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London, Middlesex, England [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brixton, London [3]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Heywood Victoria [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Horsham England [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Morgan South Australia [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Violet Town Victoria [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Albury, Herts [1]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Allora Queensland [1]

Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bala [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Bedford [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berkshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire [1]

Blewbury, Berkshire [1]

Bloomsbury, Middlesex [1]

Botley, Oxfordshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Rank

Private [811]

Gunner [99]

Driver [77]

Serjeant [56]

Sapper [42]

Corporal 2nd [41]

Lance Corporal [35]

Corporal [32]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [17]

Pioneer [15]

Bombardier [11]

Rifleman [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Captain [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colonel Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lance Corporal 2nd [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

8th Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Corporal Dafadar [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [105]

Royal Field Artillery [104]

Royal Engineers [96]

Army Service Corps [85]

London Regiment [77]

Royal Garrison Artillery [58]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [30]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [30]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Rifle Brigade [26]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Royal Sussex Regiment [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

Hertfordshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Marine Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1241]

Royal Navy [142]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [109]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [53]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [1649]

F [1]

M [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1611]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Canada [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Newbury, Berkshire [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brixton, London [3] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3] Lambeth, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chelsea, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Heywood Victoria [2] Holloway, London [2] Horsham England [2] Kensington, London [2] Limehouse, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Morgan South Australia [2] Peckham, London [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Violet Town Victoria [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Albury, Herts [1] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Allora Queensland [1] Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bala [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Bedford [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berkshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire [1] Blewbury, Berkshire [1] Bloomsbury, Middlesex [1] Botley, Oxfordshire [1] Bow, London [1]

Rank

Private [811] Gunner [99] Driver [77] Serjeant [56] Sapper [42] Corporal 2nd [41] Lance Corporal [35] Corporal [32] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [17] Pioneer [15] Bombardier [11] Rifleman [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Lieutenant [10] Lance Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant [7] Captain [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colonel Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lance Corporal 2nd [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] 8th Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Corporal Dafadar [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [105] Royal Field Artillery [104] Royal Engineers [96] Army Service Corps [85] London Regiment [77] Royal Garrison Artillery [58] Royal Fusiliers [50] Machine Gun Corps [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [30] Royal Berkshire Regiment [30] Middlesex Regiment [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Rifle Brigade [26] The Queen's Regiment [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Hampshire Regiment [22] Royal Sussex Regiment [22] Essex Regiment [21] Devonshire Regiment [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Wiltshire Regiment [14] Hertfordshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Marine Artillery [10] Royal Naval Division [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Royal West Surrey Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1241] Royal Navy [142] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [109] Canadian Expeditionary Force [53] Australian Imperial Force [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [1649] F [1] M [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1611] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Canada [1]

Herbert Aldridge

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 5/17550 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 201147 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 5911 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/7 Battalion

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Reginald John Petty Devenish Aldridge

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Frederick Aldridge

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 19733 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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John Frederick Aldridge

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army SD/2391 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Henry Aldridge

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 201641 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 201641 Sergeant The Suffolk Regt 11th

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Arthur William Aldridge

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 14703 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/14703 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Arthur George Aldridge

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 388546 Private Labour Corps

British Army 388546 Labour Corps 583rd Home Service Supply

British Army 9526 Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Charles A Aldridge

Born 1876

Died 1942

British Army 122735 Private Labour Corps

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Harry Gwyder [mcray Donald] Aldridge

Born 1885

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 589

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Richard Aldridge

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1898 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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James Aldridge

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 8534 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 8534 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Albert Thomas Aldridge

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14445 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEPTUNE

Royal Navy 14445 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion

Royal Navy RMA/14445 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion (R M Depot Deal)

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Douglas John Aldridge

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Robert Aldridge

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 87384 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 35th Company (Millbank)

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William Aldridge

Born 1899

Died 1960

British Army 4185 Private London Regiment

British Army 202669 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frank Aldridge

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3570 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George W Aldridge

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 12735 Private South Wales Borderers

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Richard Thomas Aldridge

Died 1916

British Army 22618 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 29961 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Jesse Aldridge

Died 1916

British Army 10051 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Frederick George Aldridge

Born 1897

Died 1985

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14487

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