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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [8]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7]

Birmingham England [4]

Birmingham [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Tipton, Staffordshire [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Cannock, Staffordshire [2]

Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Handsworth, Staffs [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicestershire [2]

Lewisham, Kent [2]

London England [2]

Lye, Worcestershire [2]

Mountsorrel, Leicestershire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bath England [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Bloxwich [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Cheslyn Hay, Cannock, Staffordshire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Coventry, Staffordshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Darlaston [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [835]

Gunner [82]

Sapper [73]

Corporal [70]

Driver [59]

Serjeant [46]

Lance Corporal [35]

Lieutenant [26]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Bombardier [10]

Captain [10]

Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st.Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Cyclist [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [111]

Royal Field Artillery [107]

Royal Engineers [104]

Labour Corps [95]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [77]

Army Service Corps [61]

Worcestershire Regiment [59]

Royal Garrison Artillery [53]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33]

London Regiment [30]

North Staffordshire Regiment [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Scots [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Training Reserve Battalion [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Service

British Army [1224]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100]

Royal Navy [89]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [58]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [1525]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1501]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [8] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [7] Birmingham England [4] Birmingham [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Tipton, Staffordshire [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Cannock, Staffordshire [2] Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Handsworth, Staffs [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicestershire [2] Lewisham, Kent [2] London England [2] Lye, Worcestershire [2] Mountsorrel, Leicestershire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Warwickshire [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bath England [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Bloxwich [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Cheslyn Hay, Cannock, Staffordshire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Coventry, Staffordshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Darlaston [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [835] Gunner [82] Sapper [73] Corporal [70] Driver [59] Serjeant [46] Lance Corporal [35] Lieutenant [26] Second Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [10] Bombardier [10] Captain [10] Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [3] Armourer Staff Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 1st.Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1] Colour Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Cyclist [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

South Staffordshire Regiment [111] Royal Field Artillery [107] Royal Engineers [104] Labour Corps [95] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [77] Army Service Corps [61] Worcestershire Regiment [59] Royal Garrison Artillery [53] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] Machine Gun Corps [40] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33] London Regiment [30] North Staffordshire Regiment [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Royal Naval Division [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Manchester Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Cheshire Regiment [13] Coldstream Guards [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Scots [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Training Reserve Battalion [11] West Riding Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Tank Corps [10] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] Essex Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8]

Service

British Army [1224] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100] Royal Navy [89] Canadian Expeditionary Force [58] Australian Imperial Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [1525] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1501] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Philip Henry Whitehouse

Born 1885

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Whitehouse

Born 1881

Died 1951

British Army 419944 Company Serjeant Major Labour Corps 931 Employment Company

British Army 6834 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

British Army 6834 Private South Wales Borderers

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Ernest Arthur Whitehouse

Born 1892

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11637

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A G R Whitehouse

Died 1918

British Army Captain Infantry Herefordshire Regiment

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William Edward Whitehouse

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 241723 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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John Henry Whitehouse

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 6867 Private Scottish Rifles

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Herbert Whitehouse

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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William Harold Whitehouse

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 15871 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 15871 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Francis Reginald Beaman Whitehouse

Born 1887

Died 1977

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Charles Carter Whitehouse

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76769

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William Thomas Whitehouse

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199873

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John William Whitehouse

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96015

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Henry Valentine Whitehouse

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48715

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Thomas Whitehouse

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51598

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Horace Reginald Whitehouse

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231484

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Reuben Whitehouse

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52259

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Alfred Edward Whitehouse

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HM Submarine "L.10"

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Alfred Whitehouse

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1797 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1797 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial

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Joseph Whitehouse

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1035 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry Howard Whitehouse

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 5066 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 5066 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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