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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Brackley, Northants [2]

Derby [2]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Erskineville New South Wales [1]

Fenton, Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Geraldton Western Australia [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mow Cop, Staffordshire [1]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Staffordshire [1]

Newton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Tunstall England [1]

Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [123]

Gunner [19]

Sapper [11]

Corporal [8]

Driver [7]

Serjeant [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

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Royal Engineers [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Alberta Regiment [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

Coal Industry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Divisional Signal Company/ Royal Engineers [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [185]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Royal Navy [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

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Contribution

Military Service [222]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [223] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [5] Brackley, Northants [2] Derby [2] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Erskineville New South Wales [1] Fenton, Longton, Staffordshire [1] Geraldton Western Australia [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mow Cop, Staffordshire [1] Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Staffordshire [1] Newton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Tunstall England [1] Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [123] Gunner [19] Sapper [11] Corporal [8] Driver [7] Serjeant [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Canteener [1] Captain [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [14] Labour Corps [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Cheshire Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Staffordshire Yeomanry [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Alberta Regiment [1] City of London Regiment [1] Coal Industry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Divisional Signal Company/ Royal Engineers [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [185] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [9] Royal Navy [5] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [223]

Contribution

Military Service [222]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Daniel Whitehurst

Born 1879

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Edmund Augustus Whitehurst

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Henry Whitehurst

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132781

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John Whitehurst

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276094

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Squire Whitehurst

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47215

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John Whitehurst

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279927

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Charles Whitehurst

Died 1917

British Army 295134 Private Manchester Regiment

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Henry Howard Whitehurst

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 501 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 486464 Driver Royal Engineers

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Paul Elliot Whitehurst

Born 1877

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Railway Transport Officer

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George Baden Percival Whitehurst

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193943

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Harold Whitehurst

Died 1915

British Army 12335 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Ernest Whitehurst

Died 1918

British Army 12641 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Samuel Whitehurst

Died 1917

British Army 36107 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Herbert D Whitehurst

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 36961 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 41159 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William H Whitehurst

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 201010 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Whitehurst

Died 1917

British Army 245427 Private Manchester Regiment

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Wilfred Whitehurst

Died 1918

British Army 3345 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 242397 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Whitehurst

Died 1918

British Army 23589 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Whitehurst

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200519

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George J. Whitehurst

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army M2/152908 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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