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London [15]

Marylebone, London [12]

Leeds, Yorkshire [9]

Bulli New South Wales [8]

Islington, London [8]

Liverpool [8]

Belfast [7]

Dublin [7]

Glasgow, Scotland [7]

Manchester [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Crookwell New South Wales [6]

Oxford [6]

Altrincham, Cheshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Wellington [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Bristol [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [3]

Birmingham [3]

Bradford [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Edinburgh, Scotland [3]

Glasgow [3]

Hampstead, London [3]

Hull [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Lambeth, Surrey [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Paddington, London [3]

South Shields, County Durham [3]

St George Hanover Square, London [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

York [3]

Aberdeen, Scotland [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Auckland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Brighton [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane, Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [765]

Second Lieutenant [332]

Lieutenant [304]

Captain [268]

Lance Corporal [100]

Major [94]

Corporal [93]

Serjeant [78]

Lieutenant Colonel [59]

Gunner [58]

Rifleman [45]

Nurse [44]

Sergeant [38]

Master At Arms [35]

Staff Nurse [34]

Sister [31]

Civilian [30]

Able Seaman [27]

Driver [27]

Acting Corporal [22]

Nursing Sister [21]

Sapper [18]

Commander [16]

Midshipman [16]

Trooper [16]

Labourer [15]

2nd Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant Commander [14]

Temporary Captain [14]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [14]

Acting Captain [13]

Fireman [13]

Major General [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Munitions Worker [10]

Sub Lieutenant [10]

Bombardier [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Lance Sergeant [8]

Rear Admiral [8]

General [7]

Reverend [7]

Sub-Lieutenant [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Major [6]

Admiral [6]

Brigadier General [6]

Captain and Adjutant [6]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89]

London Regiment [83]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

Royal Engineers [52]

Manchester Regiment [46]

Royal Fusiliers [44]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [44]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Australian Infantry [36]

HMS Victory I [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Royal Flying Corps [32]

Royal Air Force [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

East Lancashire Regiment [28]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Labour Corps [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [23]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Highland Light Infantry [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [21]

Welsh Regiment [21]

Royal Artillery [20]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

Royal Scots [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Air raid victim, London [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [17]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [17]

Ashton-Under-Lyne explosion [16]

Grenadier Guards [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Women's Royal Naval Service [16]

Border Regiment [15]

Chinese Labour Corps [15]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

French Red Cross [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [1616]

Other Empire Force [333]

Royal Navy [226]

Australian Imperial Force [160]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [89]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72]

Indian Army [49]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

South African Services [22]

Last name first letter

B [303]

S [221]

M [199]

C [190]

H [171]

W [143]

A [141]

D [123]

G [123]

L [117]

R [114]

T [111]

P [96]

F [92]

N [85]

K [71]

J [63]

E [51]

O [46]

V [34]

Y [11]

I [8]

Q [5]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1904]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [843]

Canada [18]

Ireland [15]

India [14]

Australia [11]

United States [7]

New Zealand [6]

South Africa [5]

France [2]

Germany [2]

Jamaica [2]

Jersey [2]

Malta [2]

Belgium [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Greece [1]

Guernsey [1]

Guyana [1]

Mauritius [1]

Russian Federation [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Sudan [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

