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Port St Mary, Isle of Man, England [52]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [44]

Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen) [30]

Kingston St Mary, Somerset [28]

St. Mary, Middlesex [25]

Ottery St Mary, Devon [15]

Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [13]

St Mary Cray, Kent [12]

Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [10]

Stoke St Mary, Somerset [9]

Buckland St Mary, Somerset [8]

Port Maria, St. Mary, Middlesex [6]

St. Mary [5]

St Mary Cray, Chatham, Kent [4]

St Mary Cray, Dover, Kent [4]

Bures St Mary, Suffolk [3]

Clyst St Mary, Devon [3]

Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey [3]

Oracabessa, St. Mary [3]

Plympton St Mary, Devon [3]

Pulham St Mary, Norfolk [3]

St Mary Cray, Bromley, Kent [3]

Albany, St. Mary, Middlesex [2]

Annotto Bay, St. Mary, Middlesex [2]

Blandford St Mary, Dorset [2]

Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Chadwell St Mary, Essex, England [2]

Creeting St Mary, Suffolk [2]

Ottery St Mary [2]

Ottery St Mary, Devon, England [2]

Port St Mary, Isle Of Man [2]

Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen ) Norfolk [2]

Pulham St Mary [2]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [2]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [2]

Pulham St Mary, Harleston, Norfolk [2]

Seavington St Mary, Somerset [2]

St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire [2]

St Mary Bourne, Hampshire [2]

St Mary Cray England [2]

St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon [2]

St Mary de Castro [2]

St. Mary Cray, Kent [2]

Thwaite St Mary, Norfolk [2]

53 St Mary Street, Baneswell, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Albany, St. Mary [1]

Ashby St Mary, Norfolk, England [1]

Barton St Mary, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Buckland St Mary England [1]

Buckland St Mary, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Gunner [20]

Lance Corporal [15]

Serjeant [14]

Driver [10]

Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Captian [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Corporal Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier [1]

Head of Motor School [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 1 Cook [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [45]

British West Indies Regiment [41]

Jamaica War Contingent [27]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

West India Regiment [12]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

Royal Engineers [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

London Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Defence [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

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

Service

British Army [284]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

Royal Navy [33]

Other Empire Force [28]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [55]

C [47]

S [47]

H [44]

W [38]

M [26]

L [25]

G [24]

P [22]

D [21]

K [18]

F [17]

A [15]

T [11]

E [9]

R [8]

J [7]

N [7]

Y [3]

O [2]

Q [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [360]

Merchant Navy [62]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Jamaica [4]

Canada [2]

Bermuda [1]

India [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Place of birth

Port St Mary, Isle of Man, England [52] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [44] Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen) [30] Kingston St Mary, Somerset [28] St. Mary, Middlesex [25] Ottery St Mary, Devon [15] Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [13] St Mary Cray, Kent [12] Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [10] Stoke St Mary, Somerset [9] Buckland St Mary, Somerset [8] Port Maria, St. Mary, Middlesex [6] St. Mary [5] St Mary Cray, Chatham, Kent [4] St Mary Cray, Dover, Kent [4] Bures St Mary, Suffolk [3] Clyst St Mary, Devon [3] Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey [3] Oracabessa, St. Mary [3] Plympton St Mary, Devon [3] Pulham St Mary, Norfolk [3] St Mary Cray, Bromley, Kent [3] Albany, St. Mary, Middlesex [2] Annotto Bay, St. Mary, Middlesex [2] Blandford St Mary, Dorset [2] Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Chadwell St Mary, Essex, England [2] Creeting St Mary, Suffolk [2] Ottery St Mary [2] Ottery St Mary, Devon, England [2] Port St Mary, Isle Of Man [2] Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen ) Norfolk [2] Pulham St Mary [2] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [2] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [2] Pulham St Mary, Harleston, Norfolk [2] Seavington St Mary, Somerset [2] St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire [2] St Mary Bourne, Hampshire [2] St Mary Cray England [2] St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon [2] St Mary de Castro [2] St. Mary Cray, Kent [2] Thwaite St Mary, Norfolk [2] 53 St Mary Street, Baneswell, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Albany, St. Mary [1] Ashby St Mary, Norfolk, England [1] Barton St Mary, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Buckland St Mary England [1] Buckland St Mary, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [219] Gunner [20] Lance Corporal [15] Serjeant [14] Driver [10] Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Captian [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier [1] Head of Motor School [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private 1 Cook [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [45] British West Indies Regiment [41] Jamaica War Contingent [27] Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [17] Army Service Corps [16] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Devonshire Regiment [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] West India Regiment [12] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] Royal Engineers [8] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] London Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Defence [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

British Army [284] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] Royal Navy [33] Other Empire Force [28] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [55] C [47] S [47] H [44] W [38] M [26] L [25] G [24] P [22] D [21] K [18] F [17] A [15] T [11] E [9] R [8] J [7] N [7] Y [3] O [2] Q [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [360] Merchant Navy [62]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Jamaica [4] Canada [2] Bermuda [1] India [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Herbert Charles Bevis

Born 1899

Died 1978

British Army 8/6741 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 44196 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2/4th Batallion

British Army 44635 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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David Allen

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 9549 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 13535 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 13535 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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W Solomon Rhoden

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5256 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5256 Lance Serjeant West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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James G Beaumont

Born 1883

British Army 85432 Private Machine Gun Corps 17th Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Greep

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy Dev/281626(RFR/B/2055) Stoker 1st Class Nelson Battalion

Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 281626 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

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Hugh Cyril Barnes

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 820 Private Machine Gun Corps

Captian Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 820 Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Claude Simpson Cousins

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment

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Edward Joseph Dillon

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 513139 152 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 88 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 7th Training Depot Station

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Herbert Watson Atkinson

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 3/11427 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/11427 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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Arthur Albert Tann

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 29068 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Btn.

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Christopher Edgar Biggs

Born 1860

Died 1920

Royal Navy 97580 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Rose Robinson

Born 1887

Other Empire Force 3819 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4291 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Eric Hodson

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Samuel Fletcher

Born 1898

Other Empire Force 12649 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 16186 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Sidney Hubert Ansell

Died 1915

British Army 1043 Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Archibald George Slee

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2592 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Edgar Harrington

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 852 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 852 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th Home Counties Howitzer Brigade

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Oscar Royston Rudolf

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 234995 Acting Sergeant Canadian Infantry 203rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 234995 Sergeant Canadian Infantry 44th Battalion

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Ralph Sydney Last Fairhead

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6824 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6824 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Alfred Lane

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 70 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 21st Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85093 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 21st Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85093 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 21st Battery

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