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London [14]

Winnipeg, Manitoba [6]

Dublin [4]

Hemsworth, Yorkshire [4]

Ingatestone, Essex [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Athens [2]

Blenheim NZ [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Pietermaritzburg [2]

Valetta [2]

4 Mayhill Terrace, Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Aldham, Suffolk [1]

Auckland [1]

Baldur, Manitoba [1]

Bay of Plenty [1]

Bournemouth, Dorset [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burwood Victoria [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Castle Dermott, Kildare [1]

Catterick, Yorkshire [1]

Celbridge, Kildare [1]

Chakrala, Punjabi [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

County Kildare [1]

DUNEDIN [1]

Darlington [1]

Dauphin, Manitoba [1]

Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Edingburgh [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Goulburn, New South Wales [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hamilton,ON [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hogsthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire [1]

Hurda [1]

Kapunda South Australia [1]

Kenora, Ontario [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lahore [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lampton, Plympton, Ontario [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Lisbon [1]

Londonderry [1]

Lymington, Hants [1]

Rank

Captain [44]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lieutenant [21]

Private [20]

Major [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Commander [5]

Admiral [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Rear Admiral [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Reverend [2]

Vice-Admiral [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Temporary) [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Commodore [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

London Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

East African Mounted Rifles [2]

General Headquarters Staff [2]

General List [2]

Indian Army [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Shropshire Yeomanry attached Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Staff [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

2/1st Lancashire Hussars [1]

22 Punjabis [1]

29th Punjabis [1]

3rd Field Ambulance [1]

58th Battalion [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

9th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department attached 22nd Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Attached East African Forces Sudan [1]

Attached Gold Coast Regiment [1]

Australian Flying Corps/ Royal Flying Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Divisional Headquarters [1]

Dragoons attached Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Africa Unattached List [1]

East African Cavalry Division [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

G [17]

L [17]

H [15]

S [15]

P [13]

D [12]

M [12]

C [10]

F [9]

W [7]

A [5]

K [4]

N [4]

R [4]

T [3]

E [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [176]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [178] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [14] Winnipeg, Manitoba [6] Dublin [4] Hemsworth, Yorkshire [4] Ingatestone, Essex [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Athens [2] Blenheim NZ [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Pietermaritzburg [2] Valetta [2] 4 Mayhill Terrace, Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Aldham, Suffolk [1] Auckland [1] Baldur, Manitoba [1] Bay of Plenty [1] Bournemouth, Dorset [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burwood Victoria [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Castle Dermott, Kildare [1] Catterick, Yorkshire [1] Celbridge, Kildare [1] Chakrala, Punjabi [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] County Kildare [1] DUNEDIN [1] Darlington [1] Dauphin, Manitoba [1] Dulwich, Surrey [1] Edingburgh [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Goulburn, New South Wales [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hamilton,ON [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hogsthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire [1] Hurda [1] Kapunda South Australia [1] Kenora, Ontario [1] Kensington, London [1] Lahore [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lampton, Plympton, Ontario [1] Limehouse, London [1] Lisbon [1] Londonderry [1] Lymington, Hants [1]

Rank

Captain [44] Second Lieutenant [33] Lieutenant [21] Private [20] Major [13] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Commander [5] Admiral [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Rear Admiral [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Reverend [2] Vice-Admiral [2] Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Temporary) [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Commodore [1] Flight Cadet [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Squadron Commander [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Vice Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Engineers [6] London Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] East African Mounted Rifles [2] General Headquarters Staff [2] General List [2] Indian Army [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Shropshire Yeomanry attached Shropshire Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Staff [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 2/1st Lancashire Hussars [1] 22 Punjabis [1] 29th Punjabis [1] 3rd Field Ambulance [1] 58th Battalion [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] 9th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department attached 22nd Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Attached East African Forces Sudan [1] Attached Gold Coast Regiment [1] Australian Flying Corps/ Royal Flying Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Divisional Headquarters [1] Dragoons attached Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Africa Unattached List [1] East African Cavalry Division [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] G [17] L [17] H [15] S [15] P [13] D [12] M [12] C [10] F [9] W [7] A [5] K [4] N [4] R [4] T [3] E [2] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [176] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

William Henry Shapter

Born 1889

Died 1977

British Army 9458 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 24101 Lance Serjeant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Gerald Hewett Kelsey

Born 1882

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206827

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Edgar Russell Blunderfield

Born 1899

Died 1961

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2147469

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Arthur Edward Silvertop

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy Commander

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Ralph Dennistoun Baker

Born 1895

Died 1960

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 27th

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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John Roy Mclaren

Born 1886

Died 1952

Canadian Expeditionary Force 461476

Canadian Expeditionary Force 461476 Private 61st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 461476 44th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Charles Ferdinand Fortier

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198265

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 43rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198265 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Joseph Lawson

Born 1877

Died 1947

British Army 34295 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 486846 Private Labour Corps

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Harold Cecil Merlin

Born 1881

Died 1923

British Army 41361 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Harry Carrington Wright

Born 1888

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 147634

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George Craig

Born 1869

Died 1947

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 861 New Zealand Medical Corps, 1 Field Ambulance

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/360 New Zealand Medical Corps, 1 Field Ambulance

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Sydney Baker Holmes

Born 1885

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 246738

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Frederick Fitzgerald Carroll

Born 1874

Died 1932

British Army Headquarters Army Medical Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Medical Corps Egyptian Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick John Shapter

Born 1892

Died 1955

Royal Navy J6946

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Gerald Merlin

Born 1884

British Army 41360 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Teresa Mary Clare Antoinette Molyneux Seel

Born 1895

Died 1989

Royal Navy G2173

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Edgar Edwin Bernard

Born 1866

Died 1931

British Army Brevet Colonel Attached East African Forces Sudan

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John William Gussy

Born 1868

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 33321 Samoan Relief Force

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Nigel Clere Leatham

Born 1883

Died 1939

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

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Hamo Folville Smith Carington

Born 1889

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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