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Mount Victoria New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Church Stretton, Shropshire [2]

Barnsley, Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Bishop Castle, Shropshire [1]

Bishops Castle, Shropshire [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Lichtenburg [1]

Lichtenburg Transvaal [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Shropshire [1]

Transvaul, Lichtenburg [1]

Tranvaal, South Africa [1]

Wellington, Shropshire [1]

West Bromwich [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [109]

Captain [11]

Driver [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Sapper [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Brevet Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain/ Temporary Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain /Acting Major/ Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [4]

Special List [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Intelligence Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

General List [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Armoured Motor Battery [1]

Canadian Artillery [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [191]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Royal Navy [12]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [229]

Contribution

Military Service [225]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [229] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mount Victoria New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Church Stretton, Shropshire [2] Barnsley, Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Birkenhead [1] Bishop Castle, Shropshire [1] Bishops Castle, Shropshire [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Lichtenburg [1] Lichtenburg Transvaal [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Shropshire [1] Transvaul, Lichtenburg [1] Tranvaal, South Africa [1] Wellington, Shropshire [1] West Bromwich [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [109] Captain [11] Driver [11] Lieutenant [11] Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Sapper [7] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Brevet Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain/ Temporary Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain /Acting Major/ Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17] Manchester Regiment [13] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Army Service Corps [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] South Wales Borderers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [4] Special List [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Intelligence Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dragoon Guards [2] General List [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1] Armoured Motor Battery [1] Canadian Artillery [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [191] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Royal Navy [12] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [229]

Contribution

Military Service [225] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William Joseph George Frederick Armstrong Lombard Whittall

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1772 Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 1772 Corporal Corps of Hussars

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Joseph Edward Whittall

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 202559 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion.

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Vernon Walter Whittall

Born 1893

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207012

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Albert Whittall

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46393

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William Whittall

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148221

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Joseph Frederick Thomas Whittall

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192201

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Harold St Clair Whittall

Born 1894

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49604

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Harold H Whittall

Died 1918

British Army 78260 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 78260 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Whittall

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1160 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1160 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Howard Elkington Whittall

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/3313 Royal Naval Division

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William George Whittall

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 45639 Private Welsh Regiment Depot

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John Thomas Whittall

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 28741 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Whittall

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 1804 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 835709 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur E Whittall

Died 1916

British Army 367 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Wilfred Whittall

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 3894 Private Welsh Guards

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Daniel Whittall

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3376 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Whittall

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 26448 Private Border Regiment

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Charlton Whittall

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 116166 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 116166 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred George Whittall

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195084

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Thomas Whittall

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282582

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