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Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [5]

Dudley, Staffordshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manea, Cambridgeshire [2]

Sidmouth Tasmania [2]

Alloa Scotland [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blackheath, Staffshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Buckhaven Scotland [1]

Burton, Staffordshire [1]

Caning Town, Essex [1]

Clackmannanshire [1]

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Compton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Coseley, Staffordshire [1]

Croydon New South Wales [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Dudley, New South Wales [1]

Dundee Forfar [1]

Dundee, Fifeshire [1]

East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

East Ardsley, Yorkshire [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Epping, Essex [1]

Essex [1]

Rank

Private [625]

Gunner [76]

Driver [58]

Serjeant [54]

Corporal [38]

Sapper [36]

Lance Corporal [30]

Pioneer [18]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [9]

Lieutenant [5]

Guardsman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Captain [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Engineman [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91]

Labour Corps [81]

Royal Engineers [76]

Worcestershire Regiment [66]

Army Service Corps [64]

South Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

Essex Regiment [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Hertfordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [946]

Royal Navy [77]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

Australian Imperial Force [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

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Contribution

Military Service [1165]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Isle of Man [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [5] Dudley, Staffordshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] London England [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Albert Park Victoria [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Beaconsfield Tasmania [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manea, Cambridgeshire [2] Sidmouth Tasmania [2] Alloa Scotland [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blackheath, Staffshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Buckhaven Scotland [1] Burton, Staffordshire [1] Caning Town, Essex [1] Clackmannanshire [1] Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Compton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Coseley, Staffordshire [1] Croydon New South Wales [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Dudley, New South Wales [1] Dundee Forfar [1] Dundee, Fifeshire [1] East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] East Ardsley, Yorkshire [1] East Ham, London [1] Epping, Essex [1] Essex [1]

Rank

Private [625] Gunner [76] Driver [58] Serjeant [54] Corporal [38] Sapper [36] Lance Corporal [30] Pioneer [18] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [9] Lieutenant [5] Guardsman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Captain [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Engineman [1] Fitter [1] Flight Officer [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91] Labour Corps [81] Royal Engineers [76] Worcestershire Regiment [66] Army Service Corps [64] South Staffordshire Regiment [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] Machine Gun Corps [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] London Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] Essex Regiment [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Scots [13] Suffolk Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Naval Division [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Hertfordshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [946] Royal Navy [77] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] Australian Imperial Force [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

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Contribution

Military Service [1165] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Isle of Man [1] New Zealand [1]

Albert John Westwood

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 22152 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Westwood

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 16766 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 16766 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Westwood

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 101707 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 101707 Shoeing Smith Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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John Windle Westwood

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3572 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 240684 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 3572 Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion

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Alexander Cleghorn Westwood

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Thomas Leonard Westwood

Died 1915

British Army 2309 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial

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Thomas Westwood

Born 1899

Died 1956

British Army 30899 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Private

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William Andrew Westwood

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy B/9760 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy SS107276 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS107276 Stoker 1st Class

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Denis Augustus Westwood

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army B/19825 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 19825 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Enoch Nixon Westwood

Born 1885

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/860 Staff Serjeant New Zealand Engineers

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Edmund Thomas Westwood

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army TR13/13025 Private Training Reserve

British Army S2867 Private Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

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Enoch Westwood

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108875

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Albert Victor Westwood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85576

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George Harold Westwood

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63529

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Frederick Arthur Ernest Westwood

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87345

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George Westwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60289

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William Westwood

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34760

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Gilbert Westwood

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2546 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2546 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325387 Private Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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James Westwood

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 9045 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Westwood

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 22117 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 22117 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 22117 Private Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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