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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bebington, Cheshire [1]

Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1]

Charlton, Nr Dover [1]

Combe Martin, Devon [1]

Coventry, Warks [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington Warwickshire [1]

Exeter [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Friar Street, Stafford. [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Hampton in Arden, Warwicks [1]

Kilmorack [1]

Knottingley, Pontefract [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Natal, Maritzburg [1]

Norwich [1]

Otley [1]

Rothbury, Northumberland [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Sparsholt, Wantage [1]

St George, Hanover Square, London [1]

St Mildred's, Kent [1]

Stevenage, Herts [1]

Stone Staffordshire [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Thurnham, Kent [1]

Westham [1]

Widnes Lancs [1]

Rank

Gunner [653]

Driver [466]

Second Lieutenant [315]

Lieutenant [198]

Serjeant [168]

Bombardier [123]

Captain [116]

Corporal [115]

Private [87]

Major [53]

Acting Bombardier [47]

Sapper [38]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [28]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [23]

Staff Serjeant [22]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Acting Captain [15]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Battery Serjeant Major [10]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [8]

Lance Bombardier [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Farrier Serjeant [7]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Bearer [4]

Colonel [3]

Commander [3]

Driver Acting Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Signaller [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [2]

Acting Sub Conductor [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [2]

Fitter [2]

Fitter Serjeant [2]

Gunner Gunner [2]

Gunner/Acting Serjeant [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Saddler [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1651]

Royal Field Artillery [606]

Royal Engineers [187]

Royal Horse Artillery Transport [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Royal Artillery [31]

Royal Artillery Transport [31]

Army Service Corps [23]

Army Service Corps Transport [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [21]

Royal Engineers Transport [20]

Supply and Transport Corps [19]

Indian Army [18]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Horse Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery Transport [13]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7]

Royal Field Artillery Honourable Artillery Company Transport [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery Depot Transport [6]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [6]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Transport [6]

Surrey Yeomanry [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Royal Army Service Corps Transport [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Supply and Transport Corps Indian Army [4]

Divisional Ammunition Column [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Indian Army Transport [3]

Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

Royal Field Artillery Base Details France Transport [3]

Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve [3]

Tank Corps [3]

5th Reserve Brigade Transport [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Home Service Employment Company [2]

Service

British Army [1943]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [199]

M [197]

H [190]

W [148]

C [146]

S [146]

R [112]

P [109]

G [106]

D [82]

J [80]

L [78]

F [66]

A [56]

T [51]

E [46]

K [46]

N [26]

O [19]

V [14]

I [12]

Y [11]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1943]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bebington, Cheshire [1] Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Brighton [1] Brighton Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bristol,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1] Charlton, Nr Dover [1] Combe Martin, Devon [1] Coventry, Warks [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Erdington Warwickshire [1] Exeter [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Friar Street, Stafford. [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Hampton in Arden, Warwicks [1] Kilmorack [1] Knottingley, Pontefract [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Natal, Maritzburg [1] Norwich [1] Otley [1] Rothbury, Northumberland [1] Southwark, London [1] Sparsholt, Wantage [1] St George, Hanover Square, London [1] St Mildred's, Kent [1] Stevenage, Herts [1] Stone Staffordshire [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Thurnham, Kent [1] Westham [1] Widnes Lancs [1]

Rank

Gunner [653] Driver [466] Second Lieutenant [315] Lieutenant [198] Serjeant [168] Bombardier [123] Captain [116] Corporal [115] Private [87] Major [53] Acting Bombardier [47] Sapper [38] Warrant Officer Class 2 [28] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [23] Staff Serjeant [22] Acting Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Acting Captain [15] Pioneer [13] Acting Corporal [11] Battery Serjeant Major [10] Gunner Acting Bombardier [8] Lance Bombardier [8] Lance Corporal [8] Farrier Serjeant [7] Shoeing Smith [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] Temporary Captain [5] Bearer [4] Colonel [3] Commander [3] Driver Acting Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Signaller [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Captain and Adjutant [2] Acting Sub Conductor [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Bombardier Acting Corporal [2] Fitter [2] Fitter Serjeant [2] Gunner Gunner [2] Gunner/Acting Serjeant [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Saddler [2] Staff Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1651] Royal Field Artillery [606] Royal Engineers [187] Royal Horse Artillery Transport [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Royal Artillery [31] Royal Artillery Transport [31] Army Service Corps [23] Army Service Corps Transport [21] Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [21] Royal Engineers Transport [20] Supply and Transport Corps [19] Indian Army [18] Labour Corps [18] Royal Horse Artillery [17] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery Transport [13] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7] Royal Field Artillery Honourable Artillery Company Transport [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery Depot Transport [6] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [6] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Transport [6] Surrey Yeomanry [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Royal Army Service Corps Transport [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Supply and Transport Corps Indian Army [4] Divisional Ammunition Column [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Indian Army Transport [3] Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [3] Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] Royal Field Artillery Base Details France Transport [3] Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve [3] Tank Corps [3] 5th Reserve Brigade Transport [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] General List [2] Home Service Employment Company [2]

Service

British Army [1943] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [199] M [197] H [190] W [148] C [146] S [146] R [112] P [109] G [106] D [82] J [80] L [78] F [66] A [56] T [51] E [46] K [46] N [26] O [19] V [14] I [12] Y [11] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1943]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [2] South Africa [1]

Christmas Cockaday

Born 1895

Died 1984

British Army 1290 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 875300 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Leonard Ernest Maxted

Born 1898

Died 1990

British Army 1447 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 910441 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Charles Philip Monk

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army 1613 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 955563 Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Albert Edward Smith

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1635 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835606 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835606 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Sattin Alexander Mcdonald

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 682 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 915296 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 915296 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 27th Div. Ammunition Col

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Cecil Thuey

Born 1885

Died 1975

British Army 880386 Corporal Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 880386 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 74th D.A.C.

British Army 494 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Joseph Bellis

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 745435 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 745435 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Nelson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3129 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 3129 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Cecil Herbert Goodwin

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 825076 Gunner Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Girven

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1004 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 1004 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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W P G Mylrea

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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Algernon Frederick Roland Dudley Ryder

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Robert Edward Hussey

Born 1893

Died 1947

British Army 625478 Corporal Royal Field Artillery Honourable Artillery Company Transport

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Arthur Stanley Edge

Born 1892

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Ernest Swinton

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 633 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Arnold Bird

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 228 Driver Army Service Corps Transport

British Army 815402 Driver Royal Artillery Transport

British Army 815402 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney Cassell

Died 1917

British Army 3226 Private South Staffordshire Regiment Transport

British Army 810106 Gunner Royal Artillery Transport

British Army 810106 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William John Evetts

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 366 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 845269 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Bertie George Grove

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 763 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 895346 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 895346 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Hunt

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 360 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835029 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835029 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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