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Leicester, Leicestershire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

London England [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Auckland [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Saint Pancras, London [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Camden Town, London [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Forbes New South Wales [3]

Halstead, Essex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Leicester [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bright Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Clarence River New South Wales [2]

Daventry, Northamptonshire [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

North Sydney New South Wales [2]

Northam Western Australia [2]

Omeo Victoria [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Peckham, Surrey [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [2]

Surrey England [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Rank

Private [1475]

Gunner [171]

Driver [117]

Sapper [100]

Serjeant [93]

Corporal [87]

Lance Corporal [59]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lieutenant [36]

Pioneer [30]

Acting Corporal [25]

Captain [23]

Sergeant [18]

Bombardier [13]

Major [10]

Worker [10]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Rifleman [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Private. [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private /Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Brigadier General [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [190]

Royal Engineers [189]

Labour Corps [188]

Army Service Corps [143]

London Regiment [92]

Royal Garrison Artillery [84]

Royal Army Medical Corps [75]

Machine Gun Corps [73]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Leicestershire Regiment [52]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

Worcestershire Regiment [43]

Rifle Brigade [39]

Bedfordshire Regiment [37]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [36]

Northamptonshire Regiment [35]

Durham Light Infantry [34]

Hampshire Regiment [34]

Wiltshire Regiment [33]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32]

Essex Regiment [31]

Royal Sussex Regiment [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [29]

Somerset Light Infantry [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

North Staffordshire Regiment [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

The Queen's Regiment [23]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Royal Horse Artillery [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Royal Scots [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Service

British Army [2246]

Royal Navy [210]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [192]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [140]

Australian Imperial Force [135]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [2983]

H [6]

B [2]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2943]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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Leicester, Leicestershire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] London England [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] London, Middlesex [5] Auckland [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Kensington, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Saint Pancras, London [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Camden Town, London [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Forbes New South Wales [3] Halstead, Essex [3] Islington, London [3] Lambeth, London [3] Leicester [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bright Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brixton, London [2] Clarence River New South Wales [2] Daventry, Northamptonshire [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Fulham, London [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Marylebone, London [2] North Sydney New South Wales [2] Northam Western Australia [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Peckham, London [2] Peckham, Surrey [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [2] Surrey England [2] Willesden, London [2]

Rank

Private [1475] Gunner [171] Driver [117] Sapper [100] Serjeant [93] Corporal [87] Lance Corporal [59] Second Lieutenant [38] Lieutenant [36] Pioneer [30] Acting Corporal [25] Captain [23] Sergeant [18] Bombardier [13] Major [10] Worker [10] Acting Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Rifleman [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Private. [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Major General /Temporary Lieutenant General [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private /Lance Corporal [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Brigadier General [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lieutenant General [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Sub Conductor [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [190] Royal Engineers [189] Labour Corps [188] Army Service Corps [143] London Regiment [92] Royal Garrison Artillery [84] Royal Army Medical Corps [75] Machine Gun Corps [73] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] Royal Fusiliers [63] Leicestershire Regiment [52] Middlesex Regiment [51] Worcestershire Regiment [43] Rifle Brigade [39] Bedfordshire Regiment [37] Royal Berkshire Regiment [36] Northamptonshire Regiment [35] Durham Light Infantry [34] Hampshire Regiment [34] Wiltshire Regiment [33] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32] Essex Regiment [31] Royal Sussex Regiment [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [29] Somerset Light Infantry [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Cheshire Regiment [26] North Staffordshire Regiment [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] The Queen's Regiment [23] Devonshire Regiment [22] East Surrey Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [22] Royal Naval Division [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Liverpool Regiment [21] Royal Horse Artillery [20] Army Ordnance Corps [19] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] South Wales Borderers [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Royal Scots [16] Canadian Infantry [15]

Service

British Army [2246] Royal Navy [210] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [192] Canadian Expeditionary Force [140] Australian Imperial Force [135] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [2983] H [6] B [2] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2943] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Australia [2] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] Malta [1]

William Roper Weston

Born 1889

Died 1983

British Army 12969 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry 6th

British Army Second Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 12969 Private KSLI 6th Battalion

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George Frederick Weston

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 6834 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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William Weston

Born 1877

British Army 48076 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 48076 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 48076 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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William Alfred Weston

Born 1885

British Army 148854 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 148854 Corporal Royal Engineers

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George Weston

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 16976 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Weston

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 11629 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1st Bty. 45th Bde.

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Joseph Weston

Born 1862

Died 1934

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294889

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John Albert Weston

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 27592 Sapper Postal Section Royal Engineers

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Harold Weston

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12382 143 Sqdn

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John Henry Weston

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4353 Private The Cheshire Regiment 1/5 (Earl of Chester's) Battalion

British Army 52690 Private The Cheshire Regiment 11 (Service) Battalion

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Stanley Valentine Weston

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 2568 Private London Regiment

British Army 210297 Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Attached London Scottish.

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David Weston

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654839

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654839 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 161st Battalion

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John Charles Weston

Born 1884

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 960 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry 27th Bn.

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Ernest John Weston

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 8891 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cecil Henry Weston

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army 18915 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 015192 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18915

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Cyril Weston

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 40641 Private Reserve Battalion

British Army 40641 Private Seaforth Highlanders seaforth highland Battalion

British Army 1258 Private Scottish Rifles

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William Weston

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 15648 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 15648 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery A Battery, 58th Brigade

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Arthur Henry Weston

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 23197 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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William James Weston

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army 187879 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Edward Weston

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army 25712 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 25712 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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