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Acton, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Dublin. [1]

Forton, Staffordshire [1]

Kerry, Montgomeryshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Malpas, Ches [1]

Marbury, Cheshire [1]

Mona Terrace, Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Montgomery [1]

New South Wales [1]

Nunhead, London [1]

Red Hill, Meole Brace, nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [1]

Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

West Bromwich, Staffs. [1]

West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Wistanstow, Shropshire [1]

Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire [1]

glasgow scotland [1]

Rank

Private [394]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [26]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [16]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bandsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [424]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [79]

1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [23]

Labour Corps [14]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

1st Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1/1st Herefordshire Regiment [1]

1/1st Highland Regiment [1]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

1/1st The Shropshire Yeomanry [1]

10th Hussars [1]

12th South African Infantry [1]

1st Battalion King's Regiment [1]

1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

1st Dragoons [1]

1st Garrison Battalion [1]

1st Household Battalion [1]

1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

1st Service Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

1st Shropshire Battalion [1]

2/1st Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

2/1st Royal North Devon Hussars [1]

20th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [473]

Last name first letter

B [154]

C [110]

G [70]

D [43]

H [27]

A [26]

E [19]

F [17]

W [3]

J [1]

L [1]

M [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [473]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Ireland [2]

India [1]

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People [473] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Acton, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Dublin. [1] Forton, Staffordshire [1] Kerry, Montgomeryshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Malpas, Ches [1] Marbury, Cheshire [1] Mona Terrace, Wellington, Shropshire [1] Montgomery [1] New South Wales [1] Nunhead, London [1] Red Hill, Meole Brace, nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [1] Warwick, Warwickshire [1] West Bromwich, Staffs. [1] West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Wistanstow, Shropshire [1] Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire [1] glasgow scotland [1]

Rank

Private [394] Serjeant [35] Corporal [26] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [20] Lieutenant [17] Captain [16] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bandsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Sapper [2] 2nd lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bugler [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [424] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [79] 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [23] Labour Corps [14] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 1st Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Tank Corps [2] 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment [1] 1/1st Highland Regiment [1] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1] 1/1st The Shropshire Yeomanry [1] 10th Hussars [1] 12th South African Infantry [1] 1st Battalion King's Regiment [1] 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 1st Dragoons [1] 1st Garrison Battalion [1] 1st Household Battalion [1] 1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 1st Service Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 1st Shropshire Battalion [1] 2/1st Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 2/1st Royal North Devon Hussars [1] 20th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [473]

Last name first letter

B [154] C [110] G [70] D [43] H [27] A [26] E [19] F [17] W [3] J [1] L [1] M [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [473]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Ireland [2] India [1]

Joseph Groom

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 9865 Colour Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Edward Bird

Born 1886

Died 1970

British Army 7768 Company Quarter Master Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Bertram Joseph Darke

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 8206 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8206 Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harry Thynne Barker

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8291 Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8291 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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James Bennett

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 7364 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7364 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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John Massey Jarvis

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2660 Private 1/1st The Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 230465 Private The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion

British Army 230465 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion

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Robert Boothby

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 7511 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Richard Frederick Comport

Born 1889

Died 1952

British Army 8568 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Clarence J Chantry

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 9334 Lance Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Richard Ball

Died 1920

British Army 7298 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Crump

Died 1918

British Army 10464 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Cotton

Died 1915

British Army 10452 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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William Grischotti

Born 1882

Died 1922

British Army Lieutenant 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 2nd lieutenant

British Army Captain Ist King's Shropshire

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Christopher Attwood

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10044 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10044 Corporal 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Arthur Merriman Charles

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Richard John Bishop

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 7277 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7277 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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John Coxall

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7682 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7682 Acting Corporal 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7682 Corporal King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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George Glover

Died 1918

British Army 10058 Corporal 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10058 Acting Colour Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10058 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Herbert Brown

Born 1894

British Army 10137 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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John Atcherley

Born 1896

Died 1961

British Army 10339 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10339 Corporal 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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