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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Ancoats Manchester [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bakewell, Derbyshire [1]

Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1]

Burnley [1]

Burnt Ash Lee, Lee [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hucknall Huthwaite, Notts [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Sheerness, Kent [1]

Shepshed England [1]

West Ham, London [1]

Rank

Private [62]

Driver [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Civilian [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

11th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

8th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Territorial Force [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Honorable Artillery Company [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1]

Hussars [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps Ex Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Labour Corps ex Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Devonshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [124]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [121]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [125] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Ancoats Manchester [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bakewell, Derbyshire [1] Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1] Burnley [1] Burnt Ash Lee, Lee [1] Dover, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Hucknall Huthwaite, Notts [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Sheerness, Kent [1] Shepshed England [1] West Ham, London [1]

Rank

Private [62] Driver [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Gunner [8] Sapper [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Civilian [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 11th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 8th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Territorial Force [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] Honorable Artillery Company [1] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1] Hussars [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps Ex Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Labour Corps ex Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Devonshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [124] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [121] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Arthur Wellesley Adkin

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5610/492523 Corporal 2nd London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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John George Adkin

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 106471 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 106471 Private Machine Gun Corps Infantry

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Henry Adkin

Died 1919

British Army 3135 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 2/5th

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William Henry Adkin

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192624

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Albert Adkin

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308238

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Ernest Adkin

Died 1917

British Army 31706 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Henry Adkin

Born 1899

Died 1952

British Army 194648 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Adkin

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283227

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William Adkin

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11415 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Fredk Edward Adkin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15772 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edward Albert Adkin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215859

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George Adkin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2126 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240406 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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David George Adkin

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 68986 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army 68986 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Douglas Adkin

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1031018

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1031018 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Adkin

Died 1915

British Army 2040 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2040 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Harold Adkin

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287114

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Gilbert Denton Adkin

Born 1892

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 44332 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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David Adkin

Australian Imperial Force 909

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John Adkin

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211152

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Ernest Adkin

Born 1899

Royal Navy 15596 Royal Marine Artillery

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