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Douglas, Isle of Man, England [171]

Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [84]

Port Douglas Queensland [57]

Douglas, Isle Of Man [54]

Douglas [44]

Douglas, Isle of Man [40]

Douglas, Cork [29]

Douglas England [21]

Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [18]

Castle Douglas Scotland [13]

Castle Douglas Kirkcudbright [12]

Douglas, Lanarkshire [11]

Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [9]

Douglas Isle of Man [4]

Douglas, Isle of Wight [4]

Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire [3]

Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright [3]

Douglas Park New South Wales [3]

St Georges, Douglas, Isle Of Man [3]

Braddan, Douglas, Isle of Man [2]

Douglas Isle of Wight [2]

Douglas ON [2]

Douglas Victoria [2]

Douglas, Co. Cork [2]

Douglas, Douglas [2]

Douglas, Isle of Wight, England [2]

Port Douglas, Queensland [2]

St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2]

105 Douglas Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1]

3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1]

Balcarry, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Bradden, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Braddon, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Castle Douglas Kircudbright [1]

Castle Douglas, Co Kirkcudbright [1]

Castle Douglas, Kincardineshire [1]

Castle Douglas, Scotland [1]

Douglas Ise of Man [1]

Douglas Isle Of Man England [1]

Douglas Isle of Man England [1]

Douglas Isle of Man. [1]

Douglas Queensland [1]

Douglas Water, Lanarkshire [1]

Douglas, County Cork [1]

Douglas, Lanark, Lanarkshire [1]

Douglas, Somerset, England [1]

Douglas, The Isle of Man [1]

Honan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Seaman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Chief Stoker [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Reverend [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bandmaster 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Lt. Col. [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Nurse [1]

Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Sailmaker's Mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [15]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Reserve [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1]

1st (Western Ontario) Battalion [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corp [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1]

Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

Royal Navy [88]

British Army [75]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [142]

M [66]

K [58]

B [44]

H [41]

S [35]

G [30]

W [29]

T [24]

D [23]

R [23]

L [22]

Q [17]

A [16]

O [16]

F [14]

J [13]

P [12]

E [8]

N [4]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [351]

Merchant Navy [265]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Isle of Man [8]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Douglas, Isle of Man, England [171] Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [84] Port Douglas Queensland [57] Douglas, Isle Of Man [54] Douglas [44] Douglas, Isle of Man [40] Douglas, Cork [29] Douglas England [21] Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [18] Castle Douglas Scotland [13] Castle Douglas Kirkcudbright [12] Douglas, Lanarkshire [11] Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [9] Douglas Isle of Man [4] Douglas, Isle of Wight [4] Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire [3] Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright [3] Douglas Park New South Wales [3] St Georges, Douglas, Isle Of Man [3] Braddan, Douglas, Isle of Man [2] Douglas Isle of Wight [2] Douglas ON [2] Douglas Victoria [2] Douglas, Co. Cork [2] Douglas, Douglas [2] Douglas, Isle of Wight, England [2] Port Douglas, Queensland [2] St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2] 105 Douglas Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1] 3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1] Balcarry, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Bradden, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Braddon, Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Castle Douglas Kircudbright [1] Castle Douglas, Co Kirkcudbright [1] Castle Douglas, Kincardineshire [1] Castle Douglas, Scotland [1] Douglas Ise of Man [1] Douglas Isle Of Man England [1] Douglas Isle of Man England [1] Douglas Isle of Man. [1] Douglas Queensland [1] Douglas Water, Lanarkshire [1] Douglas, County Cork [1] Douglas, Lanark, Lanarkshire [1] Douglas, Somerset, England [1] Douglas, The Isle of Man [1] Honan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Rank

Private [58] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [7] Seaman [6] Able Seaman [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Chief Stoker [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Reverend [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bandmaster 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Boatman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Lt. Col. [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Medical Officer [1] Nurse [1] Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant [1] Rear Admiral [1] Sailmaker's Mate [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [15] Liverpool Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] HMS Goliath [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Reserve [2] Australian Infantry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] 10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1] 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corp [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1] Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] Royal Navy [88] British Army [75] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [142] M [66] K [58] B [44] H [41] S [35] G [30] W [29] T [24] D [23] R [23] L [22] Q [17] A [16] O [16] F [14] J [13] P [12] E [8] N [4] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [351] Merchant Navy [265] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Isle of Man [8] Ireland [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Louisa Sarah Parnell

Born 1882

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service 1st Auxiliary General Hospital

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service 1st Auxiliary General Hospital

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George Edward King

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 28634 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 29452 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4399 Private Border Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Huntley Badenoch

Born 1882

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19169

British Army Galloway Rifle Volunteers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19169 Private 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion 1st Battalion

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William Henry Corkish

Born 1873

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 102373

Canadian Expeditionary Force 102373 Private Canadian Labour Corps

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Sydney Douglas Quirk

Born 1895

Died 1923

British Army 2207 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 207759 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 34103 Private Hampshire Regiment

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William Joseph Fick

Born 1880

Died 1919

Royal Navy 264 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 12608 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy RMB/264 Bandmaster 1st Class Royal Marine Band School of Music (Portsmouth)

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William Cecil Smith

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 45241 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Hugh Binney, K

Born 1883

Died 1953

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Captain

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Sandbrook Falkner

Born 1875

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Medical Officer War Office

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Clarence Edwin Killip

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165391

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Arthur Charles Adderley

Born 1873

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lt. Col. Royal Army Medical Corps 24 Coy RAMC

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John Frederick Quaye

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army King;s Liverpool Regiment 7th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2977 Private Australian Infantry 45th Battalion

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Douglas Hartley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 85006 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 52597 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Francis Hassard

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 26889 Lance Corporal King's Liverpool Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 26889 Corporal King's Liverpool Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 26889 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 16th Battalion

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Herbert Richard Dunmore

Born 1886

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Waiter S.S. Lancastria (Liverpool) Merchant Navy

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John Edward Corkill

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army M2/099171 Private Army Service Corps

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Phillip Stanley Kelly

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 62952 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

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May Gertrude Broadbent

Born 1890

Died 1932

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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William Lilburn Henry

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132015

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Horace Ambrose Peyton Bruhl

Born 1891

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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