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London [8]

Birmingham [3]

Bristol [3]

Glasgow [3]

Madras [3]

Belfast [2]

Blackburn [2]

Brighton Sussex [2]

Carlisle Cumberland [2]

Dublin [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [2]

Gloucester [2]

Great Yarmouth [2]

Isle of Wight [2]

Newport, Isle of Wight [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Portsmouth [2]

Southampton [2]

Aberchirder Banffshire [1]

Avoch Rosssshire [1]

Avoch near Inverness [1]

Aylesbury [1]

Bandara Bombay [1]

Bankhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1]

Battersea Surrey [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bexley Heath Kent [1]

Bicester Oxfordshire [1]

Bilsington, Ashford, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bishop Aukland [1]

Blakeney, Norfolk [1]

Bolarum [1]

Bombay [1]

Botley Fareham Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bracebridge, Lincoln [1]

Bradford [1]

Brading, Isle of Wight [1]

Brentford [1]

Brightlingsea Essex [1]

Brora, Sutherlandshire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Calne Wiltshire [1]

Carisbrooke Hampshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Charing Cross, London [1]

Rank

Gunner [204]

Private [127]

Driver [81]

Serjeant [46]

Bombardier [45]

Corporal [27]

Acting Bombardier [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Trumpeter [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Sub Conductor [5]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Captain [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Sergeant [4]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [3]

Assistant Surgeon [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Pte [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Sergeant Major [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Drummer [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Seaman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

1st class airman [1]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

2nd class airman [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [313]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Dorsetshire Regiment [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Indian Defence Force [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Hussars [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Artillery [6]

14th Hussars [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

HMS Alert [5]

Indian Medical Department [5]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Volunteer Artillery Battery [4]

14th (King's) Hussars [3]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [3]

7th Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery 86th Hvy Bty [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Indian Subordinate Medical Department [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Works Service [2]

North Waziristan Militia [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

RFC [2]

Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Zaida [2]

Service

British Army [582]

Royal Navy [30]

Indian Army [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Other Empire Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [69]

S [68]

B [64]

W [58]

C [47]

M [44]

G [35]

P [33]

R [33]

D [28]

L [26]

F [24]

A [23]

T [21]

K [16]

N [15]

E [11]

O [11]

J [10]

I [5]

V [4]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [616]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [6]

Myanmar [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

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People [652] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [8] Birmingham [3] Bristol [3] Glasgow [3] Madras [3] Belfast [2] Blackburn [2] Brighton Sussex [2] Carlisle Cumberland [2] Dublin [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Freshwater, Isle of Wight [2] Gloucester [2] Great Yarmouth [2] Isle of Wight [2] Newport, Isle of Wight [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Portsmouth [2] Southampton [2] Aberchirder Banffshire [1] Avoch Rosssshire [1] Avoch near Inverness [1] Aylesbury [1] Bandara Bombay [1] Bankhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1] Battersea Surrey [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1] Bexley Heath Kent [1] Bicester Oxfordshire [1] Bilsington, Ashford, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bishop Aukland [1] Blakeney, Norfolk [1] Bolarum [1] Bombay [1] Botley Fareham Hampshire [1] Bournemouth [1] Bow, London [1] Bracebridge, Lincoln [1] Bradford [1] Brading, Isle of Wight [1] Brentford [1] Brightlingsea Essex [1] Brora, Sutherlandshire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Calne Wiltshire [1] Carisbrooke Hampshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Charing Cross, London [1]

Rank

Gunner [204] Private [127] Driver [81] Serjeant [46] Bombardier [45] Corporal [27] Acting Bombardier [17] Lance Corporal [15] Staff Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [7] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Trumpeter [6] Able Seaman [5] Sub Conductor [5] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Captain [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Sergeant [4] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [3] Assistant Surgeon [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Pte [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Sergeant Major [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Drummer [2] L/Cpl [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Seaman [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 1st class airman [1] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] 2nd class airman [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [313] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Dorsetshire Regiment [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Engineers [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Indian Defence Force [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] Royal Naval Reserve [11] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Hussars [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Labour Corps [7] Royal Artillery [6] 14th Hussars [5] Border Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [5] HMS Alert [5] Indian Medical Department [5] Mercantile Marine Reserve [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Volunteer Artillery Battery [4] 14th (King's) Hussars [3] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [3] 7th Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Indian Army [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery 86th Hvy Bty [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Indian Subordinate Medical Department [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Works Service [2] North Waziristan Militia [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] RFC [2] Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Zaida [2]

Service

British Army [582] Royal Navy [30] Indian Army [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Australian Imperial Force [7] Other Empire Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [69] S [68] B [64] W [58] C [47] M [44] G [35] P [33] R [33] D [28] L [26] F [24] A [23] T [21] K [16] N [15] E [11] O [11] J [10] I [5] V [4] Y [3] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [616] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [6] Myanmar [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1]

Ronald Dyson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 8950 Acting Staff Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

British Army 8950 Staff Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

British Army 8671, 8950 Staff Sergeant Norfolk Regt, IUL, Supply & Transport Corps

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Lionel Victor Claridge

Born 1893

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1299

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1299 2nd Class Airman RFC Recruit Depot

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1299 1st Class Airman RFC

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William Edwards

Born 1888

British Army 53932 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 53932 Gunner Royal Horse artillery H Battery

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Frank George Lyon

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 1998 then 434060 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps South Midland Bde Field Ambulance T.F.

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Frederick George Illingworth

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 277 Gunner Indian Defence Force

British Army Baden Powell's Mounted Police, South Africa

Indian Army 60 Gunner Volunteer Artillery Battery

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John Lewis Lethbridge

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army 1784 Gunner Auxiliary Forces India

Indian Army 1784 Gunner Volunteer Artillery Battery

Indian Army 60 Gunner Volunteer Artillery Battery

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Hugh Campbell

Born 1888

British Army 65 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 445 Flight Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 445 Flight Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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David Pringle

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1234 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Frederick Scott Maller

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army 170 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 275013 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Essex Regiment

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John Owen Blackstone

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7669

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William George

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11204 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11204 Sgt KRRC attached 34th Signal Co

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Robert Edgar George

Born 1895

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7578

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David Fouhy

Died 1916

British Army 50825 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 50825 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 76th Battery

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Alfred James Hare

Born 1897

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7801 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Lewis George Hardy Oxborrow

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 36086 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 36086 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery (India) Heavy Battery

British Army 36086 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery (I.E.F.D) Heavy Battery

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William B Frewin

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 57874 Driver Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 76th Battalion

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Richard Wiseman

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 59715 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William George Cawte

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy Able Seaman

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Charles Munro

Died 1916

British Army 55231 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Reginald E Colliss

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2219 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25490 Private East Surrey Regiment

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