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Glasgow [3]

Norwich [3]

Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Ambleside, Westmoreland [1]

Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackley Lancashire [1]

Blundellsands, Liverpool [1]

Burnhead, Maryculter, Kincardine [1]

CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1]

Chagford, Dwevon [1]

Clyro [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Coxheath, Kent [1]

Dailly, Ayrshire [1]

Digmoor, Lancashire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Easingwold [1]

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Falkirk [1]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Flemington, Victoria [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1]

Grantham [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hexham [1]

High Spen, Ryton [1]

Ingatestone, Essex [1]

Inverness [1]

Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham [1]

Kearsley, Lancashire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Knipton, Grantham [1]

Leeds [1]

Leicester [1]

Liverpool [1]

Rank

Gunner [146]

Private [96]

Driver [55]

Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [19]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Major [6]

Captain [5]

Sapper [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Saddler [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

8th Corporal [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Motor Cyclist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [172]

Royal Garrison Artillery [72]

Royal Horse Artillery [12]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Scots [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Regiment of Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

100th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

135th Siege Battery [1]

22nd RFA [1]

24th Reinforcement [1]

26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [366]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [86]

H [40]

M [33]

C [30]

D [25]

B [24]

W [20]

P [19]

R [17]

J [16]

L [15]

S [11]

T [11]

F [8]

E [6]

K [4]

A [3]

N [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Italy [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow [3] Norwich [3] Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Ambleside, Westmoreland [1] Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1] Balham, London [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast [1] Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham [1] Blackley Lancashire [1] Blundellsands, Liverpool [1] Burnhead, Maryculter, Kincardine [1] CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1] Chagford, Dwevon [1] Clyro [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Coxheath, Kent [1] Dailly, Ayrshire [1] Digmoor, Lancashire [1] Dublin [1] Dulwich, Surrey [1] Easingwold [1] Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Falkirk [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Flemington, Victoria [1] Fulham, London [1] Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1] Grantham [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hexham [1] High Spen, Ryton [1] Ingatestone, Essex [1] Inverness [1] Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham [1] Kearsley, Lancashire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Knipton, Grantham [1] Leeds [1] Leicester [1] Liverpool [1]

Rank

Gunner [146] Private [96] Driver [55] Serjeant [22] Bombardier [19] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [12] Acting Bombardier [10] Lance Corporal [9] Major [6] Captain [5] Sapper [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Able Seaman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Saddler [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 8th Corporal [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Motor Cyclist [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [172] Royal Garrison Artillery [72] Royal Horse Artillery [12] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Army Service Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Scots [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Regiment of Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 100th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 135th Siege Battery [1] 22nd RFA [1] 24th Reinforcement [1] 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [366] Australian Imperial Force [4] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [86] H [40] M [33] C [30] D [25] B [24] W [20] P [19] R [17] J [16] L [15] S [11] T [11] F [8] E [6] K [4] A [3] N [2] O [2] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [18] France [1] Ireland [1] Italy [1]

William Jordan

Died 1918

British Army 13177 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Stanley Colt Faber

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 475th Brigade

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Gibson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 6090 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Richard Piggott

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7210 Private London Regiment

British Army 613147 Private London Regiment

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Joseph William Pimlett

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 120394 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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David Davies

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 36837 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Jack Woodward

Died 1918

British Army 160196 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Norman

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 216379 Able Seaman HMS MALAYA

Royal Navy 216379(PO) Able Seaman H.M.S. "Malaya."

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Hunter Cummings

Died 1917

British Army 46812 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Henry Gibson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5668 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532732 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532732 Private London Regiment 15th Battalion

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Percy Hurrell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 117762 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Alfred Jones

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 217853 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Ellis

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 81910 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph S Reed

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 42215 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42215 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Dunwell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26922 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry O'keefe

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Charles Donnolly

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1803 Serjeant Field Artillery Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Alan Gibson

Died 1917

British Army STK/93 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Herbert Pettit

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 78135 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney George Hoar

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army DM2/169136 Private Army Service Corps

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