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Kilwinning [2]

(Ceylon) [1]

14 Botanical Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

60 Winson St, Winson Green/Smethwick, Birmingham [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Abermadd, Cardiganshire, Wales [1]

Alton, Ontario [1]

Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Bathurst New Brunswick [1]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England [1]

Blackfriars,Glasgow [1]

Blackheath, London, England [1]

Blandford Forum, Dorset [1]

Bleddfa [1]

Bombay, Bombay Presidency [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Buckhaven, Fife [1]

Burnley [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carluke, South Lanarkshire [1]

Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1]

Charing , West Ashford , Kent England [1]

Chater, Manitoba [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Claines, Worcester [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Copenhagen [1]

Dalry, Ayrshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dunskey House, Portpatrick, Wigtown [1]

Ealing, Essex, England [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1]

Fairbault,Minnesota [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Foochow [1]

Gilesgate, Durham City [1]

Hague [1]

Halidax Nova Scotia [1]

Hammersmith [1]

Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Captain [34]

Lieutenant [29]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Major [17]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class (temporary Chaplain to the Forces, Third Class) [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Field Marshal [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Lieutenant Conductor [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Postal Clerk [1]

Private / Corporal [1]

Private/ Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Surgeon-Captain [1]

T. Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Staff [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Manitoba Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

116th Infantry Battalion [1]

14th Infantry Brigade [1]

14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

15th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

19th Alberta Dragoons [1]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers [1]

2nd Quebec Regiment [1]

31st Garrison Infantry Battalion [1]

34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse [1]

3rd (Toronto) Battalion [1]

84th Poona Horse [1]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1]

African Stationary Hospital [1]

Army Cadet Force [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [101]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [22]

B [20]

R [9]

G [8]

H [7]

L [7]

A [6]

D [6]

F [6]

K [5]

M [5]

P [5]

W [5]

S [4]

E [3]

T [2]

I [1]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Canada [5]

India [3]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [126] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kilwinning [2] (Ceylon) [1] 14 Botanical Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 60 Winson St, Winson Green/Smethwick, Birmingham [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Abermadd, Cardiganshire, Wales [1] Alton, Ontario [1] Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Bathurst New Brunswick [1] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England [1] Blackfriars,Glasgow [1] Blackheath, London, England [1] Blandford Forum, Dorset [1] Bleddfa [1] Bombay, Bombay Presidency [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Brighton [1] Buckhaven, Fife [1] Burnley [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carluke, South Lanarkshire [1] Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1] Charing , West Ashford , Kent England [1] Chater, Manitoba [1] Chelsea, London [1] Claines, Worcester [1] Comber, County Down [1] Copenhagen [1] Dalry, Ayrshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dunskey House, Portpatrick, Wigtown [1] Ealing, Essex, England [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1] Fairbault,Minnesota [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Foochow [1] Gilesgate, Durham City [1] Hague [1] Halidax Nova Scotia [1] Hammersmith [1] Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick [1]

Rank

Private [36] Captain [34] Lieutenant [29] Second Lieutenant [29] Major [17] Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Lance Corporal [6] Sergeant [5] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Brigadier General [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class (temporary Chaplain to the Forces, Third Class) [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Field Marshal [1] Flight Officer [1] Group Captain [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Lieutenant Conductor [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Postal Clerk [1] Private / Corporal [1] Private/ Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Surgeon-Captain [1] T. Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Canadian Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Staff [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Manitoba Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 116th Infantry Battalion [1] 14th Infantry Brigade [1] 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 15th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 19th Alberta Dragoons [1] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers [1] 2nd Quebec Regiment [1] 31st Garrison Infantry Battalion [1] 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse [1] 3rd (Toronto) Battalion [1] 84th Poona Horse [1] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1] African Stationary Hospital [1] Army Cadet Force [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [101] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [22] B [20] R [9] G [8] H [7] L [7] A [6] D [6] F [6] K [5] M [5] P [5] W [5] S [4] E [3] T [2] I [1] J [1] N [1] O [1] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Canada [5] India [3] United States [2] Australia [1] France [1] Ireland [1]

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Artist's Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion

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Colin Fraser Barron

Born 1893

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404017 Corporal 3rd (Toronto) Battalion

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Alfred Alexander Burt

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 1665 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5984894 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Frederick George Dancox

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 21654 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th worcest Battalion

British Army 21654 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Ernest Albert Egerton

British Army 71100 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Albert Rennie

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 643944

Canadian Expeditionary Force 643944 Private Canadian Infantry

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W Elstob

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Manchester Regiment

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R V Gorle

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 31st Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Hugh Cairns

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472168

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Charles Ernest Garforth

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army Middlesex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 15th Hussars

British Army 7368 Corporal 15th Hussars A Squadron

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Richard Raymond Willis

Born 1877

Died 1966

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Dinesen

Born 1892

Died 1979

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2075467 Private Quebec Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada) 42 Battalion

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George William St George Grogan

Born 1875

Died 1962

British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Temporary Brigadier General Worcestershire Regiment

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Graham Thomson Lyall

Born 1892

Died 1941

British Army Captain Canadian Overseas Military Forces

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 158524 Private Canadian Infantry

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Christopher Bushell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army T. Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Surrey Regiment 7th queen's royal west Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

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Alexander Picton Brereton

Born 1892

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force 830651 Acting Corporal Manitoba Regiment 8 Battalion

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Abraham Acton

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10694 Private Border Regiment 2 Battalion

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Edward Heron-Allen

Born 1861

Died 1943

British Army Second Lieutenant Staff

British Army Second Lieutenant Volunteer Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Staff Seconded to War Office - M.I.7B

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Robert Dunsire

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 18274 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 13th Battalion

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William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse

Born 1887

Died 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve / Royal Flying Corps 2nd Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Special Reserve / Royal Flying Corps

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