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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]

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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

W [475]

Contribution

Military Service [472] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Albert Wooldridge

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 46794 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Wooldridge

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 5284 Private Scots Guards

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William Thomas Wooldridge

Died 1917

British Army 203345 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Wooldridge

Died 1917

British Army 28753 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Alfred Edward Wooldridge

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Clarence Wooldridge

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12844 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Leonard Wooldridge

Died 1916

British Army 11405 Private Welsh Regiment

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Sidney Wooldridge

Born 1900

Died 1920

British Army 46498 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 5429918 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 5429918 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Alfred J T Wooldridge

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 202422 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Fred Wooldridge

Died 1918

British Army 3317 Private London Regiment

British Army 700890 Private London Regiment

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Charles Wooldridge

Died 1917

British Army 34915 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 41592 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Nordon Wooldridge

Died 1915

British Army 2496 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Charles Wooldridge

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 9500 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 9500 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Herbert Wooldridge

Died 1918

British Army 7262 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3821 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 7262 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Wooldridge

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 15883 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 15883 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Philip Boileau Wooldridge

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army M2/150478 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/150478 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Archibald David Wooldridge

Born 1892

Died 1920

Royal Navy K20971 Leading Stoker HMS Lucia

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Robert Wooldridge

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 236258 Able Seaman HMS Nestor

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John William Wooldridge

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226471

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Reginald Clarence Wooldridge

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 272113

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