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London [7]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Birmingham [2]

Cambridge [2]

Cardiff [2]

Fornham St Martin, Suffolk [2]

Great Yarmouth [2]

Hillgrove New South Wales [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Islington, London [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Queanbeyan New South Wales [2]

Watford [2]

Addiewell, Midlothian [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alexandria,Sydney, New South Wales [1]

All Saints, Birmingham [1]

Aorere, Tasman District, Tasman [1]

Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Aspull Lancashire [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barrow, Suffolk [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Beaudesert, Queensland [1]

Beckenham [1]

Belfast, co Antrim [1]

Belleville, St. Michael [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackrock, Co Dublin [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State [1]

Bloomfield New South Wales [1]

Boden South Australia [1]

Bombay [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bourke Victoria [1]

Bramshott, Hampshire [1]

Brighton, South Australia [1]

Brisbane, Queensland [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [114]

Captain [97]

Lieutenant [95]

Second Lieutenant [94]

Major [40]

Corporal [23]

Lance Corporal [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Gunner [14]

Sergeant [12]

Serjeant [10]

Trooper [10]

Sapper [7]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

private [4]

Brigadier General [3]

Driver [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain Adjutant [2]

Captain Major [2]

Chaplain [2]

General [2]

Major General [2]

Midshipman [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Reverend [2]

Sister [2]

Sowar [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain Acting Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Scots [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Honourable Artillery Company [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

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

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Indian Army [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Australian Light Horse [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [3]

10th Light Horse Regiment [2]

10th Regiment 3rd Light Horse Brigade [2]

Australian Army Nursing Service [2]

Australian Light Horse Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [345]

Australian Imperial Force [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Royal Navy [18]

Indian Army [10]

South African Services [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [53]

C [49]

S [48]

H [44]

M [34]

G [33]

W [31]

T [29]

P [28]

L [24]

F [22]

R [15]

D [14]

J [14]

K [14]

N [13]

A [8]

E [6]

O [4]

V [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [460]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [127]

Australia [7]

India [4]

South Africa [4]

Ireland [3]

France [2]

New Zealand [2]

Pakistan [2]

Canada [1]

Denmark [1]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

London [7] Sydney New South Wales [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Birmingham [2] Cambridge [2] Cardiff [2] Fornham St Martin, Suffolk [2] Great Yarmouth [2] Hillgrove New South Wales [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Islington, London [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Paddington, London [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Queanbeyan New South Wales [2] Watford [2] Addiewell, Midlothian [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alexandria,Sydney, New South Wales [1] All Saints, Birmingham [1] Aorere, Tasman District, Tasman [1] Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Aspull Lancashire [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barrow, Suffolk [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Beaudesert, Queensland [1] Beckenham [1] Belfast, co Antrim [1] Belleville, St. Michael [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackrock, Co Dublin [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bloemfontein, Orange Free State [1] Bloomfield New South Wales [1] Boden South Australia [1] Bombay [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bourke Victoria [1] Bramshott, Hampshire [1] Brighton, South Australia [1] Brisbane, Queensland [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [114] Captain [97] Lieutenant [95] Second Lieutenant [94] Major [40] Corporal [23] Lance Corporal [17] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Gunner [14] Sergeant [12] Serjeant [10] Trooper [10] Sapper [7] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Temporary Captain [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] private [4] Brigadier General [3] Driver [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain Adjutant [2] Captain Major [2] Chaplain [2] General [2] Major General [2] Midshipman [2] Naval Cadet [2] Reverend [2] Sister [2] Sowar [2] Staff Nurse [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain Acting Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Fusiliers [17] London Regiment [16] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Scots [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [10] Grenadier Guards [8] Labour Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Honourable Artillery Company [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Indian Army [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Australian Light Horse [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [3] 10th Light Horse Regiment [2] 10th Regiment 3rd Light Horse Brigade [2] Australian Army Nursing Service [2] Australian Light Horse Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Connaught Rangers [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [345] Australian Imperial Force [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Royal Navy [18] Indian Army [10] South African Services [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [53] C [49] S [48] H [44] M [34] G [33] W [31] T [29] P [28] L [24] F [22] R [15] D [14] J [14] K [14] N [13] A [8] E [6] O [4] V [3] Y [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [460] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [127] Australia [7] India [4] South Africa [4] Ireland [3] France [2] New Zealand [2] Pakistan [2] Canada [1] Denmark [1] Germany [1]

James Albert Penn

Born 1883

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 904 Driver 4th Divisional Train

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John William Henry Penn

Born 1897

Died 1975

Australian Imperial Force 7800 Private 16th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 7800 ER Sergeant 16th Batallion

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Albert Ernest Pratt

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3099 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 1st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3099 Corporal 1st A.I.F. Division 1st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3099 Corporal 5th A.I.F. Division 53rd Battalion

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William Herbert Scott

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army L/787 Private Lancers

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Gerald Howard Smith

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Johua Glover

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/6756 Sergeant Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Gilbert Young Congreve

Born 1896

Died 1973

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21983 Private Otago Infantry Battalion

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Edward Patrick Francis Lynch

Born 1897

Died 1980

Australian Imperial Force 2207 Private 45th Battalion

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Edward Osborn Calver

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army T2781 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 524229 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Geoffrey Garnett Horsfall

Born 1884

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 217 Sergeant Australian Light Horse

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George Blake

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army 473049 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Anthony Frederick Wilding

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy Honorary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain RMLI Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division

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Hiram Joseph George Sobel

Born 1897

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40755 Air Mechanic First class

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Jack Morrison Gregory

Born 1895

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Sergeant 7 Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Sergeant 23 Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 3 Division Artillery

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Joseph Athelston Lipscombe

Born 1884

Died 1966

Royal Navy F12738

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212738 Air Mechanic First Class

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Lawrence H Scott

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 1225 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Berry Hobbs

Born 1882

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48817

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Percival Charles Edwards

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Hubert George Selwyn-Smith

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2895 Lietenant 13th L Trench Mortar Battery

Australian Imperial Force 2895 Private 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2895 Acting Corporal 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

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Cedric Bassett Popkin

Born 1890

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 424 Sergeant

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