy [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [195] B [1] D [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [194] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Walter Wesson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309622

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William Wesson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J40028 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Richard Wesson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 20770 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 20770 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harold Wesson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223295

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William Irwin Wesson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73462

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Howard Wesson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244060

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Joseph Wesson

Died 1916

British Army 4618 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 32655 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 32655 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Albert E Wesson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 15827 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Edward Wesson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3374 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 3374 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3374 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

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Arthur Wesson

Died 1917

British Army 10575 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 10575 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Arthur Munroe Wesson

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116316

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116316 Private Canadian Infantry

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Walter Wesson

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 261211

Canadian Expeditionary Force 261211 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Edward Wesson

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161053

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John William Wesson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38883

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Charles Wesson

Died 1918

British Army 8183 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 474212 Private Labour Corps

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George Henry Wesson

Died 1915

British Army 10601 Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 10601 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 10601 Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Edward Sargison Wesson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 47103 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 28804 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Wesson

Died 1917

British Army 30478 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Wesson

Died 1915

British Army 1765 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Stanley Mcintyre Wesson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3138 Private London Regiment

British Army 3138 Rifleman London Regiment

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