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Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Callington, Cornwall [2]

Kintore, Aberdeenshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian [2]

Llangurig, Montgomeryshire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Strahan Tasmania [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsbury, Islington, London [1]

Bayswater, London, Middlesex [1]

Belbroughton, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Bellerive Tasmania [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Carlow [1]

Catton, Norwich [1]

Chadwell Heath, Essex [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Cottingham, Yorkshire [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Echt, Aberdeenshire [1]

Fergus, Ontario [1]

Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hardingham, Norfolk [1]

Hassocks Hurstpeirpoint, Sussex [1]

Hingham, Norfolk [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Huggate, East Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [218]

Gunner [28]

Serjeant [17]

Corporal 2nd [13]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Pioneer [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Scout [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Adjutant Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Commandant and Nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pathologist and House Physician [1]

Saddle Tree Maker Serjeant [1]

Squadron Master Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Army Service Corps [20]

London Regiment [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Norfolk Regiment [17]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [325]

Royal Navy [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [506]

S [2]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [485]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [509] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Battersea, Surrey [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Callington, Cornwall [2] Kintore, Aberdeenshire [2] Leith, Midlothian [2] Llangurig, Montgomeryshire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Strahan Tasmania [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsbury, Islington, London [1] Bayswater, London, Middlesex [1] Belbroughton, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Bellerive Tasmania [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackall Queensland [1] Carlow [1] Catton, Norwich [1] Chadwell Heath, Essex [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Cottingham, Yorkshire [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Echt, Aberdeenshire [1] Fergus, Ontario [1] Fettercairn, Kincardineshire [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hardingham, Norfolk [1] Hassocks Hurstpeirpoint, Sussex [1] Hingham, Norfolk [1] Holloway, London [1] Huggate, East Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [218] Gunner [28] Serjeant [17] Corporal 2nd [13] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [4] Deck Hand [4] Pioneer [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Scout [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Adjutant Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Commandant and Nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pathologist and House Physician [1] Saddle Tree Maker Serjeant [1] Squadron Master Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Vice Admiral [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Army Service Corps [20] London Regiment [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Norfolk Regiment [17] Gordon Highlanders [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Essex Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [325] Royal Navy [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Australian Imperial Force [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [506] S [2] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [485] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Guyana [1] India [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

James Edgar Abel

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 761375 Private London Regiment 25th lond Battalion

British Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Arthur Howard Abel

Born 1895

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Auc

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22519 2nd Lieutenant Auckland Infantry Regiment 16th Reinforcements

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Hender Arthur Abel

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 5247 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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Arthur Abel

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426456

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426456 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Robert Abel

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29694

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Frederick Cecil Abel

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 21887 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 50908 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 50938 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Harry Abel

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 41330 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Lancelot Abel

Born 1885

Died 1957

Royal Navy 10862 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10862 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Inflexible Royal marine Artillery

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Albert Alfred Abel

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132290

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Claude Cecil Abel

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy 12162 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Charles Gordon Abel

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285958

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Clifford Abel

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406085

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William Abel

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161983

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William James Abel

Died 1915

British Army 5634 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th

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James Enos Abel

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90155

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William Alexandra Abel

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 305403

Royal Navy 305403 Chief Stoker HMS Defence

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Clarence F Abel

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 61242 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Albert Abel

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/60340 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Walter Stephen Abel

Born 1877

British Army 634048 Private Labour Corps

British Army 5456 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Pugh Abel

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 203677 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Reserve Battalion

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