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St Helier [58]

St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [28]

St Helier, Jersey [23]

St. Helier [4]

St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [3]

St Helier, Jersey, Channel Isles [3]

St. Helier, Jersey [3]

St Helier England [2]

Grouville, St Helier [1]

Grouville, St Helier, Jersey [1]

Jersey, St Helier [1]

St Helier Jersey [1]

St Helier Jersey CI [1]

St Helier, [1]

St Helier, Channel Islands [1]

St Helier, Jersey, CI [1]

St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islane [1]

St Helier, Surrey, England [1]

St Helier,Jersey,Channel Islands [1]

St. Helier, Jersey C.I. [1]

St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [7]

Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [4]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

26189 [1]

Able Seaman II [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class (Bugler) [1]

Boy Class II [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Crewman [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

French Interpreter [1]

Gunner Second Class [1]

Interprètes [1]

Joiner III [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Crewman [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Major acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3 [1]

Officers Steward 3 (Batman) [1]

Private (Acting Corporal) [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [27]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

3/5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

4th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

7th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

95th Russell's Infantry [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Armée française [1]

Attached Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC) [1]

British Indian Army [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Commanding 16th Indian Infantry Brigade [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Birkenhead [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Fisgard [a Portsmouth shore training base] [1]

HMS Glory [1]

Service

British Army [75]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [19]

B [18]

L [18]

C [10]

S [9]

G [8]

M [8]

R [7]

H [6]

O [5]

A [4]

J [4]

T [4]

W [4]

P [3]

V [3]

K [2]

Q [2]

E [1]

F [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Jersey [14]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Guernsey [1]

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People [137] Stories Communities

Place of birth

St Helier [58] St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [28] St Helier, Jersey [23] St. Helier [4] St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [3] St Helier, Jersey, Channel Isles [3] St. Helier, Jersey [3] St Helier England [2] Grouville, St Helier [1] Grouville, St Helier, Jersey [1] Jersey, St Helier [1] St Helier Jersey [1] St Helier Jersey CI [1] St Helier, [1] St Helier, Channel Islands [1] St Helier, Jersey, CI [1] St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islane [1] St Helier, Surrey, England [1] St Helier,Jersey,Channel Islands [1] St. Helier, Jersey C.I. [1] St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Rank

Private [53] Second Lieutenant [12] Corporal [10] Gunner [7] Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [4] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] 26189 [1] Able Seaman II [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class (Bugler) [1] Boy Class II [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Crewman [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] French Interpreter [1] Gunner Second Class [1] Interprètes [1] Joiner III [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Crewman [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Major acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officers Steward 3 [1] Officers Steward 3 (Batman) [1] Private (Acting Corporal) [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [27] Hampshire Regiment [9] Labour Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1] 3/5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 7th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 95th Russell's Infantry [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Armée française [1] Attached Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC) [1] British Indian Army [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Commanding 16th Indian Infantry Brigade [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Birkenhead [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Fisgard [a Portsmouth shore training base] [1] HMS Glory [1]

Service

British Army [75] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [19] B [18] L [18] C [10] S [9] G [8] M [8] R [7] H [6] O [5] A [4] J [4] T [4] W [4] P [3] V [3] K [2] Q [2] E [1] F [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Jersey [14] Canada [2] Australia [1] China [1] Guernsey [1]

Apcar Leslie De Vine

Born 1886

Died 1943

Australian Imperial Force 330 Sergeant 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Harold Temple Cotton

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Major South Lancashire Regiment 27th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Lancashire Regiment

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Stanley Roberts De Gruchy

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 138T Private The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/10th Battalion

British Army 290144 Private The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/10th Battalion

British Army 290144 Private The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/10th Battalion

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Clarence William Orchard

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6374 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Harold Gautier

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 4010 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Bn

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John Adolphos Heresey

Born 1880

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 510656

Canadian Expeditionary Force 510656 Sergeant Canadian Army Service Corps

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Edward Claud Scott

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 28 Company

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Julian Silver Strickland Dunlop

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

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Bernard Gruchy

Born 1899

Royal Navy F42843 Officers Steward 3 HMS President II [A Shore-located Accounting Base]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242843 Officers Steward 3 (Batman) Royal Air Force RAF Vendome [France]

Royal Navy F42843 Able Seaman II HMS Pembroke II [Royal Naval Air Station]

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Sydney Joseph De Gruchy Queree

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80648 Private Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80648 Leading Mechanic Royal Air Force (Aeroplane Repairs)

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Edward Arthur Le Breton

Born 1875

British Army T4/123293 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T4/123293 Private Army Service Corps

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Percival De Gruchy

Born 1885

Died 1950

British Army 158206 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 110th Company

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James Collis Cheney

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army 7870 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Vavasour Mervyn Holdsworth

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Lance Corporal North Devon Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Henry Lucier Sellier

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 433151

Canadian Expeditionary Force 433151 Private Canadian Infantry

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Adam Schneider

Born 1881

Died 1958

Royal Navy 8377 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 8377 Gunner Second Class Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 8377 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Henry Alexander Voisin

Born 1895

Died 1939

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Acting Corporal Trench Mortar Battery

British Army Captain General List

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William C West

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 7/4220 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Henry John Juhel

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348104

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348104 Gunner Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

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Ernest Alexander Vallois

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7/4211 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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