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Cape Town [2]

Hailsham [2]

Islington, London [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Biddulph, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chesterton, Staffordshire [1]

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Leek, Staffordshire [1]

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Macleay River New South Wales [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

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Oakengates, Shropshire [1]

Richmond River New South Wales [1]

Saint Marks, Sheffields, Yorkshire [1]

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Shropshire [1]

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Stockport England [1]

Stockport, Cheshire, England [1]

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs [1]

Waterloo New South Wales [1]

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Private [167]

Driver [18]

Serjeant [15]

Gunner [14]

Corporal [13]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [21]

Army Service Corps [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1]

Army Education Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [260]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [315]

Contribution

Military Service [306]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [315] Stories Communities

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Cape Town [2] Hailsham [2] Islington, London [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Biddulph, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Cheshire England [1] Chesterton, Staffordshire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cooroy Queensland [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Derby [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Derby, Leicestershire [1] Halifax Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Lancashire [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Leicester [1] Macleay River New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Oakengates, Shropshire [1] Richmond River New South Wales [1] Saint Marks, Sheffields, Yorkshire [1] Salford Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shropshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Stockport England [1] Stockport, Cheshire, England [1] Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs [1] Waterloo New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [167] Driver [18] Serjeant [15] Gunner [14] Corporal [13] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [21] Army Service Corps [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1] Army Education Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [260] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [315]

Contribution

Military Service [306] Conscientious Objector [5] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Cuthbert Murray Wheeldon

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3969 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Frank Percy Wheeldon

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 2099 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain London Regiment

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

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Albert E Wheeldon

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 18537 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 18537 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion. The 3rd Salford Pals.

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Arthur Wheeldon

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army C/7573 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th Battalion

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Charles Wheeldon

Died 1916

British Army 111233 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Richard Wheeldon

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101242

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Frederick William Wheeldon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279147

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Isaac Edward Wheeldon

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47820

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Reuben Wheeldon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265018

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William Beardmore Wheeldon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45853

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Thomas Victor Wheeldon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19402 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Lancelot Willoughby Wheeldon

Born 1889

British Army 1878 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 320163 Lance Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 16th Bn.

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Harry Wheeldon

Died 1917

British Army 31553 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Jasper Allison Wheeldon

Died 1917

British Army 5098 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 26188 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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George Albert Wheeldon

Died 1918

British Army 2913 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Wheeldon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 26647 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 26647 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Hubert H Wheeldon

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 305820 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Wheeldon

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4076 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 241414 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Harold Wheeldon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14446 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/24433 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/24433 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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William Wheeldon

Died 1917

British Army 91657 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

British Army 91657 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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