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Croydon, Surrey [3]

London [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [3]

30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Bristol [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Cheltenham [2]

Dublin [2]

Dunedin [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Kensington,London. [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Paisley [2]

Toronto [2]

Withington, Lancashire [2]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1]

6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

7 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Abo [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Arbroath, Scotland [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ash, Kent [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashmansworth, Hampshire [1]

Assametquagham, Province Quebec [1]

Aston Upthorpe [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

BALHAM SURREY [1]

BROCKLEY, LEWISHAM [1]

BROMLEY-BY-BOW, MIDDLESEX [1]

Baddeck NS [1]

Baltimore, Quebec [1]

Banbury, Oxon [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barking, ESSEX [1]

Barnet registration district [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Rank

Private [1840]

Second Lieutenant [292]

Captain [216]

Lieutenant [199]

Corporal [166]

Serjeant [139]

Gunner [124]

Lance Corporal [119]

Major [69]

Sapper [61]

Driver [53]

Sergeant [37]

Lieutenant Colonel [35]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Bombardier [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Rifleman [16]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Guardsman [9]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Acting Captain [8]

Pioneer [8]

Company Sergeant Major [6]

Acting Major [5]

Brigadier General [5]

Captain and Adjutant [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colonel [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Commander [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Drummer [4]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Reverend [3]

Wing Commander [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Captain Adjutant [2]

Captain Major [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [468]

Royal Field Artillery [123]

London Regiment [122]

Royal Engineers [95]

Highland Light Infantry [77]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72]

Cameron Highlanders [71]

Rifle Brigade [64]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [61]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Canadian Field Artillery [53]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Seaforth Highlanders [49]

Middlesex Regiment [44]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Royal Scots [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41]

Gloucestershire Regiment [39]

South Wales Borderers [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [35]

Liverpool Regiment [35]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [35]

Royal Highlanders [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Army Service Corps [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Scottish Rifles [29]

Gordon Highlanders [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

Coldstream Guards [25]

Essex Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Grenadier Guards [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [22]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

Service

British Army [2353]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1149]

Australian Imperial Force [65]

Royal Navy [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Indian Army [10]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [457]

M [359]

C [351]

H [301]

S [261]

G [216]

A [201]

W [201]

R [196]

D [191]

P [172]

F [160]

L [151]

T [127]

J [93]

K [78]

E [77]

N [56]

O [28]

V [21]

Y [17]

I [11]

U [3]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3728]

Country

United Kingdom [206]

Canada [14]

Australia [4]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [3]

Malaysia [2]

Afghanistan [1]

Egypt [1]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Japan [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

Portugal [1]

Singapore [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [3] London [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Todmorden, Yorkshire [3] 30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton [2] Bristol [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Cheltenham [2] Dublin [2] Dunedin [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow [2] Hampstead, London [2] Kensington,London. [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Nottingham [2] Paisley [2] Toronto [2] Withington, Lancashire [2] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1] 6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1] 7 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Abo [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1] Arbroath, Scotland [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ash, Kent [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashmansworth, Hampshire [1] Assametquagham, Province Quebec [1] Aston Upthorpe [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] BALHAM SURREY [1] BROCKLEY, LEWISHAM [1] BROMLEY-BY-BOW, MIDDLESEX [1] Baddeck NS [1] Baltimore, Quebec [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Bangalore [1] Barking, ESSEX [1] Barnet registration district [1] Battersea, London [1]

Rank

Private [1840] Second Lieutenant [292] Captain [216] Lieutenant [199] Corporal [166] Serjeant [139] Gunner [124] Lance Corporal [119] Major [69] Sapper [61] Driver [53] Sergeant [37] Lieutenant Colonel [35] Acting Serjeant [18] Bombardier [17] Acting Corporal [16] Rifleman [16] Acting Bombardier [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Temporary Captain [12] Temporary Second Lieutenant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Guardsman [9] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Acting Captain [8] Pioneer [8] Company Sergeant Major [6] Acting Major [5] Brigadier General [5] Captain and Adjutant [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colonel [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Commander [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Drummer [4] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Reverend [3] Wing Commander [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Captain Adjutant [2] Captain Major [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [468] Royal Field Artillery [123] London Regiment [122] Royal Engineers [95] Highland Light Infantry [77] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72] Cameron Highlanders [71] Rifle Brigade [64] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Royal Berkshire Regiment [61] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Canadian Field Artillery [53] Royal Fusiliers [53] Seaforth Highlanders [49] Middlesex Regiment [44] Machine Gun Corps [43] Royal Scots [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41] Gloucestershire Regiment [39] South Wales Borderers [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [35] Liverpool Regiment [35] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [35] Royal Highlanders [35] Yorkshire Regiment [35] Royal Irish Fusiliers [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Army Service Corps [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Scottish Rifles [29] Gordon Highlanders [28] Manchester Regiment [28] Royal Scots Fusiliers [28] Labour Corps [27] Canadian Mounted Rifles [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] Coldstream Guards [25] Essex Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Grenadier Guards [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Northamptonshire Regiment [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [22] Royal Flying Corps [22]

Service

British Army [2353] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1149] Australian Imperial Force [65] Royal Navy [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Indian Army [10] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [457] M [359] C [351] H [301] S [261] G [216] A [201] W [201] R [196] D [191] P [172] F [160] L [151] T [127] J [93] K [78] E [77] N [56] O [28] V [21] Y [17] I [11] U [3] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3728]

Country

United Kingdom [206] Canada [14] Australia [4] Ireland [3] New Zealand [3] Malaysia [2] Afghanistan [1] Egypt [1] Guyana [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] Japan [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] Portugal [1] Singapore [1] United States [1]

Leonard Righton Burrows

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 94th battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 94th battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 9th (service) battalion, northumberland Battalion

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Harry Stanley Beale

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army E/2289 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Percy Clare Eliott-Lockhart

Born 1867

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force), attached 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

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Thomas Atkinson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3520 Private Welsh Guards

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Harold Robert Clayton

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Norman Jackson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 20810 Private Coldstream Guards

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Harry Noel Leslie Renton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th (Service) Battalion

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William Duffield

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 13848 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2267 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur William Hadrill

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 2512 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment Attached Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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John George Pattison

Born 1875

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 808887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 808887 Private Canadian Infantry

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Hubert Howells Washington

Born 1893

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion

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Albert Burroughs

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46573 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Spens

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 9th. highland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Roy Broughton Sanderson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 130645 Gunner Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Audley Andrew Dowell Lee

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment

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Albert Birch

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 14638 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 14638 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 14638 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Richard Francis Wolstenholme

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15121 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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Alonzo Nathan Clark

Born 1875

Died 1954

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639577 Sergeant Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) 21st Battalion

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Hubert Ferguson

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 11852 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 12080 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 12080 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

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Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410935 Private

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