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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]

Last name first letter

A [245]

Contribution

Military Service [240]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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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]

Last name first letter

A [245]

Contribution

Military Service [240] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

George William Abrams

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 698 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 263115 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Sally Abrams

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6719 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242689 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242689 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Thomas Abrams

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26467

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David Abrams

Born 1898

Died 1918

South African Services HT/5242 Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport

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Lawrence Golding Abrams

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army M2/152559 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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William Abrams

Died 1917

British Army 1804 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 200335 Private Essex Regiment

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Ernest Abrams

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1159 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1159 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Herbert Abrams

Died 1918

British Army 3505 Private Essex Regiment

British Army G/14839 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Herbert Abrams

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 19041 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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Howard Sherman Abrams

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 253149

Canadian Expeditionary Force 253149 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Edward Henry Abrams

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144049

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Maurice Abrams

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30748

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Cecil Wilson Abrams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137885

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Monte Charles Abrams

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74719

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Edward Abrams

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80695

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Alfred Abrams

Died 1915

British Army 8985 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd battalion leicest Battalion

British Army 8985 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Montague Abrams

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23838

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Michael Abrams

Died 1918

British Army 1795 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Norman Abrams

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2365769

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Oliver John Abrams

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 844011

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