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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Sunderland [2]

Toxteth Park, Lancashire [2]

Burton on Trent Staffordshire [1]

Clewer, Windsor [1]

Elmer's End, Kent [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Hampstead [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Holt England [1]

Holt, Norfolk [1]

Lincoln [1]

London [1]

Long Stratton [1]

Lullington [1]

Malvern Link,Martley,Worcestershire. [1]

Margate, Kent England [1]

North Ockenden [1]

Northwood [1]

Norwich [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Nottingham [1]

Pinner, Middlesex [1]

St Leonard's, Sussex [1]

St. Pancras [1]

Tendring, Essex [1]

Tharston, Norfolk [1]

The Restoration House, Rochester, Kent [1]

Welwyn, Herfordshire [1]

West Beckham, Norfolk [1]

Wimbledon [1]

cromer [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [54]

Lieutenant [35]

Private [32]

Captain [23]

private [6]

2nd lieutenant [4]

Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Major [3]

Flight Commander [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

corporal [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Adjutant [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Mechanic Corporal [1]

OTC Sergeant [1]

Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

captain [1]

dispatch rider [1]

machine-gun officer [1]

private/signalling instructor [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Kings Royal Rifles [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

RNAS [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

3rd Auckland [1]

3rd Brigade Mediterranean Expeditionary Force [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

Artists Rifles [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [18]

C [10]

R [10]

H [9]

S [9]

G [7]

P [6]

W [6]

A [5]

D [5]

K [5]

E [4]

F [4]

J [4]

M [4]

N [4]

T [4]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114]

Country

United Kingdom [94]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [116] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Sunderland [2] Toxteth Park, Lancashire [2] Burton on Trent Staffordshire [1] Clewer, Windsor [1] Elmer's End, Kent [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Hampstead [1] Highgate, London [1] Holt England [1] Holt, Norfolk [1] Lincoln [1] London [1] Long Stratton [1] Lullington [1] Malvern Link,Martley,Worcestershire. [1] Margate, Kent England [1] North Ockenden [1] Northwood [1] Norwich [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Nottingham [1] Pinner, Middlesex [1] St Leonard's, Sussex [1] St. Pancras [1] Tendring, Essex [1] Tharston, Norfolk [1] The Restoration House, Rochester, Kent [1] Welwyn, Herfordshire [1] West Beckham, Norfolk [1] Wimbledon [1] cromer [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [54] Lieutenant [35] Private [32] Captain [23] private [6] 2nd lieutenant [4] Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Major [3] Flight Commander [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Midshipman [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] corporal [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Adjutant [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Mechanic Corporal [1] OTC Sergeant [1] Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] captain [1] dispatch rider [1] machine-gun officer [1] private/signalling instructor [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Army Service Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] Kings Royal Rifles [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] RNAS [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Tank Corps [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 3rd Auckland [1] 3rd Brigade Mediterranean Expeditionary Force [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] Artists Rifles [1] Border Regiment [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [18] C [10] R [10] H [9] S [9] G [7] P [6] W [6] A [5] D [5] K [5] E [4] F [4] J [4] M [4] N [4] T [4] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114]

Country

United Kingdom [94] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Archibald Keltie Gilmour

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1050 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Hubert William Kiver

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick John Durnford Spurrell

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 196 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 9th battalion

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Edmund Nicholas Prideaux-Brune

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Ronald James Neal

Born 1893

British Army GS/6327 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12856 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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George Cyril Gray

Born 1890

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 63144 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Alfred Edmund Knight

Born 1898

British Army 508578 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Private London Regiment/City of London Rifles

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Charles Sherriff Ranson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4/8904 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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George Hawksley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 462 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Geoffrey Barham Johnson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Norfolk

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment 7th battalion

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Cuthbert Alexander Hill

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS INVINCIBLE

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William Rockley

British Army 18115 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 18115 Colour Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Cuthbert Frank Shaw

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Special Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment Attached to 2nd Battalion

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Robert Anderson Inglis

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Inns of Court OTC

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 19 Squadron

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David Alexander Carnegie

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 122nd Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Jack Aubrey Sykes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders attached Royal Air Force 48th Sqdn.

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