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Birmingham, Warwickshire [17]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Balmain New South Wales [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Birmingham [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Burnie Tasmania [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Durham, Durham [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Windsor New South Wales [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Anstruther, Fifeshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Derby England [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Eastham, Cheshire [2]

Forest Hill, London [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Harrietville Victoria [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1752]

Gunner [189]

Driver [170]

Corporal [144]

Sapper [138]

Serjeant [124]

Lance Corporal [76]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Acting Corporal [33]

Lieutenant [32]

Pioneer [28]

Bombardier [25]

Captain [25]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Guardsman [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Sister [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Major [7]

Trooper [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Engineman [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [3]

Nurse [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Drummer [2]

Forewoman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [257]

Royal Engineers [242]

Labour Corps [224]

Army Service Corps [181]

Royal Garrison Artillery [114]

Machine Gun Corps [96]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [95]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [91]

Royal Army Medical Corps [83]

Cheshire Regiment [68]

London Regiment [66]

Gloucestershire Regiment [65]

Liverpool Regiment [65]

Royal Fusiliers [55]

Worcestershire Regiment [55]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

Wiltshire Regiment [46]

Durham Light Infantry [44]

Lancashire Fusiliers [42]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [40]

Hampshire Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [37]

Manchester Regiment [37]

Leicestershire Regiment [33]

South Lancashire Regiment [33]

North Staffordshire Regiment [32]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Rifle Brigade [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

South Staffordshire Regiment [28]

York and Lancaster Regiment [28]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Suffolk Regiment [26]

East Surrey Regiment [25]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [25]

Army Veterinary Corps [23]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [22]

Royal Defence Corps [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [21]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2727]

Royal Navy [225]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [196]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [131]

Australian Imperial Force [113]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [3470]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3416]

Merchant Navy [33]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Singapore [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [17] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9] Brisbane Queensland [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Balmain New South Wales [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Birmingham [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Burnie Tasmania [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Durham, Durham [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Windsor New South Wales [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Anstruther, Fifeshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Birmingham England [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Derby England [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Eastham, Cheshire [2] Forest Hill, London [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Harrietville Victoria [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Leicestershire [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1752] Gunner [189] Driver [170] Corporal [144] Sapper [138] Serjeant [124] Lance Corporal [76] Second Lieutenant [49] Acting Corporal [33] Lieutenant [32] Pioneer [28] Bombardier [25] Captain [25] Acting Serjeant [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Colour Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Guardsman [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Sister [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Major [7] Trooper [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Engineman [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Gunner Acting Bombardier [3] Nurse [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Commander [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Drummer [2] Forewoman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [257] Royal Engineers [242] Labour Corps [224] Army Service Corps [181] Royal Garrison Artillery [114] Machine Gun Corps [96] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [95] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [91] Royal Army Medical Corps [83] Cheshire Regiment [68] London Regiment [66] Gloucestershire Regiment [65] Liverpool Regiment [65] Royal Fusiliers [55] Worcestershire Regiment [55] Middlesex Regiment [51] Wiltshire Regiment [46] Durham Light Infantry [44] Lancashire Fusiliers [42] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [40] Hampshire Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [37] Manchester Regiment [37] Leicestershire Regiment [33] South Lancashire Regiment [33] North Staffordshire Regiment [32] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Rifle Brigade [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Royal Berkshire Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] South Staffordshire Regiment [28] York and Lancaster Regiment [28] The Queen's Regiment [27] Northamptonshire Regiment [26] Suffolk Regiment [26] East Surrey Regiment [25] Royal Lancaster Regiment [25] Army Veterinary Corps [23] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Norfolk Regiment [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [22] Royal Defence Corps [21] Somerset Light Infantry [21] Devonshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2727] Royal Navy [225] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [196] Canadian Expeditionary Force [131] Australian Imperial Force [113] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [3470] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3416] Merchant Navy [33] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Canada [2] Australia [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1]

Charles Woodward

Born 1877

Died 1960

British Army 90652 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Woodward

Born 1883

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61214

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61214 Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Frank Boucher Woodward

Born 1887

Died 1990

Canadian Expeditionary Force 624713

Canadian Expeditionary Force 151 B Company

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Harold Henry Woodward

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army 82136 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army 82136 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Albert John Woodward

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army S/216 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army S/216 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edward Victor Woodward

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12777 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army S 28474 Private Rifle Brigade

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Henry John Edward Woodward

Born 1901

Died 1916

British Army 4438 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry Woodward

Died 1915

British Army G/1921 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/1921 Private East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William James Woodward

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194972

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Henry James Woodward

Born 1884

Died 1927

British Army 6124 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6124 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6124 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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James Woodward

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR/4/17473 Private Welsh Regiment 61st Training Battalion

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Frederick Alfred Woodward

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59675

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Walter Samuel Woodward

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122645

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William Thomas Woodward

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90285

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Charles Henry Woodward

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295884

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Alfred Miles Woodward

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318955

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Harry Woodward

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 65544 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 28305 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Albert Edward Woodward

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185027

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Alfred Woodward

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75460

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Frederick George Woodward

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230605

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