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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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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]

Percy Blezard Duckworth

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1313 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 1313 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Barnes

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2131 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1/4th seaforth highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

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George Henry Waters

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 158540 Sapper Royal Engineers 256th Tunnelling Coy.

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De Lacy Wolrich Passy

Born 1878

Died 1915

Indian Army Major 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers (attached) 8th Battalion

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Louis Robert Taylor

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army G/9471 Private East Surrey Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army G/9471 Private East Surrey Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army G/9471 Private East Surrey Regiment 13th Battalion

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James Sams

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 217096 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st Army Headquarters Signal Company

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David Eldon Hastings

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654760

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654760 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Eastern Ontario Regiment 38th Ottawa Battalion

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John Henry Radford

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army 14320 Private Grenadier Guards

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William Oliver Turnbull

Born 1886

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2744 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Guy Clive Bridgeman

Born 1892

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/15 Second Lieutenant New Zealand Field Artillery

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Bertrand Percy Whillis

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps 34th Battalion

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps 34th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Adolph Victor Roy

Born 1868

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Infantry 22nd Battalion

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Richard Austin Brown

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry, 15th Battalion

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John Stephen Raymond Lake

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Allen Tobbell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 3240 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Edmond Gough

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Brigadier General General Staff Chief of Staff 1st Army

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John James Kelly

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 7/2960 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment

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Henry Albert Uprichard

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Temporary Major Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Major Royal Irish Rifles 13th Battalion

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Philip Edward Thomas

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 4229 Corporal London Regiment

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Arthur F. Pegram

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129733

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129733 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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