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Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Abergavenny Monmouthshire [1]

Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blaina [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burmola, Malta [1]

Cahir, Tipperary [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Cubitt Town, London [1]

Dalgetty, Fifeshire [1]

Detling, Kent [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hayle, Cornwall [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Indianapolis [1]

Llandilo, Carmarthenshire [1]

Llandilovan, Breconshire [1]

London [1]

Middlesex [1]

Mold, Flintshire [1]

Naas, County Kildare [1]

Near Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Port Talbot, Glamorgan [1]

Regent's Park, London [1]

Ross, Herefordshire [1]

SOUTHWARK ,LONDON [1]

Somers Town, London [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Tumut New South Wales [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [180]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [17]

Driver [14]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Sapper [9]

Carrier [7]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Sepoy [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Constable [1]

3rd Constable [1]

Assistant Commissary Post Master [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Cyclist [1]

DRIVER/GUNNER [1]

Havildar [1]

Headman [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Naik [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Motor Driver [1]

Native Corporal [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Store Clerk [1]

Tally Clerk [1]

Temporary 4th Grade Clerk [1]

Temporary 5th Grade Clerk [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [13]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Sierra Leone Carrier Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Gold Coast Regiment [6]

South African Native Labour Corps [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's African Rifles [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

African Native Medical Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

Indian Army Supply Column [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Rhodesian Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seychelles Labour Contingent [2]

Service

British Army [315]

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [354]

H [6]

J [6]

M [6]

B [5]

R [5]

C [3]

L [3]

A [2]

F [2]

D [1]

G [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [394]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Canada [1]

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People [397] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Abergavenny Monmouthshire [1] Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blaina [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burmola, Malta [1] Cahir, Tipperary [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canning Town, London [1] Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Cubitt Town, London [1] Dalgetty, Fifeshire [1] Detling, Kent [1] Erith, Kent [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hayle, Cornwall [1] Hoxton, London [1] Indianapolis [1] Llandilo, Carmarthenshire [1] Llandilovan, Breconshire [1] London [1] Middlesex [1] Mold, Flintshire [1] Naas, County Kildare [1] Near Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Port Talbot, Glamorgan [1] Regent's Park, London [1] Ross, Herefordshire [1] SOUTHWARK ,LONDON [1] Somers Town, London [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Tumut New South Wales [1] Walworth, London [1] Warwick, Warwickshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [180] Gunner [22] Corporal [17] Driver [14] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Sapper [9] Carrier [7] Pioneer [6] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Sepoy [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Constable [1] 3rd Constable [1] Assistant Commissary Post Master [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Conductor [1] Cyclist [1] DRIVER/GUNNER [1] Havildar [1] Headman [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Naik [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Motor Driver [1] Native Corporal [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Store Clerk [1] Tally Clerk [1] Temporary 4th Grade Clerk [1] Temporary 5th Grade Clerk [1] Vice Admiral [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [40] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [13] South Wales Borderers [10] Army Service Corps [9] Sierra Leone Carrier Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Gold Coast Regiment [6] South African Native Labour Corps [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's African Rifles [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] African Native Medical Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] Indian Army Supply Column [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Rhodesian Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seychelles Labour Contingent [2]

Service

British Army [315] Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [354] H [6] J [6] M [6] B [5] R [5] C [3] L [3] A [2] F [2] D [1] G [1] K [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [394] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3] Canada [1]

David William

Born 1887

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Bertram Francis William

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3030310

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George Henry William

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2584319

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Thomas William

Born 1890

British Army WR/206670 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot

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Thomas Joseph William

Born 1891

Royal Navy K12201

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William John William

Born 1899

Royal Navy K50785

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David Alewyn William

Born 1899

Royal Navy K51949

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Horace William

Born 1897

Royal Navy M32968

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Charles Henry William

Born 1885

Royal Navy 304318

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William Longman

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army R/32294 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Newton James Wallop William-Powlett

Born 1896

Died 1963

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant HMS Tipperary

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

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A T William

British Army Lieutenant Labour Corps

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G William

British Army WD18142 Store Clerk Works Directorate

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Alfred William

British Army M2/053432 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/053432 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Cyril E William

British Army 19146 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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David A William

British Army 21996 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 280802 Private Labour Corps

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Harold J William

British Army 34565 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 29978 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James G William

British Army 450 Private Acting Lance Corporal Royal Defence Corps

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Percy William

British Army L/10892 Private Lancers

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Beatrice William

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society

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