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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]

James Wesson

Born 1871

Canadian Expeditionary Force 739490

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James Edmund Wesson

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3354397

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Frederick Wesson

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 751147

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George Henry Wesson

Born 1876

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Joseph Sydney Wesson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Herbert John Wesson

Born 1866

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George Marriott Wesson

Born 1869

Canadian Expeditionary Force 528276

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Lewis Wesson

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3109888

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William George Wesson

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164211

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Frederick Arnold Wesson

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477979

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Harold Wesson

Born 1881

Royal Navy F23295

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Howard Wesson

Born 1899

Royal Navy F44060

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Allen Wesson

Born 1897

Royal Navy K35718

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Frederick Samuel Wesson

Born 1894

Royal Navy L3657

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Herbert Ebenezer Wesson

Born 1895

Royal Navy L5103

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Thomas Wesson

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS9056

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Charles Edwin Wesson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 305992

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Thomas Wesson

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS120329

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F J Digby-Wesson

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army M2/100410 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/400410 Private Royal Army Service Corps *mistake in CWGC transcription

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Thomas Wesson

British Army 24677 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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