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North Sydney New South Wales [350]

North Wales [18]

North Wales England [8]

Holyhead, North Wales [7]

Rhyl, North Wales [7]

Anglesey, North Wales [6]

Bangor, North Wales [6]

North Richmond New South Wales [6]

Colwyn Bay, North Wales [5]

North Ryde New South Wales [5]

Bangor North Wales [4]

Carnarvon North Wales [4]

North Botany New South Wales [4]

Wrexham, North Wales [4]

Carnarvon, North Wales [3]

Holywell Flintshire North Wales [3]

Kentish Town, North Wales [3]

Llangollen, North Wales [3]

North Dorrigo New South Wales [3]

Ruabon, North Wales [3]

Welshpool, North Wales [3]

Abergele North Wales [2]

Buckley, North Wales [2]

Carnarvonshire North Wales [2]

Denbigh, North Wales [2]

Holywell, North Wales [2]

Llandudno, North Wales [2]

Marylebone, North Wales [2]

Mold North Wales [2]

North Botany, New South Wales [2]

North Creek New South Wales [2]

North Shore New South Wales [2]

Rhyl, Flintshire, North Wales [2]

Ruthin North Wales [2]

Sydney, North South Wales [2]

Wrexham North Wales [2]

Aberdovey, North Wales [1]

Abergale, North Wales [1]

Abergavenny North Wales [1]

Amlewch, Anglesea, North Wales [1]

Anglesea North Wales [1]

Bala, North Wales [1]

Banfor North Wales [1]

Barmouth North Wales [1]

Beaumaris, Anglesey, North Wales [1]

Bethesda, North Wales [1]

Bettws-Y-Coed, North Wales [1]

Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales [1]

Bodedern, Anglesey, North Wales [1]

Broughton North Wales [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [5]

Captain [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Dispenser [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Surgeon Probationer [1]

Temporary Sergeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

1 Brigade [1]

1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

10 Field Artillery Brigade [1]

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

23 Field Artillery Brigade [1]

26th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

3 Division Artillery [1]

7 Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Field Artillery Reinforcements [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HM Torpedo Boat 12 [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Notts & Derby [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Vale of Leven [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [463]

British Army [69]

Royal Navy [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [63]

W [61]

D [55]

C [48]

J [41]

P [41]

M [40]

G [38]

R [30]

H [27]

L [27]

F [25]

E [23]

T [23]

B [16]

K [8]

N [8]

O [8]

A [6]

V [4]

Q [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [593]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Australia [1]

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North Sydney New South Wales [350] North Wales [18] North Wales England [8] Holyhead, North Wales [7] Rhyl, North Wales [7] Anglesey, North Wales [6] Bangor, North Wales [6] North Richmond New South Wales [6] Colwyn Bay, North Wales [5] North Ryde New South Wales [5] Bangor North Wales [4] Carnarvon North Wales [4] North Botany New South Wales [4] Wrexham, North Wales [4] Carnarvon, North Wales [3] Holywell Flintshire North Wales [3] Kentish Town, North Wales [3] Llangollen, North Wales [3] North Dorrigo New South Wales [3] Ruabon, North Wales [3] Welshpool, North Wales [3] Abergele North Wales [2] Buckley, North Wales [2] Carnarvonshire North Wales [2] Denbigh, North Wales [2] Holywell, North Wales [2] Llandudno, North Wales [2] Marylebone, North Wales [2] Mold North Wales [2] North Botany, New South Wales [2] North Creek New South Wales [2] North Shore New South Wales [2] Rhyl, Flintshire, North Wales [2] Ruthin North Wales [2] Sydney, North South Wales [2] Wrexham North Wales [2] Aberdovey, North Wales [1] Abergale, North Wales [1] Abergavenny North Wales [1] Amlewch, Anglesea, North Wales [1] Anglesea North Wales [1] Bala, North Wales [1] Banfor North Wales [1] Barmouth North Wales [1] Beaumaris, Anglesey, North Wales [1] Bethesda, North Wales [1] Bettws-Y-Coed, North Wales [1] Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales [1] Bodedern, Anglesey, North Wales [1] Broughton North Wales [1]

Rank

Private [25] Lieutenant [7] Corporal [5] Captain [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Bombardier [1] Dispenser [1] First Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Surgeon Probationer [1] Temporary Sergeant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Cheshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 1 Brigade [1] 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 10 Field Artillery Brigade [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 23 Field Artillery Brigade [1] 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 3 Division Artillery [1] 7 Field Artillery Brigade [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Field Artillery Brigade [1] Field Artillery Reinforcements [1] French Red Cross [1] HM Torpedo Boat 12 [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Notts & Derby [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Vale of Leven [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [463] British Army [69] Royal Navy [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [63] W [61] D [55] C [48] J [41] P [41] M [40] G [38] R [30] H [27] L [27] F [25] E [23] T [23] B [16] K [8] N [8] O [8] A [6] V [4] Q [3] Y [3] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [593]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Australia [1]

Thomas Lewis Prichard

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Robert Albert Wynne

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 4697 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 4697 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Thomas Lewis

Born 1897

Died 1922

British Army 18165 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 18165 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Btn

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John E Kerfoot

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2918 Private West Riding Regiment

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Jack Morrison Gregory

Born 1895

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Sergeant 7 Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Sergeant 23 Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 3 Division Artillery

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Oswald Fazakerley

Born 1882

Died 1954

British Army 12605 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 12605 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Richard Kerfoot

Born 1896

British Army 30337 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 30337 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd/5th Battalion

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Bernard George Fazakerley

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 565 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 565 Sergeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Richard Arnold Seymour-Jones

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army First Lieutenant The South Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion, TF

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David Jones

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 31964 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 20496 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 273475 Private Royal Engineers

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John Williams

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2993

Australian Imperial Force 2993 Private 31st Battalion

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Ignatius Bertram Norris

Born 1881

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel Australian Infantry 53rd Battalion

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Thomas Warburton Kerfoot

Born 1893

British Army 25474 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 86592 Private Welsh Regiment

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Reginald Cooper

Died 1915

British Army 3881 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Walter James Kavanagh

Born 1872

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4220

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David Lewis Jones

Died 1918

British Army 376074 Private London Regiment

British Army 376074 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Bignell

Born 1883

Died 1961

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116144 Lance-Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles 11th Battalion

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Peleg Lloyd Parry

Born 1888

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1457 Lance Corporal New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Allan Gordon Bee

Born 1890

Royal Navy Surgeon Probationer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Gwilym Henry Powell Kerfoot

Born 1880

Died 1946

British Army 32804 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 39841 Private Labour Corps

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