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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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People [489] Stories Communities

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]

Frederick T Hounslow

British Army 22704 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 1015 Private Welsh Horse

British Army 17383 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Herbert Rose

British Army 19323 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 120209 Private Labour Corps

British Army 63849 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Poole

British Army 204917 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 5460 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 78328 Private Welsh Regiment

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Alfred Shrubb

Born 1859

British Army 524 East Surrey Regiment

British Army 2468 Welsh Regiment

British Army 2166 Somerset Light Infantry

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Allen J Carman

British Army G/37348 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55737 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 413522 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Price

British Army 24341 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 66568 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 444608 Private Labour Corps

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Clarence Montague Smith

British Army Reverend Chaplain to the Forces

British Army Captain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached Welsh Regiment

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R H Gwyn-Williams

British Army Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army Corporal The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Corporal Infantry Brigade

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Leonard May

British Army 5568 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 29774 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 82349 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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