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Place of birth

Nottingham [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Cork [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Avondale, Chorlton-cum-Hardy [1]

Backden, Huntingdonshire [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Black Rock, Cork [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Broadstairs, Kent [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [1]

Derby Derbyshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunster, Somerset [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Finsbury, Wiltshire [1]

Floriana, Malta [1]

Flushing, Cornwall [1]

Fornham St Martin, Suffolk [1]

Fressingfield, Suffolk [1]

Friern Barnet, London [1]

Glanworth, Cork [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gloucester [1]

Groby, Leicestershire [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Highbridge, Somerset [1]

Inch, Kerry [1]

Kilmore Quay, Wexford [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kircubbin, Down [1]

Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Leicester [1]

Lenton, Nottingham, Notts [1]

Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [91]

Stoker 1st Class [25]

Able Seaman [15]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Captain [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Serjeant [5]

Commander [3]

Chief Stoker [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

1st Writer [1]

AB [1]

Acting Band Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Admiral [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Unit

Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [79]

HMS Nottingham [58]

Corps of Hussars [57]

Sherwood Rangers [27]

HMS NOTTINGHAM [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Nottingham Yeomanry [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [4]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Nottingham." [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Nottingham [2]

RNVR London - HMS Nottingham [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Nottingham [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham And Derbyshire) Regiment [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [2]

South Nottingham Hussars [2]

1/5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

1/6th Nottingham And Derbyshire Regiment. [1]

1/6th Sherwood Foresters [1]

2/1st Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Challenger [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Defiance [1]

Europa II [1]

General Headquarters Signal Company [1]

Gibraltar [1]

H.M.S. Ganges [1]

H.M.S. Glorious [1]

H.M.S. Nottingham [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Cornwall [1]

HMS Dominion [1]

HMS Grafton [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Lady Cory Wright [1]

HMS Morning Star [1]

Service

British Army [126]

Royal Navy [92]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [46]

M [22]

H [20]

A [17]

C [16]

L [15]

S [12]

W [12]

R [11]

D [9]

G [7]

P [7]

T [7]

F [5]

J [4]

E [2]

K [2]

O [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

Guernsey [1]

United States [1]

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People [217] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Nottingham [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Cork [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Antony, Cornwall [1] Avondale, Chorlton-cum-Hardy [1] Backden, Huntingdonshire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Black Rock, Cork [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broadstairs, Kent [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Clevedon, Somerset [1] Crowle, Lincolnshire [1] Derby Derbyshire [1] Dublin [1] Dunster, Somerset [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Finsbury, Wiltshire [1] Floriana, Malta [1] Flushing, Cornwall [1] Fornham St Martin, Suffolk [1] Fressingfield, Suffolk [1] Friern Barnet, London [1] Glanworth, Cork [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gloucester [1] Groby, Leicestershire [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Highbridge, Somerset [1] Inch, Kerry [1] Kilmore Quay, Wexford [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kircubbin, Down [1] Launceston, Cornwall [1] Leicester [1] Lenton, Nottingham, Notts [1] Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [91] Stoker 1st Class [25] Able Seaman [15] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Captain [5] Leading Stoker [5] Serjeant [5] Commander [3] Chief Stoker [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 1st Writer [1] AB [1] Acting Band Master Sergeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Admiral [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Unit

Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [79] HMS Nottingham [58] Corps of Hussars [57] Sherwood Rangers [27] HMS NOTTINGHAM [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment [7] Nottingham Yeomanry [6] Royal Engineers [5] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [4] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Nottingham." [2] HMS Hindustan [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Nottingham [2] RNVR London - HMS Nottingham [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Nottingham [2] Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham And Derbyshire) Regiment [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [2] South Nottingham Hussars [2] 1/5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 1/6th Nottingham And Derbyshire Regiment. [1] 1/6th Sherwood Foresters [1] 2/1st Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Challenger [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Defiance [1] Europa II [1] General Headquarters Signal Company [1] Gibraltar [1] H.M.S. Ganges [1] H.M.S. Glorious [1] H.M.S. Nottingham [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Cornwall [1] HMS Dominion [1] HMS Grafton [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Lady Cory Wright [1] HMS Morning Star [1]

Service

British Army [126] Royal Navy [92] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [46] M [22] H [20] A [17] C [16] L [15] S [12] W [12] R [11] D [9] G [7] P [7] T [7] F [5] J [4] E [2] K [2] O [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1] Guernsey [1] United States [1]

Herbert Duester

Born 1884

Royal Navy 351279 Sick Berth Steward HMS Nottingham

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Albert William Bate

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32976 Boy 1st Class HMS Nottingham

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George Ankers

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS114822 Stoker 1st Class HMS Nottingham

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Robert Kitchener Adams

Born 1900

Royal Navy J42640 Boy 1st Class HMS Nottingham

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Samuel Arnold

Born 1894

Royal Navy K16105 Leading Stoker HMS Nottingham

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Mathew Sullivan

Born 1881

Royal Navy 303134 Stoker 1st Class HMS NOTTINGHAM

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Ernest John Searle Spratt

Born 1883

British Army Private Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 2054 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 487881 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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G Darker

British Army 275011 Corporal Nottingham Yeomanry

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W G Dring

British Army 275071 Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major Nottingham Yeomanry

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W Craven

British Army 280033 Private Nottingham Yeomanry

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J A Draycott

British Army 275072 Filter/Staff Serjeant Nottingham Yeomanry

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F Drabble

British Army 339 Corporal Nottingham Yeomanry

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E Winterbotham

British Army 281817 Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant Nottingham Yeomanry

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Daniel Avey Smith

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army 70290 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 70290 Private Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment 17th Battalion

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Joseph Charles Barton

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy M6157 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Lady Cory Wright

Royal Navy M6157 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Nottingham

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George Rudolph Fielding

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Major The Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire) Regiment 9th Battalion

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Robert Leatherby

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 330094 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 285078 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 156734 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Haldane Round

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William C Mchaffie

British Army 276729 Private Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

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David Bird

British Army 201483 Private Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment

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