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ABERCARN, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Alderton, Gloucestershire [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brymbo, Wrexham [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Ceri, Newtown, Montgomeryshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chislehurst Kent [1]

Cumnock, Ayrshire [1]

Dawley, Shropshire [1]

Dowlais, Glamorgan [1]

Dublin [1]

Festiniog, Merioneth [1]

Hackney [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Islington [1]

Little Melton, Norfolk [1]

Merthyr, Glamorgan [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Oldham, Lancs [1]

Plynt, Looe, Cornwall [1]

Rhymney, Monmouthshire [1]

Slaithwaite [1]

South Shields, County Durham [1]

Spalding, Lincolnshire [1]

St Canice, Kilkenny [1]

St Martins [1]

St Mellons, Glamorganshire [1]

Swansea [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Tondu, Glamorgan [1]

Wallington, Surrey [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [1016]

Lance Corporal [71]

Serjeant [68]

Corporal [50]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Captain [7]

Driver [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sapper [4]

Cadet [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Adjutant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal (Acting Lance Serjeant) [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Pensioner [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Private Strapper [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot [479]

Royal Fusiliers [389]

Depot Royal Fusiliers [327]

Royal Fusiliers Depot [168]

Infantry Base Depot [77]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Depot Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

London Regiment [19]

South Wales Borderers Depot [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [4]

Army Ordnance Depot [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Depot Late Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Depot Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Depot Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Depot Unit of Supply Army Service Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Remount Depot [2]

Rifle Brigade Depot [2]

Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

146 Territorial Force Depot [1]

24th Training Depot Squadron Spittlegate Royal Air Force [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

39th Infantry Base Depot [1]

39th Infantry Brigade Depot [1]

5th Labour Corps [1]

8th Liverpool Regiment Depot [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [1169]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [119]

W [105]

S [85]

C [84]

M [83]

D [82]

H [79]

P [67]

R [67]

E [60]

G [58]

L [48]

T [48]

J [47]

A [30]

F [30]

K [24]

O [20]

N [16]

V [6]

Y [4]

I [2]

Q [2]

U [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1168]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Belgium [1]

France [1]

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Place of birth

ABERCARN, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Alderton, Gloucestershire [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Brighton [1] Brymbo, Wrexham [1] Camberwell, London [1] Ceri, Newtown, Montgomeryshire [1] Chelsea [1] Chislehurst Kent [1] Cumnock, Ayrshire [1] Dawley, Shropshire [1] Dowlais, Glamorgan [1] Dublin [1] Festiniog, Merioneth [1] Hackney [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington [1] Little Melton, Norfolk [1] Merthyr, Glamorgan [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Oldham, Lancs [1] Plynt, Looe, Cornwall [1] Rhymney, Monmouthshire [1] Slaithwaite [1] South Shields, County Durham [1] Spalding, Lincolnshire [1] St Canice, Kilkenny [1] St Martins [1] St Mellons, Glamorganshire [1] Swansea [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Tondu, Glamorgan [1] Wallington, Surrey [1] Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [1016] Lance Corporal [71] Serjeant [68] Corporal [50] Second Lieutenant [17] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Lance Serjeant [10] Lieutenant [10] Company Serjeant Major [8] Captain [7] Driver [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Sapper [4] Cadet [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Adjutant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Corporal (Acting Lance Serjeant) [1] Drummer [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Pensioner [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Corporal [1] Private Strapper [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot [479] Royal Fusiliers [389] Depot Royal Fusiliers [327] Royal Fusiliers Depot [168] Infantry Base Depot [77] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] South Wales Borderers [27] Depot Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] London Regiment [19] South Wales Borderers Depot [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Labour Corps [7] Royal Engineers [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [4] Army Ordnance Depot [3] Army Service Corps [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Depot Late Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Depot Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Depot Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Depot Unit of Supply Army Service Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Remount Depot [2] Rifle Brigade Depot [2] Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 146 Territorial Force Depot [1] 24th Training Depot Squadron Spittlegate Royal Air Force [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 39th Infantry Base Depot [1] 39th Infantry Brigade Depot [1] 5th Labour Corps [1] 8th Liverpool Regiment Depot [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [1169] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [119] W [105] S [85] C [84] M [83] D [82] H [79] P [67] R [67] E [60] G [58] L [48] T [48] J [47] A [30] F [30] K [24] O [20] N [16] V [6] Y [4] I [2] Q [2] U [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1168]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Belgium [1] France [1]

Richard James Price

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 5935 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

British Army 5935 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Evan Hughes

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 204318 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 204318 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot 15th Battalion

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Alfred Callaway Larter

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 68023 Serjeant Infantry Base Depot

British Army G/65196 Lance Sergeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army SPTS/479 Royal Fusiliers

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John Mcculloch

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 240450 Private Northumberland Fusiliers Depot

British Army 240450 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd./5th. Battalion

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William L Ward

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 341 Sapper Royal Engineers Cornwall Fortress

British Army 242663 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot 6th Battalion

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Joseph Clegg

Died 1918

British Army 71421 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

British Army 6789 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 71421 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Garrison Battalion

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Charles Morgan

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 13361 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 33776 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 33376 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Errol Douglas Gore

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 5996 Private Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion

British Army 5996 Private Depot Royal Fusiliers

British Army 5996 Corporal Depot Royal Fusiliers

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Benjamin Lancaster

Born 1895

British Army 9073 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 9073 Private Depot Royal Fusiliers

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Bertie Harvey

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 35291 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

British Army 35291 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas R Cameron

Born 1896

British Army 68444 Private Depot Royal Fusiliers

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Herman Sykes

Born 1894

Died 1952

British Army 139589 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 139589

British Army 47731 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd

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Robert Taylor

Died 1918

British Army 12798 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers Depot

British Army 12798 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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William Rochester Castling

Born 1894

Died 1942

British Army G/S 23200 Private 39th Infantry Brigade Depot

British Army G/S 23200 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn

British Army Cadet Officer Training

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James Frederick Joseph Rayment

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army GS/65235 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 25160 Private Infantry Base Depot

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Ernest Thomason

Born 1884

British Army 33587 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

British Army 7416 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Ellis

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army L/13025 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/13025 Corporal Depot Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/13025 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Ernest Plowman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Infantry Base Depot

British Army Reserve Class B

British Army TR30/21013 Training Reserve 30th Battalion

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Robert Pryce Williams

Born 1876

British Army Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 13009 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 13009 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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George C Ellinger

Born 1892

British Army 4787 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 4787 Private Depot Royal Fusiliers

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