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Abu [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Atwick, Yorkshire [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bosden, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Bradley, Wrexham [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burton, Cheshire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Eyton House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales [1]

Gwredog, Amlwch, Anglesey [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Llandudno, Conway [1]

Manchester [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Rotherhithe, Kent [1]

Shotwick, Cheshire [1]

Smethcote, Shropshire [1]

Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire [1]

Tovil, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [166]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Actring Colour Serjeant [1]

Captain (retired) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Inspector General [1]

Military Correspondent [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant (Honorary Major) [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [175]

The Queen's Regiment [154]

Labour Corps [26]

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Army Service Corps [12]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Welsh Regiment [2]

15th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers [1]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

69th Punjabis [1]

7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards [1]

Attached to American Expeditionary Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

Indian Army [1]

Infantry Brigade [1]

King’s (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

London Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mesopotamian Police [1]

Military Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph [1]

Ministry of the Interior Baghdad [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Pembroke Yeomanry [1]

Punjabis [1]

Reserve of Officers [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [203]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [27]

B [23]

H [15]

P [15]

S [15]

C [14]

J [14]

R [12]

L [10]

M [9]

A [8]

F [8]

D [7]

G [7]

K [7]

T [7]

V [2]

E [1]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [201]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [203] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Abu [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Atwick, Yorkshire [1] Barton upon Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bosden, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Bradley, Wrexham [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burton, Cheshire [1] Cheshire [1] Eyton House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales [1] Gwredog, Amlwch, Anglesey [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Llandudno, Conway [1] Manchester [1] Paddington, London [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Rotherhithe, Kent [1] Shotwick, Cheshire [1] Smethcote, Shropshire [1] Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire [1] Tovil, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [166] Second Lieutenant [13] Corporal [12] Serjeant [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [3] Major [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Actring Colour Serjeant [1] Captain (retired) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] First Lieutenant [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Inspector General [1] Military Correspondent [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant (Honorary Major) [1] Signalman [1] Staff Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [175] The Queen's Regiment [154] Labour Corps [26] The Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Army Service Corps [12] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Welsh Regiment [2] 15th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 69th Punjabis [1] 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards [1] Attached to American Expeditionary Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] Indian Army [1] Infantry Brigade [1] King’s (Liverpool Regiment) [1] London Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mesopotamian Police [1] Military Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph [1] Ministry of the Interior Baghdad [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Pembroke Yeomanry [1] Punjabis [1] Reserve of Officers [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [203] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [27] B [23] H [15] P [15] S [15] C [14] J [14] R [12] L [10] M [9] A [8] F [8] D [7] G [7] K [7] T [7] V [2] E [1] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [201]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Arthur Lee Granger

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 22680 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55791 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Ernest Charles Caryer

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 37261 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55765 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Charles Bailey

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 18868 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55794 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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Stephen Bingham

Died 1917

British Army 37499 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 57401 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Isaac Richard Alfred James Kempshall

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 37583 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55738 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John W Holder

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18898 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55757 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Thomas Andrews

Died 1918

British Army 37521 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55728 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Foster

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 37475 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55753 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Leonard Gregory

Died 1917

British Army 13231 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55797 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Mayger

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 14493 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55770 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Daniel J Parfitt

Died 1918

British Army 37613 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55740 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Henry Knight

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 37470 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55761 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Walter Charles Wright

Died 1919

British Army 4269 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 206113 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 292958 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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L Jones

British Army 4178557 Private Lance Corporal The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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J Randles

British Army 4178031 Serjeant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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D Roberts

British Army 4178656 Corporal The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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A Roberts

British Army 200103 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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E L Williams

British Army 988 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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G H Dresser

British Army 4178595 Corporal /Lance Serjeant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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T Hughes

British Army 5111 Company Quarter Master Serjeant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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