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Place of birth

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Atwick, Yorkshire [1]

Baguley [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bosden, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Bradley, Wrexham [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carmarthen, Wales [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Llandudno, Conway [1]

London [1]

Manchester [1]

Needham Market [1]

Penryhndeudraeth, Merionethshire [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Rotherhithe, Kent [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Smethcote, Shropshire [1]

South Norwood, Surrey [1]

St Mary's Cray, Orpington, Kent [1]

Swansea, Glamorganshire. [1]

Taff Wells [1]

Tovil, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [371]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Corporal [25]

Serjeant [23]

Lieutenant [20]

Captain [18]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Major [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Honorary Colonel [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Actring Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant-Major [1]

Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Major and Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/ Private/ Private [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [331]

Welsh Regiment [198]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [169]

Labour Corps [136]

The Welsh Regiment [116]

Royal Engineers [16]

Army Service Corps [14]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [11]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

Welsh Guards [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Welsh Regiment Depot [3]

Welsh Horse [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The King's Regiment [2]

The South Wales Borderers [2]

The Welch Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

'The Queen's' Royal West Surrey Regiment. [1]

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

Arab Rifles [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Camel Corps [1]

Service

British Army [489]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [63]

W [52]

S [45]

H [43]

M [34]

P [34]

C [27]

J [27]

A [21]

G [20]

L [17]

R [17]

D [16]

F [16]

T [15]

E [11]

K [11]

N [5]

O [5]

V [4]

I [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [486]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Arundel, Sussex [1] Atwick, Yorkshire [1] Baguley [1] Barton upon Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bosden, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Bradley, Wrexham [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley [1] Cardiff [1] Carmarthen, Wales [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Leatherhead, Surrey [1] Llandudno, Conway [1] London [1] Manchester [1] Needham Market [1] Penryhndeudraeth, Merionethshire [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Rotherhithe, Kent [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Smethcote, Shropshire [1] South Norwood, Surrey [1] St Mary's Cray, Orpington, Kent [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire. [1] Taff Wells [1] Tovil, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [371] Second Lieutenant [27] Corporal [25] Serjeant [23] Lieutenant [20] Captain [18] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Major [5] Acting Captain [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Honorary Colonel [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Actring Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant-Major [1] Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] First Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lt Colonel [1] Major and Quarter Master [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private/ Private/ Private [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [331] Welsh Regiment [198] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [169] Labour Corps [136] The Welsh Regiment [116] Royal Engineers [16] Army Service Corps [14] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [11] Liverpool Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] Welsh Guards [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Welsh Regiment Depot [3] Welsh Horse [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The King's Regiment [2] The South Wales Borderers [2] The Welch Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 'The Queen's' Royal West Surrey Regiment. [1] 15th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers [1] Arab Rifles [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Camel Corps [1]

Service

British Army [489] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [63] W [52] S [45] H [43] M [34] P [34] C [27] J [27] A [21] G [20] L [17] R [17] D [16] F [16] T [15] E [11] K [11] N [5] O [5] V [4] I [2] Y [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [486]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Albert John Payne

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 7570 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 54812 Private Welsh Regiment

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George Alexander

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 22693 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55106 Private Welsh Regiment

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Hugh John Elphinstone Anstruther

Born 1876

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant The Welsh Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank Horton

Died 1918

British Army 37907 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Frank Goude

Died 1917

British Army 4935 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 54798 Private Welsh Regiment

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Sidney Gordon Foster

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 8420 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 54826 Private Welsh Regiment 15th Battalion

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Thomas Clark Aldridge

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5385 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 54792 Private Welsh Regiment

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Ernest Household

Died 1917

British Army G/37764 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55119 Private Welsh Regiment

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Edward James Andrews

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 9914 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 54810 Private Welsh Regiment

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Frederick W Whittle

Died 1917

British Army 39163 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55111 Private Welsh Regiment

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Bert Stallard

Died 1917

British Army 37642 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55114 Private Welsh Regiment

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Edwin Stalley

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 29234 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55108 Private Welsh Regiment

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John Stanley Graham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 4 Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 4259 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2/5 Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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Thomas Newnham

Born 1879

Died 1880

British Army 18190 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 120175 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 63807 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Ernest John Mitchell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 38146 Acting Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9867 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 38146 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Henry Fry

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 37587 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55742 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Richard Halewood

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 47068 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 14545 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 14545 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Hugh Wynn Wilding-Jones

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army SS/15653 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Baldwin

Died 1918

British Army 3021 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 22647 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 54793 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert Victor Davies

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1466 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion

British Army 56806 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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