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Melbourne Victoria [17]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

London, Middlesex [11]

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Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Tavistock, Devon [3]

Warwickshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

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Private [3103]

Gunner [363]

Driver [248]

Serjeant [232]

Corporal [231]

Sapper [189]

Lance Corporal [121]

Second Lieutenant [115]

Captain [57]

Acting Corporal [52]

Acting Serjeant [47]

Lieutenant [39]

Pioneer [39]

Bombardier [32]

Major [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Rifleman [18]

Able Seaman [13]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Worker [11]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Guardsman [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Drummer [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Trooper [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

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Labour Corps [381]

Royal Engineers [374]

Royal Field Artillery [364]

Army Service Corps [299]

Royal Garrison Artillery [235]

London Regiment [168]

Machine Gun Corps [145]

Liverpool Regiment [140]

Royal Army Medical Corps [140]

Royal Fusiliers [116]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [114]

Devonshire Regiment [104]

Leicestershire Regiment [97]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [87]

Cheshire Regiment [81]

Gloucestershire Regiment [80]

Middlesex Regiment [80]

Hampshire Regiment [75]

Manchester Regiment [74]

Lancashire Fusiliers [72]

South Staffordshire Regiment [72]

North Staffordshire Regiment [71]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [68]

West Yorkshire Regiment [59]

Durham Light Infantry [56]

South Lancashire Regiment [56]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Lincolnshire Regiment [49]

Somerset Light Infantry [47]

West Riding Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [45]

Yorkshire Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [42]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [42]

Royal Naval Division [42]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41]

Welsh Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

The Queen's Regiment [36]

Dorsetshire Regiment [35]

Canadian Infantry [34]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [33]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [31]

Tank Corps [30]

Service

British Army [4679]

Royal Navy [530]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [376]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [358]

Australian Imperial Force [206]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [54]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [6228]

S [11]

M [10]

W [8]

D [7]

C [6]

A [5]

G [5]

F [4]

H [4]

R [4]

L [3]

E [2]

K [2]

Q [2]

J [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6179]

Merchant Navy [72]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [240]

France [24]

Turkey [10]

Belgium [6]

India [6]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Singapore [1]

Yemen [1]

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London England [22] Melbourne Victoria [17] Sydney New South Wales [16] Southport, Lancashire [13] Bristol, Gloucestershire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] London, Middlesex [11] Leicester [10] Plymouth, Devon [10] Adelaide South Australia [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Nottingham [8] Bendigo Victoria [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Devonport, Devon [7] Leicester, Leicestershire [7] Coventry, Warwickshire [6] Dartmouth, Devon [6] Hastings, Sussex [6] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Wigan, Lancashire [6] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Newport, Monmouthshire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Preston, Lancashire [5] Battersea, London [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Islington, London [4] Plymouth, Devon, England [4] Poole, Dorset [4] Southampton [4] Walworth, London [4] Andover, Hampshire [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Kensington, London [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3] Ormskirk, Lancashire [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Tavistock, Devon [3] Warwickshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3]

Rank

Private [3103] Gunner [363] Driver [248] Serjeant [232] Corporal [231] Sapper [189] Lance Corporal [121] Second Lieutenant [115] Captain [57] Acting Corporal [52] Acting Serjeant [47] Lieutenant [39] Pioneer [39] Bombardier [32] Major [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Rifleman [18] Able Seaman [13] Colour Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Worker [11] Acting Bombardier [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Guardsman [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Drummer [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Trooper [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Gunner [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [381] Royal Engineers [374] Royal Field Artillery [364] Army Service Corps [299] Royal Garrison Artillery [235] London Regiment [168] Machine Gun Corps [145] Liverpool Regiment [140] Royal Army Medical Corps [140] Royal Fusiliers [116] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [114] Devonshire Regiment [104] Leicestershire Regiment [97] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [87] Cheshire Regiment [81] Gloucestershire Regiment [80] Middlesex Regiment [80] Hampshire Regiment [75] Manchester Regiment [74] Lancashire Fusiliers [72] South Staffordshire Regiment [72] North Staffordshire Regiment [71] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] King's Royal Rifle Corps [68] West Yorkshire Regiment [59] Durham Light Infantry [56] South Lancashire Regiment [56] Rifle Brigade [55] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Lincolnshire Regiment [49] Somerset Light Infantry [47] West Riding Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [45] Yorkshire Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [42] Royal Berkshire Regiment [42] Royal Naval Division [42] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41] Welsh Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Suffolk Regiment [36] The Queen's Regiment [36] Dorsetshire Regiment [35] Canadian Infantry [34] Royal Lancaster Regiment [33] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [31] Tank Corps [30]

Service

British Army [4679] Royal Navy [530] Canadian Expeditionary Force [376] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [358] Australian Imperial Force [206] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [54] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [6228] S [11] M [10] W [8] D [7] C [6] A [5] G [5] F [4] H [4] R [4] L [3] E [2] K [2] Q [2] J [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6179] Merchant Navy [72] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [240] France [24] Turkey [10] Belgium [6] India [6] Ireland [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Singapore [1] Yemen [1]

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