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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Antrim [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cook's Gate, Staffordshire [1]

Halmerend, Staffordshire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Manchester England [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [125]

Gunner [15]

Corporal [9]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [7]

Driver [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [31]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps attached Royal Field Artillery [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Coal Industry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Home Service Employment Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps ex King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [209]

Contribution

Military Service [205]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [209] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Antrim [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cook's Gate, Staffordshire [1] Halmerend, Staffordshire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Manchester England [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [125] Gunner [15] Corporal [9] Sapper [7] Serjeant [7] Driver [6] Acting Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Corporal [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [31] Labour Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps attached Royal Field Artillery [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Coal Industry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Home Service Employment Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps ex King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Royal Navy [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [209]

Contribution

Military Service [205] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

George Marshall Wilshaw

Born 1870

Died 1920

British Army 31747 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 31747 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Edward Gould Wilshaw

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6779 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st

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Harry Wilshaw

Born 1896

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Ralph Charles Wilshaw

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187743

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Ernest Everard Wilshaw

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79123

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Eric James Wilshaw

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 834 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700183 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Wilshaw

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65234

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Walter G Wilshaw

Died 1918

British Army 90952 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Fred Wilshaw

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 154660 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Fred Wilshaw

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 94471 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 82529 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Leslie Roberts Wilshaw

Died 1917

British Army M2/103587 Corporal Army Service Corps

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William Wilshaw

Died 1918

British Army 21755 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Wilshaw

Died 1917

British Army 13822 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Wilshaw

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 203828 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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James Wilshaw

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181775

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George Marshall Wilshaw

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197888

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Arthur Wilshaw

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 18070 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Dudley George Wilshaw

Died 1915

British Army 1988 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

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William Wilshaw

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3949 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 240888 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Albert Victor Wilshaw

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 55108 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 55108 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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