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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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People [245] Stories Communities

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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]

Keith Essy Abrams

Australian Imperial Force 32055

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Allan Charles Abrams

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 400061

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Thomas William Abrams

Born 1880

Royal Navy 10193 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 11277 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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William Charles Abrams

Born 1880

Died 1958

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Engineer

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Royal Oak

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Frederick Clarence Abrams

Australian Imperial Force 1783

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Richard Abrams

Born 1888

Royal Navy 229566

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William Henry Abrams

Born 1888

Royal Navy 346278

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Charles Abrams

Born 1895

Royal Navy F4663

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Harry Victor Thomas Abrams

Born 1897

Royal Navy F16435

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Tom Abrams

Born 1894

Royal Navy R/6757 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy R/6757 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Frederick Abrams

Born 1892

Royal Navy K16352

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William Abrams

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS123708

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L E Abrams

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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Oscar Leonard Abrams

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 298012

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George Wilfred Abrams

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2691519

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Clifford Edson Abrams

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 754025

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Auguste Josephat Abrams

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3164361

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William James Abrams

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1093320

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Edward Abrams

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3105139

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Walter James Abrams

Born 1877

Canadian Expeditionary Force 461428

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