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London [6]

Birmingham [3]

Leeds [3]

Smallthorne, Staffordshire [3]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [3]

Bangalore [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Blantyre, Lanarkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Crook, County Durham [2]

Durham [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Manchester [2]

Newchapel, Staffordshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Tow Law, County Durham [2]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [2]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Alton Towers, Staffordshire [1]

Alva Clackmannanshire Scotland [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Arley, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1]

Awsworth, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Backworth, Northumberland [1]

Baildon, Yorkshire [1]

Bale, Norfolk [1]

Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Bargoed, Glamorganshire [1]

Barnard Castle, County Durham [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Baxterley, Warwickshire [1]

Bayston, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [637]

Sapper [608]

Captain [215]

Second Lieutenant [211]

Lieutenant [126]

Corporal [73]

Serjeant [67]

Major [64]

Lance Corporal [47]

Temporary Captain [31]

Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Temporary Lieutenant [25]

2nd Corporal [24]

Rifleman [20]

Driver [19]

Sergeant [19]

Acting Corporal [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [16]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [14]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [9]

Acting Captain [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Serjeant Major [6]

Acting 2nd Corporal [5]

Acting Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Gunner [5]

Private (Acting Corporal) [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Captain (Temporary Major) [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Captain (Acting Major) [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [812]

Rifle Brigade [124]

Labour Corps [100]

Army Service Corps [93]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [50]

Northumberland Fusiliers [48]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

London Regiment [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

Essex Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11]

The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Artillery [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1555]

Indian Army [19]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [386]

A [137]

W [111]

C [105]

H [103]

M [103]

S [97]

P [68]

R [65]

D [62]

G [55]

F [48]

L [48]

T [43]

J [40]

K [23]

N [23]

E [22]

O [19]

I [7]

V [6]

Y [5]

Q [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1580]

Country

United Kingdom [278]

Australia [4]

Ireland [3]

South Africa [2]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Guernsey [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

Saint Lucia [1]

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London [6] Birmingham [3] Leeds [3] Smallthorne, Staffordshire [3] Smethwick, Staffordshire [3] Bangalore [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Blantyre, Lanarkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Crook, County Durham [2] Durham [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Manchester [2] Newchapel, Staffordshire [2] Nottingham [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Tow Law, County Durham [2] Tunstall, Staffordshire [2] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Alton Towers, Staffordshire [1] Alva Clackmannanshire Scotland [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Arley, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1] Awsworth, Nottinghamshire [1] Ayr [1] Backworth, Northumberland [1] Baildon, Yorkshire [1] Bale, Norfolk [1] Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Bargoed, Glamorganshire [1] Barnard Castle, County Durham [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Barony, Lanarkshire [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Baxterley, Warwickshire [1] Bayston, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [637] Sapper [608] Captain [215] Second Lieutenant [211] Lieutenant [126] Corporal [73] Serjeant [67] Major [64] Lance Corporal [47] Temporary Captain [31] Lieutenant Colonel [29] Temporary Lieutenant [25] 2nd Corporal [24] Rifleman [20] Driver [19] Sergeant [19] Acting Corporal [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Acting Serjeant [17] Temporary Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [16] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [14] Company Serjeant Major [12] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [9] Acting Captain [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Serjeant Major [6] Acting 2nd Corporal [5] Acting Major [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Gunner [5] Private (Acting Corporal) [5] Temporary Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [4] Brigadier General [4] Captain (Temporary Major) [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Captain (Acting Major) [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Sergeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [812] Rifle Brigade [124] Labour Corps [100] Army Service Corps [93] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [50] Northumberland Fusiliers [48] Royal Field Artillery [35] London Regiment [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] Essex Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] East Lancashire Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Highland Light Infantry [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [11] The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [11] Cheshire Regiment [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Artillery [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gordon Highlanders [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1555] Indian Army [19] Australian Imperial Force [16] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [386] A [137] W [111] C [105] H [103] M [103] S [97] P [68] R [65] D [62] G [55] F [48] L [48] T [43] J [40] K [23] N [23] E [22] O [19] I [7] V [6] Y [5] Q [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1580]

Country

United Kingdom [278] Australia [4] Ireland [3] South Africa [2] Belgium [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Germany [1] Guernsey [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1] Saint Lucia [1]

Robert St John Blacker-Douglass

Born 1892

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards 1 Battalion

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Henry Cuthbert Bazett

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance

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William Douglas Barber

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Eric Justin De Courcy Boys

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Major Lincolnshire Regiment

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Albert Amos Coulson

British Army 365012 Warrant Officer Class 2 Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Richard Miles

British Army 4685 Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade

British Army 4685 Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade

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Walter Tyrell Brooks

Born 1884

Died 1965

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Major Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Angus Buchanan

Born 1894

Died 1944

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Temporary Captain South Wales Borderers

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Philip Walhouse Chetwode

Born 1869

Died 1950

British Army Lieutenant General GOC Desert Mounted Corps, Palestine

British Army Brigadier General GOC 5th Cavalry Brigade

British Army Major General 2nd Cavalry Division

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Richard John Barnes

British Army 27450 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Acting Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Albert Edward George Reynolds

British Army 17571 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Yvonne Doucet

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital

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Sydney Ernest Alford

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve

British Army Special Reserve Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Arnold Whitworth Boyd

Born 1885

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain 3rd Lancashire Fusiliers

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Albert Victor Westmore

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 1730 Private Rifle Brigade 1 Battalion

British Army 1730 Private Rifle Brigade 11 Battalion

British Army 1730 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Christian West Bayne-Jardine

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Eugene Paul Bennett

British Army 1253 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Alfred Victor Louis Benedict Agius

Born 1887

British Army Major London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Major London Regiment

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Richard Alfred Baldwin

British Army 5120 Company Serjeant Major Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5120 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5120 Company Serjeant Major Essex Regiment

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John Cardew Armstrong

British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Army Service Corps

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