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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]

D J Jones

British Army 290366 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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A E Jones

British Army 200060 Warrant Officer Class 2 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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C Jones

British Army 290416 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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E Lloyd

British Army 200138 Serjeant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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C Roberts

British Army 200161 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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J R Rowlands

British Army 4178524 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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G W Wainwright

British Army 5503 Warrant Officer Class 2 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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J A Wood

British Army 240089 Serjeant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Finchett

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 5915 Private Liverpool Regiment

Royal Navy Z/140 Able Seaman

British Army 33443 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank F Batchelor

British Army 3111 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 201269 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 292966 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Maurice Phillips

British Army GS/16541 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant The Welsh Regiment

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Wilfred Adams

British Army 61806 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 34075 Private The King

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William Randall

Died 1917

British Army 47335 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 39946 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 47335 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Brouard Saunders

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 45085 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd Inf. Works Coy

British Army 39357 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 170529 Private Labour Corps

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Ernest Young

Died 1918

British Army 063005 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 55772 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 18802 Private The Queen's Regiment

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John Houghton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 65370 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 39770 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 65370 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Harold Mathison

Died 1917

British Army 8085 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 269214 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 269214 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Alabaster

Died 1918

British Army 19838 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 57005 Private Labour Corps

British Army 68898 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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David Piller

Died 1918

British Army 17696 Private Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army G/62879 Private Acting Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/62879 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Harold A Dancer

British Army 10879 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55764 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 4179662 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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