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Frimley, Surrey [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Tavistock, Devon [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Adversane, Sussex [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bere Alston, Devon [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Brinkwork South Australia [1]

Buckland, Devon [1]

Bulkworthy, North Devon [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Erdington Birmingham [1]

Erskineville New South Wales [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

Gladstone South Australia [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Halwill [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lismore New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Marlborough, Wiltshire, England [1]

Mytham Royd England [1]

Mythomoyd England [1]

Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Okehampton, Devon [1]

Oxford, Berkshire [1]

Palmerston, Ontario [1]

Parkes New South Wales [1]

Plaistow, London [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Potbridge, Odiham, Hampshire [1]

Rhyndaston Tasmania [1]

Rosewood Queensland [1]

Sidcup, Kent [1]

South Fawley, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Stoke, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [232]

Gunner [28]

Corporal [23]

Driver [19]

Sapper [15]

Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Captain [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bugler [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Priavte [1]

Private Guardsman [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [32]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

London Regiment [19]

Labour Corps [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Military Mounted Police [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

County of London Yeomanry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lancers [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [370]

Royal Navy [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [475]

Contribution

Military Service [472]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Frimley, Surrey [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Tavistock, Devon [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Adversane, Sussex [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bere Alston, Devon [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Brinkwork South Australia [1] Buckland, Devon [1] Bulkworthy, North Devon [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Erdington Birmingham [1] Erskineville New South Wales [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Gladstone South Australia [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Halwill [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Lymington, Hampshire [1] Marlborough, Wiltshire, England [1] Mytham Royd England [1] Mythomoyd England [1] Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Okehampton, Devon [1] Oxford, Berkshire [1] Palmerston, Ontario [1] Parkes New South Wales [1] Plaistow, London [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Potbridge, Odiham, Hampshire [1] Rhyndaston Tasmania [1] Rosewood Queensland [1] Sidcup, Kent [1] South Fawley, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Stoke, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [232] Gunner [28] Corporal [23] Driver [19] Sapper [15] Serjeant [12] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [8] Captain [6] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Guardsman [3] Brigadier General [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Bugler [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Engineer Captain [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Priavte [1] Private Guardsman [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [32] Royal Field Artillery [23] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] London Regiment [19] Labour Corps [18] Army Service Corps [17] Hampshire Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Essex Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Military Mounted Police [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Dragoon Guards [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] County of London Yeomanry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lancers [3] Military Foot Police [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [370] Royal Navy [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [472] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

William John Wooldridge

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 19298 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 2479 Private Royal North Devon Hussars

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William George Wooldridge

Born 1893

Died 1914

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 837 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 837 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps 5 Squadron

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Herbert George Wooldridge

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army 200269 Priavte Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 4/2030 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Cedric Charles Brandon Wooldridge

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406616

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Lestorg Boileau Wooldridge

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27939

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Arthur John Wooldridge

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89861

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Henry James Wooldridge

Born 1887

Died 1949

British Army 4/2031 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 200270 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Arthur John Wooldridge

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4806

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William John Wooldridge

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3/655 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 3/655 Private Essex Regiment 2nd. Battalion

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John Thomas Wooldridge

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262344

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Robert George Wooldridge

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 2069 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 293367 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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Frederick Wooldridge

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236582

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Charles Wooldridge

Died 1916

British Army 3547 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2/4 Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Harry Wooldridge

Born 1882

Died 1939

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class Army Chaplain's Department

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Charles Callas Wooldridge

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 6878 Private London Regiment

British Army 6878 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army 3397 Private Middlesex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Wooldridge

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143989

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Harold John Wooldridge

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160688

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James Thomas Wooldridge

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56094

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Frederick Wooldridge

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5591 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 49389 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 49389 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Fred Wooldridge

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 17759 Private East Surrey Regiment

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