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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Derby [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Alford, London [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bexley, Derbyshire [1]

Bourne End Buckinghamshire [1]

Brewarrina New South Wales [1]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Caernarvonshire, Wales [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

City of London [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Corfe Castle, Dorset [1]

County Donegal, Ireland [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Durham [1]

East Grinstead Sussex England [1]

East Hoathly, Sussex [1]

Ewitt, Co Roscommon [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Framfield, Sussex [1]

Glenferrie Victoria [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Granard, Co. Longford [1]

Great Parndon, Essex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Henbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Henley-on-Thames [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Knutsford [1]

Rank

Private [262]

Gunner [29]

Corporal [25]

Lance Corporal [22]

Sapper [20]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Member [3]

Orderly [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Chauffeuse [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artisan [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Bugler [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Clerk [1]

Dafadar [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Doctor [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Risaldar [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [40]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Labour Corps [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Scots [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Serbian Relief Fund [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [361]

Royal Navy [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [208]

M [111]

C [48]

B [34]

D [24]

A [22]

H [16]

J [12]

R [10]

T [9]

K [6]

P [5]

S [5]

F [4]

G [1]

L [1]

N [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Canada [4]

Ireland [2]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Derby [2] Dover, Kent [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Staffordshire [2] Alford, London [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bexley, Derbyshire [1] Bourne End Buckinghamshire [1] Brewarrina New South Wales [1] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Caernarvonshire, Wales [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Chelsea, London [1] City of London [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Clevedon, Somerset [1] Corfe Castle, Dorset [1] County Donegal, Ireland [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Durham [1] East Grinstead Sussex England [1] East Hoathly, Sussex [1] Ewitt, Co Roscommon [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Framfield, Sussex [1] Glenferrie Victoria [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Granard, Co. Longford [1] Great Parndon, Essex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Henbury, Gloucestershire [1] Henley-on-Thames [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Kempston, Bedfordshire [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Knutsford [1]

Rank

Private [262] Gunner [29] Corporal [25] Lance Corporal [22] Sapper [20] Driver [13] Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [9] Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Member [3] Orderly [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Chauffeuse [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artisan [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Bugler [1] Boy Sailor [1] Clerk [1] Dafadar [1] Deck Hand [1] Doctor [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Risaldar [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [40] Royal Field Artillery [29] Labour Corps [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Scots [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Serbian Relief Fund [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [361] Royal Navy [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [8] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [208] M [111] C [48] B [34] D [24] A [22] H [16] J [12] R [10] T [9] K [6] P [5] S [5] F [4] G [1] L [1] N [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Canada [4] Ireland [2] United States [1]

Annie Gertrude Holland

Born 1879

Died 1943

Other Empire Force Chauffeuse Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit - 3rd Farmers

Other Empire Force Orderly French Red Cross

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Edith Kate Dickinson

Born 1882

Died 1938

British Army Orderly Belgian Field Hospital

Other Empire Force Chauffeuse Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit

Other Empire Force Orderly French Red Cross

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Percy B Marriner

Died 1915

British Army T2204 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ernest Maurice Roberts

Born 1891

Royal Navy Z/9058 Royal Naval Division

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Patrick Cuddy

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 26249 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Hugh Wren

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58055

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58055 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58055 Canadian Exp. Force 20th battalion

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Bridget Elizabeth Talbot, O.b.e.

Born 1885

Died 1971

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Albert Edward Haycock

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy B.Z/3823 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy B.Z/3823 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Bristol 3/3823 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M. Trawler "Pitstruan"

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Frederick Rance Wallace

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 38774 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd battalion

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Jessie Mabel Pritchard Dearmer

Born 1872

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Orderly Serbian Relief Fund Stobart Hospital Mission

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Frank White

Died 1916

British Army 8012 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 8012 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 8012 Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 8th service

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Henry George Thomas

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/567 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/567 Acting Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick Hugh Novis Wren

Born 1885

Royal Navy Boy Bugler

Royal Navy 222106 Able Seaman

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Charles Wren

Born 1891

Royal Navy Z/467 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy SS3170

Royal Navy Mersey Z/467 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Walter James Tomalin

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army 103469 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank White

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 16898 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 16898 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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George Wren

Born 1886

Royal Navy Boy Sailor

Royal Navy 219721 Able Seaman

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Percy W Wrenn

British Army 3001 Private London Regiment

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Henry G Wrenn

British Army 945796 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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