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Armidale New South Wales [1]

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Headinton, Oxfordshire [1]

Helensburgh [1]

Honiton [1]

Horton [1]

Hucknall [1]

Hull [1]

Rank

Private [278]

Serjeant [32]

Gunner [28]

Lance Corporal [23]

Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Driver [10]

Sapper [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Fitter [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Major General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pensioner [1]

Probationary Second Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

London Regiment [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [418]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [52]

C [47]

H [41]

S [36]

M [30]

P [29]

W [28]

L [26]

G [25]

D [20]

F [16]

A [15]

J [12]

K [11]

R [11]

T [11]

E [10]

N [6]

I [2]

O [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [431]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham [2] Liverpool [2] London [2] Aberdeen [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Biddestone, Wiltshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Brackley [1] Cadogan Square, London [1] Canterbury [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Cork [1] County Cork [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire West Riding [1] Dublin [1] Durham [1] Durham England [1] East PReston [1] Eccles Manchester Lancashire [1] Edmonton [1] Erith, Dartford, Kent [1] Foleshill, Coventry [1] Folkestone [1] Gamston, Notts [1] Gateshead [1] Gildersome, West Yorkshire [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucestershire [1] Goring-By-Sea [1] HAWKESBURY [1] Hanley England [1] Harmonsworth, Middx [1] Hawkesbury [1] Hawkesbury, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire [1] Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Headinton, Oxfordshire [1] Helensburgh [1] Honiton [1] Horton [1] Hucknall [1] Hull [1]

Rank

Private [278] Serjeant [32] Gunner [28] Lance Corporal [23] Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [18] Lieutenant [16] Driver [10] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Fitter [2] L/Cpl [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Serjeant Major [1] Captain (Acting Major) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Major General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pensioner [1] Probationary Second Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Fusiliers [22] London Regiment [15] Somerset Light Infantry [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Artillery [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [418] Australian Imperial Force [5] Royal Navy [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [52] C [47] H [41] S [36] M [30] P [29] W [28] L [26] G [25] D [20] F [16] A [15] J [12] K [11] R [11] T [11] E [10] N [6] I [2] O [2] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [431] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Jersey [1]

Ronald Wall Bendrey

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 45

Australian Imperial Force 45 Private 2nd Field Ambulance

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William George Jones

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army GS/36387 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army 36387 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Arthur Deaville

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 6235 Private Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

British Army 6235 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Albert Alexandre

Born 1901

Died 2002

British Army 2043 Private 1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 219673 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

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Colin Mclaren Leys

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2313 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Edgar John Bendrey

Born 1887

Died 1954

British Army 19377 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 19377 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Percy Walter Blanchard

Died 1918

British Army 2575 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 75340 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 751340 Fitter Royal Field Artillery 223 Brigade

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Frederick W S Collard

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 61325 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 38th Brigade

British Army 61325 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 38th Brigade

British Army 61325 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

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George Worthington

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 58174 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 58174 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 58174 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Luther Mckechnie

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 88759 Fitter Royal Field Artillery

British Army 88759 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army Fitter Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Brooks

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4501 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 26636 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 266369 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Henry James Brading

Born 1888

British Army 24993 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 24993 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Harry Thorn Worth

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2817 Warrant Officer Class 2 Honourable Artillery Company

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Arthur Cory Coackley

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 31313 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas George Braden

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army GS/27504 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Reginald Henry Dalrymple Tompson

Born 1879

Died 1937

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major General Royal Artillery

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Lionel Chave Hensley

Born 1894

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10269

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Robert Fieldsend

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 203673 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 203673 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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William Harvey Cole

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 13609 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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John Abbott King

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2299 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 357176 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6007 Private Liverpool Regiment

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