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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Broken Hill New South Wales [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Apsley Victoria [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [2]

Frampton On Severn, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Meningie South Australia [2]

Mile End, Middlesex [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Stoke Newington, London [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Upper Holloway, Middlesex [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England [2]

25 Yorke Street, Wrexham, [1]

Adamstown New South Wales [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Ballan Victoria [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barking, Essex, England [1]

Brecon [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

British Columbia, Canada [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Catford, Kent [1]

Cheadlehulme England [1]

Cheatlehulne England [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Colchester, Essex, England [1]

Cricklade near Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Dimboola Victoria [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Durham England [1]

East Dulwich, London [1]

Essex [1]

Essex, England [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [405]

Gunner [62]

Driver [45]

Corporal [33]

Serjeant [33]

Sapper [29]

Lieutenant [22]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Sub Conductor [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain (3rd Class) [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Interpreter Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pathological Laboratory Assistant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [75]

Army Service Corps [52]

Labour Corps [48]

Royal Engineers [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

London Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [652]

Royal Navy [72]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [862]

Contribution

Military Service [840]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Broken Hill New South Wales [4] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Saint Helens, Lancashire [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Apsley Victoria [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [2] Frampton On Severn, Gloucestershire, England [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Meningie South Australia [2] Mile End, Middlesex [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Stoke Newington, London [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Upper Holloway, Middlesex [2] Warwickshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England [2] 25 Yorke Street, Wrexham, [1] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Ballan Victoria [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barking, Essex, England [1] Brecon [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] British Columbia, Canada [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Catford, Kent [1] Cheadlehulme England [1] Cheatlehulne England [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Colchester, Essex, England [1] Cricklade near Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Durham England [1] East Dulwich, London [1] Essex [1] Essex, England [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [405] Gunner [62] Driver [45] Corporal [33] Serjeant [33] Sapper [29] Lieutenant [22] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [17] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Sub Conductor [4] Temporary Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chaplain (3rd Class) [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Interpreter Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pathological Laboratory Assistant [1] Petty Officer [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [75] Army Service Corps [52] Labour Corps [48] Royal Engineers [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] London Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] South Wales Borderers [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [652] Royal Navy [72] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] Australian Imperial Force [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [862]

Contribution

Military Service [840] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Sydney Tilley Wilks

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 518 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 345100 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Walter Charles Wilks

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Chaplain (3rd Class) Army Chaplain's Department Attached 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

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Maurice Betts Wilks

Died 1916

British Army 1492 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200081 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Percival Stuart Wilks

Born 1886

Died 1966

British Army 97604 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR252221 Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Stevens Wilks

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army 7614 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 386693 Acting Corporal Labour Corps

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George Edward Wilks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34309

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Sidney George Wilks

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37754

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Albert Wilks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146431

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Fred Wilks

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123309

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Albert Henry Wilks

Born 1889

British Army 9492 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9492 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George Edward Wilks

Born 1888

Died 1941

Royal Navy C/310474 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Wildfire

Royal Navy 310474 Stoker

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Percival Edward Wilks

Born 1894

Died 1958

British Army 29183 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 29183 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Edgar Henry Wilks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82266

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Peter Wilks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163667

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Ernest Sydney Wilks

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147564

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Leonard George Wilks

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189981

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Arthur William Wilks

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 4739 Private London Regiment

British Army 532090 Private London Regiment

British Army 532090 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Walter Wilks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28798

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Louis Wilks

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1249/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1249 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter, Lily and Maggie

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Harold Douglas Wilks

Died 1919

British Army G/15695 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army G 19361 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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