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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]

William Garside

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7297 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7297 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Davies

Died 1914

British Army 10022 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10022 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Lawrence Gordon

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7499 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7499 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Joseph Atherton

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7057 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7057 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Cornfield

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 10386 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10386 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Charles Clarke

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7431 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7431 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Noah Biggs

Died 1916

British Army 3959 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 3959 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Alexander Clarke

Died 1914

British Army 9888 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9888 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Biggs

Died 1915

British Army 5320 Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 5320 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Acton

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7257 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7257 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Maurice Beddow

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7667 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7667 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Joseph Bridger

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8341 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8341 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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William Brown

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 7767 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7767 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Edward Gwilt

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9850 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9850 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Gorman

Died 1914

British Army 7110 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7110 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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John B Hadcocks

Died 1915

British Army 7637 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7637 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Featherstone

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8215 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8215 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Bentham

Died 1915

British Army 7150 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7150 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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John Aspinall

Died 1915

British Army 7666 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7666 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Austin Grady

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10087 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10087 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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