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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]

Octavius Sidney Darby-Griffith

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Major Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Alexander George Keeling

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 41409 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 11 Garrison Battalion

British Army 46913 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 18 Battalion

British Army 105512 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Dehra Chichester

Born 1882

Died 1963

Other Empire Force Vice President St John's Voluntary Aid Detachment East Belfast

Other Empire Force Commandant St John's Voluntary Aid Detachment Castledawson

Other Empire Force Organizer St John's Work Party Castledawson

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Stuart Henderson Hastie

Born 1889

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army Major Highland Light Infantry

British Army Major Tank Corps

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George Valentine Williams

Born 1882

Died 1946

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Captain Irish Guards

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Robert Laurence Binyon

Born 1869

Died 1943

British Army Young Men's Christian Association

British Army Orderly French Red Cross

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Hugh Russell Wilson

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry C Company, 5th Battalion

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Sydney Garfield London

Born 1884

Died 1964

British Army 21087 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 21087 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 21087 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Morrison Dobson

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army T2/SR/01475 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Dudley Coryndon Boger

Born 1865

Died 1935

British Army Major Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Infantry of the Line

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Howes Hubbard

Born 1890

Died 1929

British Army 5834 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 512094 Acting Serjeant London Regiment attached King's African Rifles

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James Rutherford Morison

Born 1853

Died 1939

Other Empire Force Surgeon Northumberland War Hospital

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Henry William Williamson

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Attached Cambridgeshire Regiment 2/1st

British Army Middlesex Regiment 25th Battalion

British Army 9689 Private London Regiment 1/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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Alfred Edward Bland

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 22 Battalion

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Julian Cornelius Brook

Born 1890

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/600 Lieutenant New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Leonard Harper Riddell

Born 1899

Died 1984

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 201 Squadron

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Pier Willem Van Oppen

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment Attached 11 Battalion

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Keith Andrews Brown

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2024 Lieutenant The Queen's Westminster Rifles

British Army 2024 2nd Lieutenant The Queen's Westminster Rifles

British Army 2024 Captain The Queen's Westminster Rifles A Company

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Alfred Henry Roy Reiffer

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lance Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 200799 Corporal Tank Corps

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Walter Elliott Dickson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army B/19927 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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