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Philadelphia [17]

Philadelphia, United States of America [10]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [7]

Philadelphia USA South Australia [5]

Philadelphia, America [2]

Boxborough Philadelphia, Pensylvania, United States of America [1]

Philadelphia New South Wales [1]

Philadelphia, County Durham [1]

Philadelphia, Durham [1]

Philadelphia, England [1]

Philadelphia, Missouri [1]

Philadelphia, New York [1]

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Private [9]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

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Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

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Signalman [1]

Trooper [1]

Volunteer Driver [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

107th Infantry Regiment [1]

11th Canadian Field Artillery (Heavy Howitzer) [1]

29th Vancouver Battalion [1]

American Expeditionary Force [1]

American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1]

Barbados Volunteers [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

General French's Staff [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Belgian Prince [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Scots [1]

US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section [1]

US Navy on board HM Submarine H5 as an observer [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [14]

British Army [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

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C [6]

W [6]

B [5]

K [4]

S [4]

D [3]

G [3]

M [3]

T [3]

F [2]

H [2]

O [2]

P [2]

E [1]

I [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [43]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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People [48] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Philadelphia [17] Philadelphia, United States of America [10] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [7] Philadelphia USA South Australia [5] Philadelphia, America [2] Boxborough Philadelphia, Pensylvania, United States of America [1] Philadelphia New South Wales [1] Philadelphia, County Durham [1] Philadelphia, Durham [1] Philadelphia, England [1] Philadelphia, Missouri [1] Philadelphia, New York [1]

Rank

Private [9] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] First Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Major /acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1] Trooper [1] Volunteer Driver [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 107th Infantry Regiment [1] 11th Canadian Field Artillery (Heavy Howitzer) [1] 29th Vancouver Battalion [1] American Expeditionary Force [1] American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1] Barbados Volunteers [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] French Foreign Legion [1] General French's Staff [1] Grenadier Guards [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Belgian Prince [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Scots [1] US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section [1] US Navy on board HM Submarine H5 as an observer [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [14] British Army [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

C [6] W [6] B [5] K [4] S [4] D [3] G [3] M [3] T [3] F [2] H [2] O [2] P [2] E [1] I [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [43] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Canada [1] United States [1]

Earle Wayne Freed Childs

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant US Navy on board HM Submarine H5 as an observer

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William Archer Calder

Born 1893

British Army 1698 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 1698 Trooper Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

British Army 1698 Acting Corporal Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

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John Fitzgerald

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78955

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Isaac Hicks

Born 1872

Royal Navy 270328

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Hugh Joseph Gastinia

Australian Imperial Force 65750

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Walter Benjamin Brown

Australian Imperial Force 4683

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Charles Benson Worsnop

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major /acting Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Infantry

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Norman Turnbull

Born 1896

Royal Navy K30244

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Thomas Tuffy

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS118257

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Jane Westmorland

Born 1895

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Edward William Sharp

Born 1886

Royal Navy 219044

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Joseph Shuler Smith

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75253 Private 29th Vancouver Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

Other Empire Force First Lieutenant American Expeditionary Force

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Timothy Hanlon

Australian Imperial Force 2153

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John Charles Dixon

Australian Imperial Force 3538

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Joseph Francis Mcglone

Australian Imperial Force 6801

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Daniel Joseph O'donnell

Australian Imperial Force 2373

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Catherine Knox

Born 1899

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Henry Bullock

Born 1902

Royal Navy J86780

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John Mccloskey

Born 1890

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Joseph Webber

Born 1892

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