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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Boston, Lincolnshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Enfield, Middlesex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Bala, Merionethshire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2]

North Adelaide South Australia [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Abbotsham, Devon [1]

Abbotsham, Devon, England [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alresford England [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Austonley, West Yorkshire [1]

Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [1]

Barrowby,Grantham, Lincs [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bebington, Cheshire, England [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethersden, Kent [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Wiltshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [1]

Bunbury Western Australia [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Chatham England [1]

Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [932]

Gunner [108]

Driver [83]

Corporal [58]

Serjeant [58]

Sapper [57]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lieutenant [24]

Lance Corporal [23]

Acting Corporal [17]

Captain [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [11]

Major [9]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Trooper [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant now Company Serjeant Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier /Acting Serjeant Artillery Clerk [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineman [1]

Filter [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Greaser [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [122]

Labour Corps [108]

Army Service Corps [95]

Royal Engineers [94]

Royal Garrison Artillery [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [60]

London Regiment [42]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Manchester Regiment [33]

York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

Norfolk Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Liverpool Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Leicestershire Regiment [26]

West Riding Regiment [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Corps of Hussars [14]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

East Kent Regiment [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1392]

Royal Navy [120]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [82]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [1795]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1759]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [2]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Sydney New South Wales [5] Boston, Lincolnshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Enfield, Middlesex [3] Islington, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Bala, Merionethshire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2] North Adelaide South Australia [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Westminster, London [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Abbotsham, Devon [1] Abbotsham, Devon, England [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alresford England [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Austonley, West Yorkshire [1] Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [1] Barrowby,Grantham, Lincs [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bebington, Cheshire, England [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethersden, Kent [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Wiltshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [1] Bunbury Western Australia [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Charing, Kent [1] Chatham England [1] Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [932] Gunner [108] Driver [83] Corporal [58] Serjeant [58] Sapper [57] Second Lieutenant [25] Lieutenant [24] Lance Corporal [23] Acting Corporal [17] Captain [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Pioneer [11] Major [9] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Trooper [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant now Company Serjeant Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier /Acting Serjeant Artillery Clerk [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineman [1] Filter [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Greaser [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [122] Labour Corps [108] Army Service Corps [95] Royal Engineers [94] Royal Garrison Artillery [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [60] London Regiment [42] Machine Gun Corps [42] Manchester Regiment [33] York and Lancaster Regiment [32] Norfolk Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Liverpool Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [28] Middlesex Regiment [27] Cheshire Regiment [26] Leicestershire Regiment [26] West Riding Regiment [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Yorkshire Light Infantry [22] Essex Regiment [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Corps of Hussars [14] Suffolk Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] East Kent Regiment [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Royal Defence Corps [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] The Queen's Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1392] Royal Navy [120] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117] Canadian Expeditionary Force [82] Australian Imperial Force [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [1795] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1759] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [2]

George Albert Woodcock

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82508

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Frederick William Woodcock

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104257

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David Albert Woodcock

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134709

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William Woodcock

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305328

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Thomas William Woodcock

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76169

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Leonard Albert Woodcock

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67261

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Ernest Woodcock

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 51226 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest Alwyn Cooper Woodcock

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 655 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 655 Bombardier Honourable Artillery Company I/A Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 340th Battery, 44th Brigade

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Henry Woodcock

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 11755 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 11755 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Walter Woodcock

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 899 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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William Woodcock

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406796

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Herbert Woodcock

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60022

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Henry Woodcock

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80781

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Walter Woodcock

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280968

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William Attenborough Woodcock

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192302

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Charles Major Ernest Woodcock

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164493

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Joseph Woodcock

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242433

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Andrew Woodcock

Died 1917

British Army 42050 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 24128 Private Lancers

British Army 32979 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Woodcock

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 40572 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Woodcock

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

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