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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Frodsham, Cheshire [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Becher, ON [1]

Clapham Junction, London [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester, United Kingdom [1]

Mapellingtown [1]

Moree New South Wales [1]

Portsea Portsmouth [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [1]

Romford, Essex [1]

Runcorn [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [124]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Driver [7]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Rigger [1]

Saddler [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

8th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [169]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Royal Navy [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

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A [245]

Contribution

Military Service [240]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Frodsham, Cheshire [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Becher, ON [1] Clapham Junction, London [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lambeth, London [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester, United Kingdom [1] Mapellingtown [1] Moree New South Wales [1] Portsea Portsmouth [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [1] Romford, Essex [1] Runcorn [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Warminster, Wiltshire [1] West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [124] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [9] Corporal 2nd [7] Driver [7] Gunner [6] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Rigger [1] Saddler [1] Skipper [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [14] Labour Corps [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Engineers [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 8th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [169] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Royal Navy [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [245]

Contribution

Military Service [240] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Frederick George Leonard Abrams

Died 1915

British Army 9504 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 9504 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Claude A Abrams

Born 1897

Died 1961

British Army 358638 Private Liverpool Regiment

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James Abrams

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17950 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 17950 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Roy Abrams

Born 1896

Died 1984

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3130140

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John Abrams

Born 1864

Died 1917

Royal Navy SA 567 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy SA 567 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Arfon

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William Abrams

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12205

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William Abrams

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130937

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Alfred Abrams

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40396 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 40396 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 40396 Private Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

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Charles Abrams

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204663

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William Abrams

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123273

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Walter Abrams

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 37311 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Ernest J Abrams

Died 1917

British Army G/22790 Private Middlesex Regiment

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David Dowseth Abrams

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311714

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James T Abrams

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 250653 Lance Corporal London Regiment 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

British Army 2413 Private London Regiment 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Lawrence Grant Abrams

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 13053 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Abrams

Died 1918

British Army 44024 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 35003 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold James Abrams

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 233190 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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William Thomas Abrams

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 353032 Rigger HMS Victory Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Harry Victor Thomas Abrams

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216435

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Frank Abrams

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 54723 Gunner G Battery Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 54723 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

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