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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]

Reginald Arthur Stubbs

Born 1890

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers 4TH BATTALION

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Lawrence Clarke

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17399 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 151436 Sapper Royal Engineers 255th Field Company

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Patrick Canavan

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 25044 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 25044 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Samuel Brown

Died 1917

British Army L/18591 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Bridges

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 14730 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 14730 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Cyril Walter Carleton Wasey

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps

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Joseph Newsham

Died 1916

British Army 7th Battalion

British Army 12453 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12453 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Arthur

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 245 Colour Serjeant London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 245 Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 245 Serjeant London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

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Alexander Adam Seaton

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1 Battalion

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Ivor Clifton Howell

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 201190

Canadian Expeditionary Force 201190 Private Canadian Infantry (1st Ontario Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Charles Frederick Carruthers Alderton

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 490 Serjeant King Edwards Horse

British Army 490 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant King Edwards Horse

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Thomas George Rimell

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 6/9549 Private Rifle Brigade

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Algernon Bingham Anstruther Stewart

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army Major Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Seaforth Highlanders

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William John Russell Sheppard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7746

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Harry Wright

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211677

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Harold Christopher Milner

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13418

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William Blackstock Gray

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56080

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Herbert Henry Christophers

Born 1889

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/195 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/7 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Errol Guthrie

Born 1887

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/1735 New Zealand Medical Corps

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John Leonard Sweeney

Australian Imperial Force 4915

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