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Belfast [5]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Donaghadee, Down [2]

Murrumburrah New South Wales [2]

Upton Park [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Bandon, Cork [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Donaghadie, Down [1]

Dromedary Tasmania [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Katoomba New South Wales [1]

Lancaster, England [1]

Letter-Kenny, Donegal [1]

Letterkenny, Donegal [1]

London England [1]

Lyndhurst New South Wales [1]

Lynn , Mass [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Nelson [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Orangeville, Dufferin, Ontario [1]

Pettigo [1]

Queenscliff Queensland [1]

Rhyl [1]

Rhyl, Flintshire [1]

Saint James Westminster [1]

Shankill, County Antrim [1]

St Luke's, Wolverhampton, Stafford [1]

St Mark's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Strabane [1]

Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Willowie South Australia [1]

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Private [70]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Irish Guards [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

13th Hussars [1]

1st Highlanders Field Artillery [1]

1st Royal Irish Rifles [1]

1st Signal Squadron [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

46th Battalion [1]

6th Divisional Artillery Column [1]

Army Auxiliary Nursing Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Medical Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Battalion [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Employment Company [1]

Gloucester Regiment 5th Battalion [1]

H.M.S. "Albemarle." [1]

Service

British Army [111]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Royal Navy [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Last name first letter

A [223]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

New Zealand [1]

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People [224] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Belfast [5] Sydney New South Wales [4] Hobart Tasmania [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Donaghadee, Down [2] Murrumburrah New South Wales [2] Upton Park [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Bandon, Cork [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Donaghadie, Down [1] Dromedary Tasmania [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Katoomba New South Wales [1] Lancaster, England [1] Letter-Kenny, Donegal [1] Letterkenny, Donegal [1] London England [1] Lyndhurst New South Wales [1] Lynn , Mass [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Nelson [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Orangeville, Dufferin, Ontario [1] Pettigo [1] Queenscliff Queensland [1] Rhyl [1] Rhyl, Flintshire [1] Saint James Westminster [1] Shankill, County Antrim [1] St Luke's, Wolverhampton, Stafford [1] St Mark's, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Strabane [1] Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Willowie South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [70] Gunner [10] Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [4] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Major [1] Signalman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Rifles [9] Gordon Highlanders [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Labour Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Irish Guards [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] 13th Hussars [1] 1st Highlanders Field Artillery [1] 1st Royal Irish Rifles [1] 1st Signal Squadron [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 46th Battalion [1] 6th Divisional Artillery Column [1] Army Auxiliary Nursing Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Medical Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Battalion [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Employment Company [1] Gloucester Regiment 5th Battalion [1] H.M.S. "Albemarle." [1]

Service

British Army [111] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [27] Royal Navy [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Last name first letter

A [223] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [5] New Zealand [1]

Albert Aiken

Born 1896

Died 1939

British Army 41359 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Christopher Aiken

Born 1890

Died 1944

British Army 9413 Private 1st Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 9413 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

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Alexander Aiken

Born 1899

Died 1987

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348162

Canadian Expeditionary Force Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

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John Aiken

Born 1891

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 72391 New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve)

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 72391 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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Richard Bell Aiken

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45012

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Walter Aiken

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3396 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Phyllis Winifred Edith Aiken

Born 1896

British Army 744 Acting Forewoman Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Adrian Uriah Aiken

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 2132 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William James Aiken

Born 1875

Died 1915

Royal Navy 161866

Royal Navy 161866(PO) Chief Petty Officer H.M.S. "Albemarle."

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James Aiken

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 19331 Private Scottish Labour Battalion

British Army 1478 Private Labour Company

British Army 30558 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Aiken

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 17/1377 Private Royal Irish Rifles 17th Battalion

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John Aiken

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1265 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 860368 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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James Aiken

Died 1918

British Army 950 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 265116 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 265116 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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William Henry Aiken

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170005

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Charles Aiken

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161681

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Robert Lloyd Aiken

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11976

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Hugh Colin Aiken

Born 1897

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30154 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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Robert Aiken

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 22884 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James Hope Aiken

Australian Imperial Force 9466

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John Aiken

Australian Imperial Force 85714

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