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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

London England [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Rochdale, Lancashire [5]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [5]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Batley, Yorkshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Islington, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Bardsley, Lancashire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Harlesden, London [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield [2]

Shirland, Derbyshire [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Stockton, Durham [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire, England [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berrigan New South Wales [1]

Beverley [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Broomsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Burghfield, Berkshire [1]

Burnley [1]

Bury, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Rank

Private [1070]

Gunner [121]

Corporal [96]

Driver [78]

Serjeant [68]

Sapper [67]

Lance Corporal [37]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [22]

Acting Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Bombardier [13]

Pioneer [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Captain [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Worker [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

VAD [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bombardier Corporal [1]

Bombardier Signaller [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [147]

Royal Field Artillery [125]

Manchester Regiment [115]

Royal Engineers [110]

Lancashire Fusiliers [92]

Army Service Corps [90]

Royal Garrison Artillery [77]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Liverpool Regiment [50]

Machine Gun Corps [49]

Cheshire Regiment [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [44]

London Regiment [43]

East Lancashire Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [33]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

West Riding Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

Royal Naval Division [22]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Royal Scots [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1604]

Royal Navy [139]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [66]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [1983]

B [3]

D [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1950]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

India [2]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] London England [6] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Rochdale, Lancashire [5] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [5] Sydney New South Wales [4] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Batley, Yorkshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Greenwich, London [3] Islington, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Bardsley, Lancashire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Harlesden, London [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sheffield [2] Shirland, Derbyshire [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Stockton, Durham [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Andover, Hampshire, England [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berrigan New South Wales [1] Beverley [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broomsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Burghfield, Berkshire [1] Burnley [1] Bury, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canning Town, London [1]

Rank

Private [1070] Gunner [121] Corporal [96] Driver [78] Serjeant [68] Sapper [67] Lance Corporal [37] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [22] Acting Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Bombardier [13] Pioneer [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Captain [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [5] Worker [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] VAD [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bombardier Corporal [1] Bombardier Signaller [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1] Engineer Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [147] Royal Field Artillery [125] Manchester Regiment [115] Royal Engineers [110] Lancashire Fusiliers [92] Army Service Corps [90] Royal Garrison Artillery [77] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Liverpool Regiment [50] Machine Gun Corps [49] Cheshire Regiment [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [44] London Regiment [43] East Lancashire Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [33] Royal Lancaster Regiment [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] West Riding Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25] Middlesex Regiment [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] Royal Naval Division [22] East Surrey Regiment [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Leicestershire Regiment [17] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Hampshire Regiment [15] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Coldstream Guards [10] Essex Regiment [10] Royal Scots [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1604] Royal Navy [139] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [66] Australian Imperial Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [1983] B [3] D [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1950] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [55] India [2] United States [1]

James Wild

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8201 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

British Army 8201 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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George Manuel Wild

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126086

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Harold Ernest Wild

Born 1896

Died 1979

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Percival Richard Wild

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69232

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Albert Wild

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64981

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John Thomas Wild

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267861

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Herbert Wild

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286049

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Harvey Wild

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18807 Private The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army

British Army 18807 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Charles Albert Wild

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231530

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John Edward Wild

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241290

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Thomas Willott Wild

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 79466 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Henry Wild

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 340934 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edmund Wild

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 15574 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15574 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15574 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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Eric Llewelyn Aubrey Wild

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 205184 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235307 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Ernest Henry Wild

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army GS/22251 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 32nd Battalion

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George Abraham Wild

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 433 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harry Wild

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 50013 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Walter Jessie Wild

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135153

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Alfred Wild

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army T4/236187 Driver Royal Army Service Corps Horse Transport

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John Wild

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133972

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