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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Wrexham [4]

Gresford, Wrexham [3]

Holt, Denbighshire [2]

25 Yorke Street, Wrexham, [1]

Assam [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Beaumaris, Anglesey, N Wales [1]

Brookhouse, Denbigh [1]

Cardiff [1]

Chester [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Colne, Lancs [1]

Colne.Lancs [1]

Efenechtyd, Denbighshire [1]

Fresford, Wrexham, Denbighshire [1]

Hay, Herefordshire [1]

Isycoed, Wrexham [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Llanfairfechan [1]

Llanrhaiadr, Denbighshire [1]

Marchwiel, Wrexham [1]

Moore, Cheshire [1]

New Brighton, Cheshire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

St Paul, Birkenhead [1]

Stoke Newington, London N [1]

Surrey [1]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1]

Wirral, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [858]

Serjeant [103]

Corporal [98]

Second Lieutenant [82]

Acting Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [32]

Captain [30]

Lance Corporal [28]

Sapper [20]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Pioneer [7]

Trooper [7]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2 Second Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Serjeant/Trumpeter [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Squadron Corporal Major [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Leiutenant [1]

Unit

Denbigh Yeomanry [1192]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [571]

Cheshire Regiment [151]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [116]

Royal Engineers [94]

Labour Corps [57]

Corps of Hussars [46]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [32]

Army Service Corps [17]

Imperial Camel Corps [16]

Royal Air Force [14]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

1st Denbigh Yeomanry [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Tank Corps [5]

London Regiment [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cheshire Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Lancashire Hussars [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3]

Shropshire Yeomanry [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

2/1st Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Camel Corps [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Denbighshire Hussars [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Hussars [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [1218]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

W [144]

J [108]

B [103]

H [103]

R [87]

D [80]

P [77]

C [71]

E [68]

M [63]

S [53]

T [49]

G [45]

L [38]

F [31]

A [24]

O [22]

K [17]

N [14]

I [8]

V [5]

Y [5]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1218]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Wrexham [4] Gresford, Wrexham [3] Holt, Denbighshire [2] 25 Yorke Street, Wrexham, [1] Assam [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Beaumaris, Anglesey, N Wales [1] Brookhouse, Denbigh [1] Cardiff [1] Chester [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Colne, Lancs [1] Colne.Lancs [1] Efenechtyd, Denbighshire [1] Fresford, Wrexham, Denbighshire [1] Hay, Herefordshire [1] Isycoed, Wrexham [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Llanfairfechan [1] Llanrhaiadr, Denbighshire [1] Marchwiel, Wrexham [1] Moore, Cheshire [1] New Brighton, Cheshire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] St Paul, Birkenhead [1] Stoke Newington, London N [1] Surrey [1] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1] Wirral, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [858] Serjeant [103] Corporal [98] Second Lieutenant [82] Acting Corporal [32] Lieutenant [32] Captain [30] Lance Corporal [28] Sapper [20] Acting Serjeant [16] Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Pioneer [7] Trooper [7] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2 Second Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Flight Officer [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Serjeant/Trumpeter [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Squadron Corporal Major [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Leiutenant [1]

Unit

Denbigh Yeomanry [1192] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [571] Cheshire Regiment [151] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [116] Royal Engineers [94] Labour Corps [57] Corps of Hussars [46] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Irish Fusiliers [32] Army Service Corps [17] Imperial Camel Corps [16] Royal Air Force [14] Liverpool Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Welsh Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] 1st Denbigh Yeomanry [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Tank Corps [5] London Regiment [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cheshire Yeomanry [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] Lancashire Hussars [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3] Shropshire Yeomanry [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] 2/1st Denbigh Yeomanry [2] Border Regiment [2] Camel Corps [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Denbighshire Hussars [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Hussars [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Engineers Territorial Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [1218] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

W [144] J [108] B [103] H [103] R [87] D [80] P [77] C [71] E [68] M [63] S [53] T [49] G [45] L [38] F [31] A [24] O [22] K [17] N [14] I [8] V [5] Y [5] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1218]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [1] Ireland [1]

Francis John Lloyd Priestley

Born 1875

Died 1940

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Denbigh Yeomanry

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Alfred Pugh

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1613 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 49163 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Andrew Edmond Inglis

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 1989 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 8 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 6 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry

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Sydney Tilley Wilks

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 518 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 345100 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Williams

Died 1921

British Army 1206 Serjeant Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 56756 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Robert Edward Owen Jones

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 4312 Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 199 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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William Lloyd Evans

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 637 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 345172 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 637 Trumpeter Denbigh Yeomanry

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Patrick Rooney

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 30566 Acting Corporal Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 94494 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army

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Samuel Edge

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1608 Corporal Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 57047 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Harry William Buddicom

Born 1860

Died 1925

British Army Major Denbigh Yeomanry

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Alfred Roberts

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1625 Private Denbigh Yeomanry 3rd

British Army 49164 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Hugh Heath

British Army 1505 Serjeant Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 75079 Serjeant Denbigh Yeomanry

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William Brookes

British Army 1513 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 75081 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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Henry G Payne

British Army 1626 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 75140 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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J Basil Miller

British Army Lieutenant Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army Captain Denbigh Yeomanry

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George Haswell

British Army 447 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 215819 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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Ernest Carter

British Army 2288 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 75502 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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Thomas Brand

British Army Second Lieutenant Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army Captain and Quarter Master Denbigh Yeomanry

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William Reid

British Army 2551 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 75649 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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William Seal

British Army 1788 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 75226 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

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