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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Cheadle, Staffordshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Casino New South Wales [2]

Hull [2]

Kinsale, County Cork [2]

Liverpool [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Norfolk [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

shipdham,norfolk [2]

Ainsdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England [1]

Alsager [1]

Aston, London [1]

Audley Staffordshire [1]

Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bandon, County Cork [1]

Barton Bendish, Norfolk [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Bedminster,Somerset. [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berriedale Tasmania [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

California, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Co. Cork [1]

Cork [1]

Dairy Plains Tasmania [1]

Daventry, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Dorset [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Fenton, Staffordshire [1]

Fenton, Staffs [1]

Forest Gate, Essex, England [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [475]

Gunner [55]

Driver [44]

Sapper [40]

Serjeant [32]

Corporal 2nd [26]

Lance Corporal [25]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Corporal [19]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Cadet [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

305639 [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

S.M. 2 [1]

Second Hand [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [66]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Labour Corps [49]

Army Service Corps [46]

North Staffordshire Regiment [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

London Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [745]

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [962]

B [2]

Contribution

Military Service [933]

Merchant Navy [23]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Cheadle, Staffordshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Bury, Lancashire [2] Casino New South Wales [2] Hull [2] Kinsale, County Cork [2] Liverpool [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Norfolk [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] shipdham,norfolk [2] Ainsdale, Lancashire, England [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England [1] Alsager [1] Aston, London [1] Audley Staffordshire [1] Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bandon, County Cork [1] Barton Bendish, Norfolk [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Bedminster,Somerset. [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berriedale Tasmania [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk [1] California, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Co. Cork [1] Cork [1] Dairy Plains Tasmania [1] Daventry, Northamptonshire, England [1] Dorset [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Fenton, Staffordshire [1] Fenton, Staffs [1] Forest Gate, Essex, England [1] Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [475] Gunner [55] Driver [44] Sapper [40] Serjeant [32] Corporal 2nd [26] Lance Corporal [25] Second Lieutenant [23] Corporal [19] Lieutenant [12] Captain [9] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Cadet [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 305639 [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bandsman [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nurse [1] S.M. 2 [1] Second Hand [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [66] Royal Field Artillery [59] Labour Corps [49] Army Service Corps [46] North Staffordshire Regiment [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Machine Gun Corps [28] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Royal Fusiliers [26] Liverpool Regiment [23] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Cheshire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] London Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Norfolk Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] South Wales Borderers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Leinster Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [745] Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [962] B [2]

Contribution

Military Service [933] Merchant Navy [23] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20] United States [1]

John Henry Alcock

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 2194 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 2194 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Alfred Ernest Alcock

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25719

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James Henry Alcock

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295230

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Charles Thomas Alcock

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112840

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Walter Sydney Alcock

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army G/28159 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/12650 Private East Kent Regiment

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Alfred Alcock

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 12L/5950 Corporal 2nd 12th Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 18 Battalion attached 1 Battalion

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Clement Alcock

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242098

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Percy Alcock

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 305639 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Bygrave Alcock

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 7964 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7964 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Frank Alcock

Died 1917

British Army 6429 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 30428 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Alfred Charles Alcock

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 267860 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 220141 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Arthur Sidney Alcock

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 754 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Stanley Joseph Alcock

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 52841 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walter Alcock

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 9641 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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James Alcock

Died 1915

British Army 17780 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 17780 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Alcock

Born 1900

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 903272 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

Other Empire Force 903272 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Champagne'

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John Hudson Alcock

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 8th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 8 Battalion

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John Emberton Alcock

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3367

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Frederick Alcock

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 267505 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 267505 Lance Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Augustus Alcock

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1372 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

British Army 1372 Corporal Royal Bewfoundland Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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