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Tollesbury, Essex [2]

Cambridge England [1]

Coleraine Victoria [1]

Hartlepool Durham [1]

Pollesbury, Essex [1]

Royston, Hertfordshire [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Wolverhampton England [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Gunner [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Seargant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant Drummer [1]

Serjeant/Drummer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

20th Hussars [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment Transport [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Labour Corps ex Royal Defence Corps [1]

Lady Carnarvon's Hospital [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Tank Corps [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Royal Navy [6]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [79]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [80] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tollesbury, Essex [2] Cambridge England [1] Coleraine Victoria [1] Hartlepool Durham [1] Pollesbury, Essex [1] Royston, Hertfordshire [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] Wolverhampton England [1]

Rank

Private [38] Gunner [7] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Driver [1] Lance Seargant [1] Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Serjeant Drummer [1] Serjeant/Drummer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Engineers [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 20th Hussars [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] Essex Regiment Transport [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Labour Corps ex Royal Defence Corps [1] Lady Carnarvon's Hospital [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Tank Corps [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [6] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [79] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Allen Wombwell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166180

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Frederick Edmonds Wombwell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248262

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Herbert Wombwell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 133310 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 133310 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Horace George Wombwell

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216747

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George Wombwell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4744 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 266086 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Wombwell

Died 1917

British Army 71580 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 71580 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Alfred Frederick Wombwell

Died 1917

British Army 329365 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Benjamin Wombwell

Died 1917

British Army 4/5485 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 202446 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter Wombwell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 243773 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 79035 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Fred Wombwell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13681 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 13681 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Rowland Wombwell

Australian Imperial Force 62892

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Francis Arthur Wombwell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 11071 Private 20th Hussars

British Army Lance Corporal

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Trevor Wombwell

Australian Imperial Force 977

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William Henry John Wombwell

Australian Imperial Force 1919

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Robert Bertie Wombwell

Died 1914

British Army 8209 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 8209 Lance Seargant Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Victor Norman Wombwell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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George William Wombwell

Born 1888

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Sidney George Wombwell

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/5065 Royal Naval Division

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Frederick Edmund Wombwell

Born 1899

Royal Navy J85330

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Frederick Edmonds Wombwell

Born 1889

Royal Navy F48262

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