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Goulburn New South Wales [7]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Cape Town [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London England [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Shoreditch, Middlesex [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Wigan [2]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Beerwah Queensland [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bewley, Hants [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bridgewater, Somerset [1]

Bristol, England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Chorlton, Manchester [1]

Colyton, Devon [1]

Custom House, London [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Devon England [1]

Edmonton District, London [1]

Essex [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Fawley, Hampshire, England [1]

Finsbury Park, London [1]

Finsbury Park, London, Middlesex [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Guernsey [1]

Rank

Private [365]

Driver [29]

Gunner [26]

Lance Corporal [16]

Corporal 2nd [14]

Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [11]

Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Captain [7]

Rifleman [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Assistant Steward [3]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Labourer [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Clerk [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Donkey Driver [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker II [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Volunteer Driver [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

r [1]

Unit

London Regiment [42]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Army Service Corps [28]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [23]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

British West Indies Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [503]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Royal Navy [54]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

South African Services [9]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [673]

M [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [652]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

South Africa [2]

Jamaica [1]

Myanmar [1]

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Place of birth

Goulburn New South Wales [7] Melbourne Victoria [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Cape Town [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London England [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Shoreditch, Middlesex [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Stepney, London [2] Wigan [2] Battersea, London [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Beerwah Queensland [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bewley, Hants [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bow, London [1] Bridgewater, Somerset [1] Bristol, England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Chorlton, Manchester [1] Colyton, Devon [1] Custom House, London [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Devon England [1] Edmonton District, London [1] Essex [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Fawley, Hampshire, England [1] Finsbury Park, London [1] Finsbury Park, London, Middlesex [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Guernsey [1]

Rank

Private [365] Driver [29] Gunner [26] Lance Corporal [16] Corporal 2nd [14] Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Sapper [11] Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Captain [7] Rifleman [6] Lieutenant [4] Assistant Steward [3] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Labourer [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Clerk [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Donkey Driver [1] Lance Corporal Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Signalman [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker II [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Volunteer Driver [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] r [1]

Unit

London Regiment [42] Labour Corps [34] Royal Field Artillery [31] Royal Fusiliers [31] Army Service Corps [28] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [23] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Rifle Brigade [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] British West Indies Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Welsh Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] Border Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [503] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Royal Navy [54] Australian Imperial Force [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] South African Services [9] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [673] M [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [652] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11] South Africa [2] Jamaica [1] Myanmar [1]

Israel Abrahams

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219241

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Arthur Charles Lionel Abrahams

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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William Henry Abrahams

Died 1917

British Army 107636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Abrahams

Died 1915

British Army 12424 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Edward James Abrahams

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42265 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Woolf Abrahams

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army S/17926 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Isadore Abrahams

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 43250 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Samuel Abrahams

Died 1918

British Army 25351 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 25351 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Fred Abrahams

Died 1917

South African Services 11163 Private South African Native Labour Corps Medical Section

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Maurice Gardner Abrahams

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3054 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Nathan Abrahams

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76027

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Charles Francis Abrahams

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190085

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Harold Abrahams

Born 1881

British Army 266950 Private Yorkshire Regiment 7th west Battalion

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William Abrahams

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 8724 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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George Henry Abrahams

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102329

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Joseph Abrahams

Died 1916

British Army 15988 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 15988 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Albert Abrahams

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 2146 Private Australian Infantry

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Edward Abrahams

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 540236 Private London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Jack Abrahams

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228367

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Clarence Ernest Philip Abrahams

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69687

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