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Birmingham [2]

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Aberdeen [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

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Biddestone, Wiltshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

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Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

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Dublin [1]

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Eccles Manchester Lancashire [1]

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Erith, Dartford, Kent [1]

Foleshill, Coventry [1]

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Goring-By-Sea [1]

HAWKESBURY [1]

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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]

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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]

Alfred B Simmons

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 23874 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 23874 Farrier Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney Reeves

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 38930 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 38930 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Albert John Francis Garner

Born 1882

Died 1932

British Army 14287 Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 14287 Farrier Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1041336 Farrier Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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William G Hamilton

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army 22281 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1402399 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Davis Mbe Msm

Born 1875

British Army 8962 Company Sergeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 8962 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

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James William Rothwell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 32014 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Albert Henry Carpenter

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 16666 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Edward Goulding

Died 1915

British Army 11812 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 11812 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Mervyn Joyce Darton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army GS/6742 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/6742 Company Serjeant Major Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Henry Buss

Died 1917

British Army T/205483 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/205483 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Harry Adkins

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 240150 Lance Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240150 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Louis Kenneth Banks

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 40339 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Frank Ridley Ingrams

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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John William Mowbray

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 23/105 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Deeley

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 14867 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur James Birch

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 36542 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 36542 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Henry Roberts

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 16165 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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David Harry Pakes

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army 25894 Private South Wales Borderers

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Albert Harry Haynes

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22211 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Howard George Wright

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army G/21637 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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