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Bristol [2]

East Clandon, Surrey [2]

Elham, Kent [2]

Goole [2]

London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

18 Marloes Road, Kensington, London [1]

46 Portland Place, St Marylebone, London [1]

53 Eaton Square, London [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Alton, Ontario [1]

Arnprior Ontario [1]

Ashington, Northumberland [1]

Ballincollig, County Cork [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Berry Pomeroy, Devon [1]

Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Box, Wiltshire [1]

Bradpole, Dorset [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bunbury Western Australia [1]

Burleigh, Stroud [1]

Burnie Tasmania [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Burton-on-Trent [1]

Cambridge [1]

Campbelltown, Argyll [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Cerne, Dorset [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chiddingfold, Surrey [1]

Christchurch Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clinton, Ontario [1]

Cornwall, England [1]

Culmaily, Lairg, Sutherland Scotland [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Deptford,Greenwich,London. [1]

Dolgelley, Gwynedd, Wales [1]

Dolgelly [1]

Donnongton, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Drumbane [1]

Rank

Private [479]

Second Lieutenant [70]

Lieutenant [51]

Corporal [46]

Lance Corporal [40]

Captain [36]

Serjeant [30]

Gunner [27]

Major [19]

Sapper [16]

Trimmer [15]

Driver [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Rifleman [9]

Lascar [7]

Sergeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Reverend [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2/LT [1]

46630 [1]

Act. Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Lancers [89]

9th Lancers [77]

London Regiment [59]

Canadian Infantry [56]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [54]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Royal Flying Corps [24]

Royal Engineers [23]

Indian Merchant Service [22]

Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja [22]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Corps of Lancers [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Canadian Field Artillery [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Service

British Army [680]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [94]

Royal Navy [38]

Other Empire Force [27]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [99]

C [80]

S [79]

H [77]

M [76]

W [52]

D [50]

T [44]

L [41]

P [39]

G [37]

F [36]

R [30]

A [28]

E [22]

K [22]

N [22]

J [16]

O [9]

V [6]

Y [6]

I [5]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [854]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

Canada [6]

South Africa [3]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

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Bristol [2] East Clandon, Surrey [2] Elham, Kent [2] Goole [2] London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] 18 Marloes Road, Kensington, London [1] 46 Portland Place, St Marylebone, London [1] 53 Eaton Square, London [1] Aberdeen [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Alton, Ontario [1] Arnprior Ontario [1] Ashington, Northumberland [1] Ballincollig, County Cork [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Berry Pomeroy, Devon [1] Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Box, Wiltshire [1] Bradpole, Dorset [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bunbury Western Australia [1] Burleigh, Stroud [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Burra South Australia [1] Burton-on-Trent [1] Cambridge [1] Campbelltown, Argyll [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Cerne, Dorset [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chiddingfold, Surrey [1] Christchurch Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Clapham, London [1] Clinton, Ontario [1] Cornwall, England [1] Culmaily, Lairg, Sutherland Scotland [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Deptford,Greenwich,London. [1] Dolgelley, Gwynedd, Wales [1] Dolgelly [1] Donnongton, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dover, Kent [1] Drumbane [1]

Rank

Private [479] Second Lieutenant [70] Lieutenant [51] Corporal [46] Lance Corporal [40] Captain [36] Serjeant [30] Gunner [27] Major [19] Sapper [16] Trimmer [15] Driver [13] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Rifleman [9] Lascar [7] Sergeant [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Captain [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Reverend [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] Trumpeter [2] 2/LT [1] 46630 [1] Act. Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Lancers [89] 9th Lancers [77] London Regiment [59] Canadian Infantry [56] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [54] Royal Field Artillery [26] Royal Flying Corps [24] Royal Engineers [23] Indian Merchant Service [22] Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja [22] Royal Naval Division [21] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Corps of Lancers [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [10] Labour Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Highlanders [8] Tank Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Cameron Highlanders [5] Canadian Field Artillery [5] Corps of Hussars [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Rifle Brigade [5]

Service

British Army [680] Canadian Expeditionary Force [94] Royal Navy [38] Other Empire Force [27] Australian Imperial Force [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [99] C [80] S [79] H [77] M [76] W [52] D [50] T [44] L [41] P [39] G [37] F [36] R [30] A [28] E [22] K [22] N [22] J [16] O [9] V [6] Y [6] I [5] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [854] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [111] Canada [6] South Africa [3] Ireland [2] Australia [1]

Pulteney Malcolm

Born 1861

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain 4 Gorkha Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Walter Bibbings

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104997

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Frederick George Yeates

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50185

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Arthur Harold Bywater

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36310

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Christopher Augustus Cox

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 13908 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th bedford Battalion

British Army 13908 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Arthur Henry Grant

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654265

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654265 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 2nd Central Ontario Regiment 58th Toronto Battalion

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Richard Spurrell

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1745 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Herbert James Haslam

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1390 Private Australian Infantry 29th Battalion

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Frederic Charles Burchell

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301241

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301241 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery

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Sidney Arthur Holmes

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7339

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George Herbert Meder

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1449 New Zealand Engineers

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George William Rolls

Born 1888

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 55628 New Zealand Engineers

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Frank Richard Croft

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90116

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George Everett Davies

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1645 New Zealand Engineers

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Henry Robertson

Australian Imperial Force 34811

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Sidney Harrold Bridger

Australian Imperial Force 1802

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William Henry Cowin

Australian Imperial Force 3088

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Marcus Segal

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2560 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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Sidney George Lewis

Born 1903

Died 1969

British Army 7252 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 14645 Private Machine Gun Corps 106th Machine Gun Company

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Samuel Beard

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 172441 Gunner 484th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

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