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Clifton Hill Victoria [278]

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [93]

Clifton Queensland [70]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [45]

Clifton, Bristol [41]

Clifton New South Wales [40]

Clifton Bristol [15]

Clifton [12]

Clifton England [12]

Clifton, Yorkshire [8]

Clifton, Bedfordshire [7]

Clifton Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Clifton, Galway [6]

Clifton, York, Yorkshire [6]

Clifton Reynes, Bucks [5]

Clifton, Lancashire [5]

Clifton, Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Clifton, Somerset [5]

Clifton,Bristol. [5]

Clifton Hill, Victoria [3]

Clifton Victoria [3]

Clifton Bristol, Somerset [2]

Clifton Campville, Staffordshire [2]

Clifton Hampden [2]

Clifton Wood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Clifton, Brighouse [2]

Clifton, Derbyshire [2]

Clifton, Kansas [2]

Clifton, Manchester [2]

Clifton, Oxfordshire [2]

Clifton, Westmorland [2]

Clifton,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [2]

Ballyconree, Clifton, Galway [1]

Bristol - Clifton [1]

Bristol, Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton Bedfordshire [1]

Clifton Bristol Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton Hall Victoria [1]

Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Clifton Hill Western Australia [1]

Clifton Lancashire [1]

Clifton London, Middlesex [1]

Clifton Manchester [1]

Clifton Murrie, India [1]

Clifton Mussel [1]

Clifton Preston [1]

Clifton Reynes, Buckinghamshire [1]

Clifton Reynes, near Olney, Buckinghamshire [1]

Clifton Village, Nevis [1]

Rank

Private [63]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [10]

Gunner [9]

Major [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Commander [5]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Corporal [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Sergeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Director [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major General [1]

Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber [1]

Pri [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/signaller [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/7 Battalion Welsh (Cyclists) Regiment [1]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

19th Field Ambulance [1]

1st Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

3rd Coldstream Guards [1]

4th Army Corps [1]

51st Infantry Battalion [1]

6th Infantry Brigade - 2nd Australian Division [1]

9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

9th Infantry Brigade [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [414]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [135]

British Army [119]

Royal Navy [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [75]

S [73]

M [67]

B [63]

W [61]

H [60]

D [47]

T [42]

R [37]

P [36]

L [35]

F [30]

G [30]

A [20]

J [18]

K [18]

E [17]

O [10]

N [7]

Y [4]

I [3]

V [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [739]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [63]

Australia [3]

New Zealand [2]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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People [757] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Clifton Hill Victoria [278] Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [93] Clifton Queensland [70] Clifton, Gloucestershire [45] Clifton, Bristol [41] Clifton New South Wales [40] Clifton Bristol [15] Clifton [12] Clifton England [12] Clifton, Yorkshire [8] Clifton, Bedfordshire [7] Clifton Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Clifton, Galway [6] Clifton, York, Yorkshire [6] Clifton Reynes, Bucks [5] Clifton, Lancashire [5] Clifton, Manchester, Lancashire [5] Clifton, Somerset [5] Clifton,Bristol. [5] Clifton Hill, Victoria [3] Clifton Victoria [3] Clifton Bristol, Somerset [2] Clifton Campville, Staffordshire [2] Clifton Hampden [2] Clifton Wood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Clifton, Brighouse [2] Clifton, Derbyshire [2] Clifton, Kansas [2] Clifton, Manchester [2] Clifton, Oxfordshire [2] Clifton, Westmorland [2] Clifton,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [2] Ballyconree, Clifton, Galway [1] Bristol - Clifton [1] Bristol, Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Clifton Bedfordshire [1] Clifton Bristol Gloucestershire [1] Clifton Gloucestershire [1] Clifton Hall Victoria [1] Clifton Hill House, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Clifton Hill Western Australia [1] Clifton Lancashire [1] Clifton London, Middlesex [1] Clifton Manchester [1] Clifton Murrie, India [1] Clifton Mussel [1] Clifton Preston [1] Clifton Reynes, Buckinghamshire [1] Clifton Reynes, near Olney, Buckinghamshire [1] Clifton Village, Nevis [1]

Rank

Private [63] Captain [18] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [10] Gunner [9] Major [8] Lance Corporal [7] Commander [5] Driver [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sapper [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Corporal [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Midshipman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rear Admiral [2] Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Director [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major General [1] Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber [1] Pri [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private/signaller [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Australian Infantry [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/7 Battalion Welsh (Cyclists) Regiment [1] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 19th Field Ambulance [1] 1st Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 3rd Coldstream Guards [1] 4th Army Corps [1] 51st Infantry Battalion [1] 6th Infantry Brigade - 2nd Australian Division [1] 9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 9th Infantry Brigade [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [414] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [135] British Army [119] Royal Navy [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [75] S [73] M [67] B [63] W [61] H [60] D [47] T [42] R [37] P [36] L [35] F [30] G [30] A [20] J [18] K [18] E [17] O [10] N [7] Y [4] I [3] V [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [739] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [63] Australia [3] New Zealand [2] Egypt [1] India [1] Malta [1]

Harold Mather

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 84981 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Richard Francis Amos Southam

Born 1883

Died 1962

British Army 6/6401 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6/6401 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 7006215 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Ulster Rifles

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Gordon Dacher Mckenzie

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/1498 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edgar Cecil Gration

Born 1872

Died 1922

British Army 28788 Sapper Royal Engineers 15th Company

British Army 28788 Sapper Royal Engineers 24th Company then M Company then 29th Company

British Army 28788 Sapper Royal Engineers G (Depot) Company

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George William Froom

Born 1873

Died 1950

British Army 125237 Pioneer Royal Engineers 11th Labour Battalion

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Thomas Dutson Mather

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 26709 Private Border Regiment

British Army 30179 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Percy Oyston

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 200622 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army private yorkshire regiment 4th battalion

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Douglas Reynolds

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 37th Battery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 83rd Brigade

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Albert Alexander Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 851 Private Bedfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 851 Private Bedford Yeomanry

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Frederick E Hillier

Born 1881

Died 1920

British Army 4907 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Arthur Jex-Blake Percival

Born 1870

Died 1914

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Head Quarters Staff 2nd Division.

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Frederick Frome

Born 1899

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 7750 Private Australian Infantry 15th Battalion (26th Reinforcements)

Australian Imperial Force 7750 Private Australian Army Medical Corps 83rd Dental Unit [Weymouth Dorset UK]

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Thomas Norris Wolstencroft

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 243743 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 243743 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Ambrose George Atwell

Born 1885

Died 1924

British Army 8027 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8027 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8027 Private South Wales Borderers

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Albert Edward Hughes

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 69521 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Norman Hirst

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1166 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 1166 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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William John Peters

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 6858 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Edward Denis Tyndall

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Walter Winchester

Born 1877

Died 1945

British Army 8923 Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 8923 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 8923 Battery Sergeant Major RFA attd Volunteer Artillery Battery

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Harry Frank Clark

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 841158

Canadian Expeditionary Force 841158 87th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 841158 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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