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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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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]

William Alfred Cross

Born 1875

Australian Imperial Force Corporal 13 Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lance Sergeant 13 Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 712 Private 13 Battalion

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Robert Jackson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17972 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11 Battalion

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Kenneth Pirie Moir

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/14804 Private Cameron Highlanders 6 Battalion

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Joseph Shaddick

Born 1885

Died 1978

British Army 7504 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 7504 Acting Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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John Spencer Davies Berrington

Born 1878

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 6 Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Major Royal Air Force

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Bert James Fielder

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy PO/15388 Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 12 Battalion

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Thomas Harold Burton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/1649 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 178 Brigade

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Jack Morrison Gregory

Born 1895

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Sergeant 7 Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Sergeant 23 Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 3 Division Artillery

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Philip Neame

Born 1888

Died 1978

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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William Hackett

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army

British Army 136414 Sapper Royal Engineers 254 Tunnelling Company

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Henry May

Born 1885

Died 1941

British Army 7504 Private Scottish Rifles 1 Battalion

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Stanley Augustus Holloway

Born 1890

Died 1982

British Army Private Rifle Bridgae

British Army Probationary Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

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Percy Howard Hansen

Born 1890

Died 1951

British Army Captain and Adjutant Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Major Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edwin Llewellyn Raworth

Born 1899

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) A/Cpt Royal Air Force

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Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell

Born 1884

Died 1933

British Army Second Lieutenant Australian Light Horse Regiment 10

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Samuel Rubery Thompson

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 5898 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 5898 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 5898 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Robert Stewart Smylie

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion

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Norman Alexander Clark Mcmillan

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army S/18101 Private Cameron Highlanders

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George Sutherland Guyon

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers 2 Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 2 Battalion

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Vivian Lionel Slingsby Bethell

Born 1897

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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