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Melbourne Victoria [41]

Sydney New South Wales [18]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [14]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

London England [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Edinburgh [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Wynyard Tasmania [5]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Shepparton Victoria [4]

St Andrews, Fife [4]

Winchester, Hampshire [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3]

Aberthaw, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Burnie Tasmania [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

London [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Ayrshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barony, Lanarkshire [2]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Belfast [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bungay, Suffolk [2]

Bushey, Hertfordshire [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Drummore, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2]

Dublin [2]

Eccles, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1829]

Gunner [190]

Second Lieutenant [149]

Driver [147]

Serjeant [147]

Captain [99]

Corporal 2nd [99]

Sapper [93]

Lance Corporal [84]

Lieutenant [67]

Corporal [50]

Major [49]

Lieutenant Colonel [33]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Acting Corporal [27]

Pioneer [25]

Bombardier [14]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Rifleman [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Temporary Captain [10]

Commander [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Reverend [4]

Sister [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Sister [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Midshipman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [226]

Royal Field Artillery [211]

Royal Engineers [204]

Army Service Corps [203]

Royal Garrison Artillery [120]

Royal Army Medical Corps [106]

London Regiment [101]

Highland Light Infantry [98]

Gordon Highlanders [92]

Machine Gun Corps [78]

Royal Scots [76]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [67]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [65]

Seaforth Highlanders [63]

Royal Highlanders [61]

Royal Fusiliers [56]

Scottish Rifles [53]

Northumberland Fusiliers [50]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Cameron Highlanders [41]

Essex Regiment [38]

Hampshire Regiment [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [36]

Liverpool Regiment [36]

British West Indies Regiment [35]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [26]

Canadian Infantry [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

East Surrey Regiment [23]

Royal Irish Rifles [23]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Reserve [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Army Veterinary Corps [18]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2965]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [390]

Royal Navy [308]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [262]

Australian Imperial Force [242]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [92]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [6]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [4406]

M [3]

C [2]

S [2]

B [1]

J [1]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4238]

Merchant Navy [115]

Conscientious Objector [24]

Country

United Kingdom [174]

Canada [7]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

Belgium [1]

France [1]

Guyana [1]

Israel [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [41] Sydney New South Wales [18] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [14] Brisbane Queensland [9] London England [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Bethnal Green, London [5] Edinburgh [5] London, Middlesex [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Wynyard Tasmania [5] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Shepparton Victoria [4] St Andrews, Fife [4] Winchester, Hampshire [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3] Aberthaw, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Burnie Tasmania [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] London [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Ayrshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barony, Lanarkshire [2] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Belfast [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bungay, Suffolk [2] Bushey, Hertfordshire [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Drummore, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2] Dublin [2] Eccles, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1829] Gunner [190] Second Lieutenant [149] Driver [147] Serjeant [147] Captain [99] Corporal 2nd [99] Sapper [93] Lance Corporal [84] Lieutenant [67] Corporal [50] Major [49] Lieutenant Colonel [33] Acting Serjeant [29] Acting Corporal [27] Pioneer [25] Bombardier [14] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Rifleman [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Able Seaman [10] Lance Serjeant [10] Temporary Captain [10] Commander [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Acting Captain [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Temporary Brigadier General [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Major [5] Trooper [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Reverend [4] Sister [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Sister [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Midshipman [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [226] Royal Field Artillery [211] Royal Engineers [204] Army Service Corps [203] Royal Garrison Artillery [120] Royal Army Medical Corps [106] London Regiment [101] Highland Light Infantry [98] Gordon Highlanders [92] Machine Gun Corps [78] Royal Scots [76] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [67] Royal Scots Fusiliers [65] Seaforth Highlanders [63] Royal Highlanders [61] Royal Fusiliers [56] Scottish Rifles [53] Northumberland Fusiliers [50] Middlesex Regiment [43] Cameron Highlanders [41] Essex Regiment [38] Hampshire Regiment [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] King's Own Scottish Borderers [36] Liverpool Regiment [36] British West Indies Regiment [35] Durham Light Infantry [32] Rifle Brigade [31] Royal Naval Division [28] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [26] Canadian Infantry [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Suffolk Regiment [24] East Surrey Regiment [23] Royal Irish Rifles [23] Wiltshire Regiment [23] Norfolk Regiment [22] Royal Naval Reserve [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] The Queen's Regiment [21] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Yorkshire Regiment [19] Army Veterinary Corps [18] Devonshire Regiment [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2965] Canadian Expeditionary Force [390] Royal Navy [308] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [262] Australian Imperial Force [242] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [92] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [6] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [4406] M [3] C [2] S [2] B [1] J [1] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4238] Merchant Navy [115] Conscientious Objector [24]

Country

United Kingdom [174] Canada [7] New Zealand [3] Australia [2] Ireland [2] Belgium [1] France [1] Guyana [1] Israel [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

Henry Matthew Alexander

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25324

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William Francis Alexander

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126874

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Charles Alexander

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38899

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Roy Leslie Alexander

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy MB1839 Chief Motor Mechanic Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Coastal Motor Boats

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Patrick Alexander

Born 1898

British Army 2843 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George Alexander

Born 1879

British Army 185261 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 36730 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 185261 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Mercer Alexander

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 17th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 17th Battalion

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William Wilson Alexander

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 608396 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 1st/18th Battalion

British Army London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 4915 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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Fred Alexander

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48361

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Matthew Alexander

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129692

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Harry Alexander

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110422

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William Barnet Alexander

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303197

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George Cyril Alexander

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162980

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William B Alexander

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114275

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Arthur Alexander

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123055

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James Alexander

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282482

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James Alexander

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24365

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William Alexander

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 292 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Alfred James Alexander

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168712

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Charles Alexander

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297136

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