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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

London, Middlesex [3]

Warwickshire [3]

Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Cardiff [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Stamford, Lincolnshire [2]

Surrey [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Abergavenny [1]

Acocks Green Worcester [1]

Allonby, Cumberland [1]

Aston Manor, Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Warks [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Aylesbury Bucks [1]

Bala, Merioneth [1]

Balham [1]

Barkway [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barton Regis,Bristol. [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1]

Berkeswell, Coventry [1]

Berkswell, Warks [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire [1]

Bishopgate, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Rank

Private [1703]

Second Lieutenant [526]

Lieutenant [275]

Gunner [240]

Corporal [193]

Captain [129]

Serjeant [124]

Lance Corporal [98]

Driver [68]

Acting Corporal [39]

Sapper [33]

Bombardier [31]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Rifleman [22]

Major [21]

Acting Captain [17]

Pioneer [15]

Temporary Lieutenant [15]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [6]

Trooper [6]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Lance Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Unit

London Regiment [398]

Royal Garrison Artillery [229]

Royal Fusiliers [203]

Royal Field Artillery [195]

Army Service Corps [154]

Machine Gun Corps [145]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [138]

Labour Corps [124]

Royal Engineers [119]

Liverpool Regiment [102]

Royal Army Medical Corps [81]

Middlesex Regiment [58]

Welsh Regiment [56]

Honourable Artillery Company [53]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [53]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [51]

Northumberland Fusiliers [47]

West Yorkshire Regiment [46]

Rifle Brigade [45]

Royal Air Force [41]

Royal Naval Division [41]

South Wales Borderers [41]

Lincolnshire Regiment [40]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [35]

Gloucestershire Regiment [32]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [32]

York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

Leicestershire Regiment [30]

West Riding Regiment [30]

Army Pay Corps [29]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27]

East Kent Regiment [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

South Lancashire Regiment [25]

South Staffordshire Regiment [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Army Ordnance Corps [23]

Essex Regiment [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Tank Corps [22]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Devonshire Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Gordon Highlanders [19]

Northamptonshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2920]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259]

Royal Navy [142]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [374]

B [340]

W [298]

C [246]

S [238]

M [210]

P [182]

R [181]

G [162]

J [162]

D [145]

L [138]

T [116]

F [108]

E [101]

A [85]

K [60]

N [58]

O [49]

V [20]

I [14]

Y [12]

Q [5]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3299]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [154]

New Zealand [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] London, Middlesex [3] Warwickshire [3] Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brixton, London [2] Cardiff [2] Clapham, London [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Stamford, Lincolnshire [2] Surrey [2] Wandsworth, London [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Abergavenny [1] Acocks Green Worcester [1] Allonby, Cumberland [1] Aston Manor, Warwickshire [1] Aston, Warks [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Aylesbury Bucks [1] Bala, Merioneth [1] Balham [1] Barkway [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barton Regis,Bristol. [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedford [1] Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1] Berkeswell, Coventry [1] Berkswell, Warks [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birkdale, Lancashire [1] Bishopgate, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bow, London [1]

Rank

Private [1703] Second Lieutenant [526] Lieutenant [275] Gunner [240] Corporal [193] Captain [129] Serjeant [124] Lance Corporal [98] Driver [68] Acting Corporal [39] Sapper [33] Bombardier [31] Acting Serjeant [30] Rifleman [22] Major [21] Acting Captain [17] Pioneer [15] Temporary Lieutenant [15] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Staff Serjeant [10] Colour Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Temporary Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lieutenant Acting Captain [6] Trooper [6] Private Acting Corporal [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Lance Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Bombardier [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Cadet [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Unit

London Regiment [398] Royal Garrison Artillery [229] Royal Fusiliers [203] Royal Field Artillery [195] Army Service Corps [154] Machine Gun Corps [145] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [138] Labour Corps [124] Royal Engineers [119] Liverpool Regiment [102] Royal Army Medical Corps [81] Middlesex Regiment [58] Welsh Regiment [56] Honourable Artillery Company [53] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [53] King's Royal Rifle Corps [51] Northumberland Fusiliers [47] West Yorkshire Regiment [46] Rifle Brigade [45] Royal Air Force [41] Royal Naval Division [41] South Wales Borderers [41] Lincolnshire Regiment [40] East Surrey Regiment [38] Durham Light Infantry [37] Royal Army Service Corps [35] Gloucestershire Regiment [32] Manchester Regiment [32] Worcestershire Regiment [32] York and Lancaster Regiment [32] Leicestershire Regiment [30] West Riding Regiment [30] Army Pay Corps [29] Cheshire Regiment [29] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27] East Kent Regiment [26] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] South Lancashire Regiment [25] South Staffordshire Regiment [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Army Ordnance Corps [23] Essex Regiment [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Tank Corps [22] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Devonshire Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [20] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Gordon Highlanders [19] Northamptonshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2920] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259] Royal Navy [142] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [374] B [340] W [298] C [246] S [238] M [210] P [182] R [181] G [162] J [162] D [145] L [138] T [116] F [108] E [101] A [85] K [60] N [58] O [49] V [20] I [14] Y [12] Q [5] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3299] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [154] New Zealand [1]

Edwin Isaac Bell

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 63342 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 63342 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Lawrence James Macqueen Hunt

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Private Young Soldiers 52nd Battalion

British Army 20602 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Arthur Owen Owens

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/41394 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 23232 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion attached 16th Battalion

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William Clucas Hardy

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2790 Non-Combatant Corps

British Army 2790 Private Non-Combatant Corps 4th Southern Company

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Walter Rowley Pinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230202

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George Ernest Lake

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233730

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Walter Bradshaw Pethybridge

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233217

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Herbert Edward Fox Gore

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1444 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/1444(S) Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, Kinghorn Anti-Aircraft Station

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Joseph Howard Frith

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234009

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Victor Charles Prince

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Lewis Stanley Murrell

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army 2570 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90617 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 288082 Private Welsh Regiment

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Norman Alexander Clark Mcmillan

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army S/18101 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Robert George Hogg

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218284

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Harold Lindsay Rouse

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218290

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Sidney Parsloe Avron

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221739

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Walter Joseph Nightingale

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230025

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Frederick George Charles Webb

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230134

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Reginald Herbert Morel

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233198

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Frederick Walter Challinor

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234515

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Herbert Ruffell Gibbons

Born 1883

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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