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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]

Frank Waylett Bartlett

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 5/1842 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 5/1842 Private (Acting Corporal) Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/1842 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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George Emile - Originally Gaston Emile - Morel

Born 1887

Died 1957

British Army 26189 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26189 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26189 26189 Royal Artillery

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Herbert Gill Batho

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army L/9179 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Bandsman East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy William Bourke

Born 1873

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1891 Corporal Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1891 Private Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick De Gruchy

Born 1867

Died 1924

British Army 137747 Sapper Royal Engineers 237 Field Company

British Army 137747 Sapper Royal Engineers 121 Field Company

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Ernest Duhamel Smith

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4496 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372066 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joshua Laverty De Gruchy

Born 1866

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 18608 Private Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion

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Frederick De Gruchy

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army 32882 Acting Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 14340 Acting Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186031 Corporal Royal Air Force 254 Squadron

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Reginald Samson Blight

Born 1895

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30241

British Army 30241 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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John Edward Le Masurier

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2708 1st Divisional Ammunition Column

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Peter Francis Corniere

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 31560 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Sidney De Gruchy

Born 1884

Royal Navy 207551 Boy 2nd Class (Bugler)

Royal Navy 207551 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 207551 Ordinary Seaman

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Arthur Berteau Grellier

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant 3/5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Duncan Crawford

Born 1881

Died 1936

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Head Quarters 12th Corps

British Army Major Royal Artillery

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Alfred De Gruchy Hamon

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army 131558 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 42 Company

British Army 131558 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 316 Siege Battery

British Army 131558 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 316 Siege Battery

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Thomas Gruchy

Born 1885

Died 1944

Royal Navy 213887 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 213887 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 213887 Ordinary Seaman

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Rodney De Gruchy

Born 1899

Died 1974

British Army 37254 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 37254 Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Frank Helier Lawrence

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd attached to 1st Battalion

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Arthur Norman Larbalestier

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 6639 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd Battalion.

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Clement Stanley Bertram Mallet

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire

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