London [15] Marylebone, London [12] Leeds, Yorkshire [9] Bulli New South Wales [8] Islington, London [8] Liverpool [8] Belfast [7] Dublin [7] Glasgow, Scotland [7] Manchester [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Crookwell New South Wales [6] Oxford [6] Altrincham, Cheshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Wellington [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Bristol [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Aberdeen [3] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Belfast, Northern Ireland [3] Birmingham [3] Bradford [3] Camberwell, London [3] Edinburgh, Scotland [3] Glasgow [3] Hampstead, London [3] Hull [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Lambeth, London [3] Lambeth, Surrey [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Paddington, London [3] South Shields, County Durham [3] St George Hanover Square, London [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] York [3] Aberdeen, Scotland [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2] Alton, Hampshire [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Auckland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Brighton [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane, Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [765] Second Lieutenant [332] Lieutenant [304] Captain [268] Lance Corporal [100] Major [94] Corporal [93] Serjeant [78] Lieutenant Colonel [59] Gunner [58] Rifleman [45] Nurse [44] Sergeant [38] Master At Arms [35] Staff Nurse [34] Sister [31] Civilian [30] Able Seaman [27] Driver [27] Acting Corporal [22] Nursing Sister [21] Sapper [18] Commander [16] Midshipman [16] Trooper [16] Labourer [15] 2nd Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant Commander [14] Temporary Captain [14] Temporary Second Lieutenant [14] Acting Captain [13] Fireman [13] Major General [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Boy 2nd Class [11] Munitions Worker [10] Sub Lieutenant [10] Bombardier [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Lance Sergeant [8] Rear Admiral [8] General [7] Reverend [7] Sub-Lieutenant [7] Worker [7] Acting Major [6] Admiral [6] Brigadier General [6] Captain and Adjutant [6]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89] London Regiment [83] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] Royal Engineers [52] Manchester Regiment [46] Royal Fusiliers [44] Voluntary Aid Detachment [44] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Australian Infantry [36] HMS Victory I [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Royal Flying Corps [32] Royal Air Force [29] Army Service Corps [28] East Lancashire Regiment [28] Middlesex Regiment [26] Labour Corps [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] Canadian Army Medical Corps [23] Canadian Infantry [23] Cheshire Regiment [23] Highland Light Infantry [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] East Surrey Regiment [21] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [21] Welsh Regiment [21] Royal Artillery [20] Royal Irish Rifles [20] Royal Scots [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Air raid victim, London [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Mercantile Marine Reserve [17] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [17] Ashton-Under-Lyne explosion [16] Grenadier Guards [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Women's Royal Naval Service [16] Border Regiment [15] Chinese Labour Corps [15] Devonshire Regiment [15] French Red Cross [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15] Essex Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [1616] Other Empire Force [333] Royal Navy [226] Australian Imperial Force [160] Canadian Expeditionary Force [89] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72] Indian Army [49] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] South African Services [22]

Last name first letter

B [303] S [221] M [199] C [190] H [171] W [143] A [141] D [123] G [123] L [117] R [114] T [111] P [96] F [92] N [85] K [71] J [63] E [51] O [46] V [34] Y [11] I [8] Q [5] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1904] Conscientious Objector [18] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [843] Canada [18] Ireland [15] India [14] Australia [11] United States [7] New Zealand [6] South Africa [5] France [2] Germany [2] Jamaica [2] Jersey [2] Malta [2] Belgium [1] China [1] Egypt [1] Greece [1] Guernsey [1] Guyana [1] Mauritius [1] Russian Federation [1] Sierra Leone [1] Sudan [1] Turkey [1]

Beatrice Sifton Nasmyth

Born 1884

Died 1977

Other Empire Force War Correspondent

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Edward Warwick Squire

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2172 Private London Regiment

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David Starrett

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army 9/13640 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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James Towers

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army 30245 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 6th Battalion Cameronians

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Minnie Katherine Gallaher

Born 1876

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship)

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Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss

Born 1864

Died 1933

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Bacchante

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet

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Frederick Joseph Rutland

Born 1885

Died 1949

Royal Navy 212851 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 212851 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy 212851 Able Seaman

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Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

Born 1861

Died 1936

British Army General/Commander in Chief Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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Mabel Jennings

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Staff 33 Casualty Clearing Station

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J O Naismith

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Elizabeth Aka Elsie Montizambert

Born 1875

Died 1964

Other Empire Force War Correspondent

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Horace Ernest Philip Wigglesworth

Born 1896

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Wing Commander Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Group Captain Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air Commodore (temporary). Royal Air Force

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Harry Chilton

British Army 5162 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 228993 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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Arthur Lachlan Lynden-Bell

Born 1867

Died 1943

British Army Major General Staff

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Robert Ranke Graves

Born 1895

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Reginald Charles Sawdy

Born 1896

British Army 24770 Essex Regiment 6 Battalion

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Leo Gerald Simon Jude

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10 Battalion

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Norman Douglas Holbrook

Born 1888

Died 1976

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton

Born 1879

Died 1958

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers Attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Temporary Brigadier General GOC V Brigade, Royal Flying Corps

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Louie Johnson

Other Empire Force Nurse Beckett's Park Hospital

Other Empire Force Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service, East Leeds Military Hospital

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