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Sydney New South Wales [23]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

London England [12]

Ipswich, Suffolk [10]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Bolton Lancashire [5]

Broken Hill New South Wales [5]

Bow, London [4]

Southbridge, Canterbury [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Bridport, Dorset [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Haggerston, Middlesex [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Lancashire [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Louth, Lincolnshire [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Scarsdale Victoria [3]

Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Abercarn, Monmouthshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bayswater [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Beer, Devon [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Beverley, Yorkshire [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Bonavista, Newfoundland [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bozeat, Northamptonshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brockley [2]

Brockley, Kent [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1699]

Gunner [195]

Driver [160]

Serjeant [117]

Sapper [114]

Corporal 2nd [111]

Second Lieutenant [74]

Lance Corporal [60]

Corporal [47]

Captain [40]

Lieutenant [34]

Acting Corporal [30]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Pioneer [20]

Able Seaman [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Bombardier [15]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Rifleman [12]

Deck Hand [11]

Trooper [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Major [7]

Serjeant Mechanic [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Seaman [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Leading Seaman [3]

Guardsman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [223]

Army Service Corps [202]

Labour Corps [196]

Royal Engineers [194]

London Regiment [137]

Royal Garrison Artillery [133]

Machine Gun Corps [78]

Northamptonshire Regiment [65]

Royal Army Medical Corps [64]

Royal Fusiliers [60]

Middlesex Regiment [56]

Suffolk Regiment [49]

Rifle Brigade [48]

West Yorkshire Regiment [46]

Essex Regiment [45]

Manchester Regiment [44]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Durham Light Infantry [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Somerset Light Infantry [34]

Bedfordshire Regiment [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

Leicestershire Regiment [30]

East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Hampshire Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Naval Division [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

The Queen's Regiment [28]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Devonshire Regiment [27]

Royal Naval Reserve [27]

York and Lancaster Regiment [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Welsh Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

East Kent Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [22]

Norfolk Regiment [21]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2602]

Royal Navy [341]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [220]

Australian Imperial Force [188]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42]

Other Empire Force [12]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [3672]

C [4]

M [2]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3549]

Merchant Navy [60]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

Canada [5]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Spain [1]

Turkey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [23] London, Middlesex, England [14] Melbourne Victoria [13] London England [12] Ipswich, Suffolk [10] Hull, Yorkshire [7] London, Middlesex [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Bolton Lancashire [5] Broken Hill New South Wales [5] Bow, London [4] Southbridge, Canterbury [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Benalla Victoria [3] Bridport, Dorset [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Haggerston, Middlesex [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Lancashire [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Louth, Lincolnshire [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Scarsdale Victoria [3] Watford, Hertfordshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Abercarn, Monmouthshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bayswater [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Beer, Devon [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Beverley, Yorkshire [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Bonavista, Newfoundland [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bozeat, Northamptonshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brockley [2] Brockley, Kent [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1699] Gunner [195] Driver [160] Serjeant [117] Sapper [114] Corporal 2nd [111] Second Lieutenant [74] Lance Corporal [60] Corporal [47] Captain [40] Lieutenant [34] Acting Corporal [30] Acting Serjeant [22] Pioneer [20] Able Seaman [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Bombardier [15] Company Serjeant Major [14] Rifleman [12] Deck Hand [11] Trooper [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Major [7] Serjeant Mechanic [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Seaman [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Leading Seaman [3] Guardsman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier Acting Corporal [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [223] Army Service Corps [202] Labour Corps [196] Royal Engineers [194] London Regiment [137] Royal Garrison Artillery [133] Machine Gun Corps [78] Northamptonshire Regiment [65] Royal Army Medical Corps [64] Royal Fusiliers [60] Middlesex Regiment [56] Suffolk Regiment [49] Rifle Brigade [48] West Yorkshire Regiment [46] Essex Regiment [45] Manchester Regiment [44] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Durham Light Infantry [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Somerset Light Infantry [34] Bedfordshire Regiment [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Lincolnshire Regiment [33] Royal Army Service Corps [31] Leicestershire Regiment [30] East Lancashire Regiment [29] Hampshire Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Naval Division [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] The Queen's Regiment [28] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Devonshire Regiment [27] Royal Naval Reserve [27] York and Lancaster Regiment [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] South Lancashire Regiment [24] Welsh Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [23] Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] East Kent Regiment [22] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [22] Norfolk Regiment [21] Royal Defence Corps [20] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2602] Royal Navy [341] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221] Canadian Expeditionary Force [220] Australian Imperial Force [188] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42] Other Empire Force [12] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [3672] C [4] M [2] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3549] Merchant Navy [60] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [111] Canada [5] Guyana [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Spain [1] Turkey [1]

Henry John Abbott

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 28776 Driver Royal Field Artillery 5c Reserve Brigade

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Percy Phipps Abbott

Born 1869

Died 1940

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Sidney Abbott

Born 1897

British Army 31763 Private Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 82368 Private Machine Gun Corps 25th Battalion

British Army 82368 Private Machine Gun Corps 42nd Company

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Adrian Augustus Abbott

Born 1886

Died 1951

Australian Imperial Force 20th Battalion

Indian Army Captain 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry

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Arthur Leonard Victor Abbott

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Private Army Pay Corps

British Army G.9221 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 308 Rifleman 1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps

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Charles Thomas Abbott

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 5808 Bombardier Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5808 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

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Richard William Abbott

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/4189 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4189 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Francis Roland Abbott

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 18643 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Alfred Henry Abbott

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army 910847 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 910847 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery 389 Battalion

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Sydney John Abbott

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9218 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 9218 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 9218 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Claude Walter Abbott

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 13

Australian Imperial Force 13 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Reginald Frederick William Abbott

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2694 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Henry Edgar Abbott

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 14654

Australian Imperial Force 14654 Private 10th Australian Field Unit

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Fanny Abbott

Born 1886

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/96 Sister NZ Army Nursing Service

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George James Abbott

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 27985 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 9128 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 27985 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 122nd Coy

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Arthur Roy Abbott

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3208 Fitter Anzac Light Railway

Australian Imperial Force 3208 Private 17th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3208 Private 17th Battalion

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John Napier Abbott

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy M4078 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Warrior

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Nathan Abbott

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 18350 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 18350 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Joseph Wells Abbott

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 291427 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 235006 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 235006 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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William Henry Abbott

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 21858 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion (Bantams)

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