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Birmingham [4]

London [4]

Kensington, London [3]

Belvedere, Kent [2]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Dublin [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Southwark, London [2]

16 Hartington Place, Edinburgh [1]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

6, Southwick Place,London [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aberkenfig, Glamorgan [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Apsley Victoria [1]

Ashby de la Zouch,Leicestershire [1]

Astley [1]

Aston Manor, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warks [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Atcham,Shropshire [1]

Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Barnet , Hertfordshire [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast Northern Ireland [1]

Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Bisbrooke, near Uppingham, Rutland [1]

Bishops Itchington [1]

Blackburn [1]

Blackheath [1]

Blackheath, London [1]

Blytheswood, Forfar [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bowen, Queensland [1]

Bracknell, Berkshire [1]

Bradfield,Tilehurst,Berkshire. [1]

Bradford [1]

Bristol, England [1]

Burghclere, Hampshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bury St Edmonds [1]

Bury St Edmunds [1]

Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calton, Edinburgh [1]

Camberley [1]

Rank

Private [911]

Second Lieutenant [412]

Lieutenant [221]

Captain [182]

Driver [123]

Serjeant [114]

Lance Corporal [112]

Corporal [109]

Gunner [106]

Sapper [70]

Major [64]

Lieutenant Colonel [44]

2nd Lieutenant [36]

Acting Corporal [29]

Bombardier [25]

Sergeant [17]

Acting Captain [16]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Brigadier General [16]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [15]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

Pioneer [10]

Colonel [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Major General [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

General [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [295]

Royal Field Artillery [291]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [255]

Royal Fusiliers [186]

Royal Engineers [115]

Yorkshire Regiment [109]

Royal Army Medical Corps [81]

1st Division [68]

West Yorkshire Regiment [66]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [53]

5th Division [47]

Welsh Regiment [47]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [37]

94th Brigade Machine Gun Company [35]

95th Infantry Brigade [31]

9th Infantry Brigade [31]

Army Service Corps [29]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

York and Lancaster Regiment [26]

22nd RFA [25]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [23]

London Regiment [23]

Labour Corps [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [21]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

10th Infantry Brigade [18]

6th Infantry Brigade [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

7th Division [12]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

14th Infantry Brigade [11]

13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

Staff [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

93rd Infantry Brigade [7]

9th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company [7]

Service

British Army [1874]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [234]

H [179]

S [176]

C [141]

M [135]

W [134]

P [107]

R [89]

L [85]

D [81]

G [81]

T [79]

A [61]

K [56]

F [55]

J [54]

E [43]

N [38]

O [23]

V [12]

I [6]

Q [5]

U [4]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1879]

Country

United Kingdom [125]

India [4]

Ireland [4]

Germany [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham [4] London [4] Kensington, London [3] Belvedere, Kent [2] Birmingham, Warks [2] Dublin [2] Margate, Kent [2] Southwark, London [2] 16 Hartington Place, Edinburgh [1] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 6, Southwick Place,London [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aberkenfig, Glamorgan [1] Aldershot [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Apsley Victoria [1] Ashby de la Zouch,Leicestershire [1] Astley [1] Aston Manor, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warks [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Atcham,Shropshire [1] Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Barnet , Hertfordshire [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Belfast [1] Belfast Northern Ireland [1] Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Bisbrooke, near Uppingham, Rutland [1] Bishops Itchington [1] Blackburn [1] Blackheath [1] Blackheath, London [1] Blytheswood, Forfar [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bowen, Queensland [1] Bracknell, Berkshire [1] Bradfield,Tilehurst,Berkshire. [1] Bradford [1] Bristol, England [1] Burghclere, Hampshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bury St Edmonds [1] Bury St Edmunds [1] Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey [1] Calcutta [1] Calton, Edinburgh [1] Camberley [1]

Rank

Private [911] Second Lieutenant [412] Lieutenant [221] Captain [182] Driver [123] Serjeant [114] Lance Corporal [112] Corporal [109] Gunner [106] Sapper [70] Major [64] Lieutenant Colonel [44] 2nd Lieutenant [36] Acting Corporal [29] Bombardier [25] Sergeant [17] Acting Captain [16] Acting Serjeant [16] Brigadier General [16] Temporary Second Lieutenant [15] Acting Bombardier [12] Temporary Captain [12] Pioneer [10] Colonel [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Major General [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] General [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Cadet [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [295] Royal Field Artillery [291] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [255] Royal Fusiliers [186] Royal Engineers [115] Yorkshire Regiment [109] Royal Army Medical Corps [81] 1st Division [68] West Yorkshire Regiment [66] King's Royal Rifle Corps [53] 5th Division [47] Welsh Regiment [47] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [37] 94th Brigade Machine Gun Company [35] 95th Infantry Brigade [31] 9th Infantry Brigade [31] Army Service Corps [29] Middlesex Regiment [27] York and Lancaster Regiment [26] 22nd RFA [25] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [23] London Regiment [23] Labour Corps [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [21] Liverpool Regiment [21] East Surrey Regiment [19] 10th Infantry Brigade [18] 6th Infantry Brigade [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] 1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] 7th Division [12] East Kent Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] 14th Infantry Brigade [11] 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Horse Artillery [9] Staff [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] 93rd Infantry Brigade [7] 9th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company [7]

Service

British Army [1874] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [234] H [179] S [176] C [141] M [135] W [134] P [107] R [89] L [85] D [81] G [81] T [79] A [61] K [56] F [55] J [54] E [43] N [38] O [23] V [12] I [6] Q [5] U [4] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1879]

Country

United Kingdom [125] India [4] Ireland [4] Germany [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick Nathaniel Martin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 74203 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard John Mathias

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 13090 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 13090 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 13090 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 5th Field Company

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Charles Robert Elson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16/1484 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/1484 Private Yorkshire Regiment 16th west Battalion

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Robert Stead

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 59706 Gunner 5th Division 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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Holdsworth Barrett

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 30847 Corporal 2nd Machine Gun Corps

British Army 30847 Corporal 94th Brigade Machine Gun Company

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Charles Arthur Freer Fowke

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Ralph Abercrombie

Died 1918

British Army Second Captain General Staff Office 3 1st Army

British Army Second Lieutenant General Staff Office 3 1st Army

British Army Second Lieutenant 14th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion East Surrey Regt

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John Windham Meade

Born 1894

Died 1984

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire + Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 24th Battalion

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Eric Tatton

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army Honorary Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

British Army 69756 Private

British Army 69756 Cadet Royal Welsh Fuseliers

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Thomas Horridge

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army L/24021 Royal Field Artillery C Battery

British Army L/24021 Driver Royal Field Artillery 170th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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Bernard Walton Batley

Died 1916

British Army 16/1228 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/1228 Private Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 16th Battalion

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George Ramsbottom

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 100736 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Division, 1st Field Ambulance

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William Timms

Died 1918

British Army 8573 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 8573 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Batallion

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Ernest Leon Maunsell Hackett

Born 1874

Died 1938

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance RAMC

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance

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William James Weeks

Born 1882

Died 1928

British Army 6252 Company Serjeant Major Welsh Regiment

British Army 6252 Private Welch Regiment 1st

British Army 6252 Captain The Welch Regiment 1st Battalion

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Tom Edgar Grantley Norton

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 14th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion East Surrey Regt

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Walter Burgess Cluff

Born 1876

Died 1937

British Army 2nd Master Serjeant 3rd South African Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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John Harold Mcervel

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers attached Liverpool Regiment

British Army Major Manchester Regiment manchest Battalion

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Jonathan Beverley Craik

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Leonard Ashworth

British Army RS/2405 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 16th west Battalion

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