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Private [276]

Gunner [37]

Driver [26]

Corporal 2nd [16]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Bombardier [9]

Corporal [9]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

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Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

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Sargeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Steward [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [35]

Devonshire Regiment [34]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [31]

London Regiment [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Wiltshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

5th Dragoon Guards [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [426]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

Royal Navy [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [628]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [616]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Belgium [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [4] Waratah Tasmania [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Saltash, Cornwall [3] Stawell, Somerset [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Torquay, Devon [3] Yongala South Australia [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Cressy Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Langport, Somerset [2] Maffra Victoria [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Saint Germans, Cornwall [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Warragul Victoria [2] 37 lockington Road, Battersea, London, Surrey, England [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ballan Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Banwell, Somerset [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [1] Beer, Devon [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birregurra Victoria [1] Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bow, Devon [1] Brandis Corner,Black Torrington,Holsworthy,Devon. [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cann, Dorset [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Catcott, Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Charlton England [1] Charlton, Kent, England [1] Chippenham Wiltshire [1] Chiswick London [1] Chobham Surrey England [1]

Rank

Private [276] Gunner [37] Driver [26] Corporal 2nd [16] Sapper [14] Serjeant [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Bombardier [9] Corporal [9] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Cpl [1] Act. RSM [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Steward [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Dragoon [1] Guardsman [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Master Gunner [1] Master at Arms [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Sargeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Steward [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35] Devonshire Regiment [34] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Engineers [31] London Regiment [28] Labour Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Royal Fusiliers [17] Wiltshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Royal Air Force [3] 5th Dragoon Guards [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] French Red Cross [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [426] Australian Imperial Force [62] Royal Navy [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [628] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [616] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Belgium [1]

Edgar Reginald Alford

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army 5960 Corporal 2nd 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Dragoon Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Lance Corporal (unpaid) Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

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Walter Alford

Born 1876

Died 1933

British Army 1988 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Including 120 and 38 Heavy Batteries

British Army 571962 Private Labour Corps 191 Labour Company

British Army 5768 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 5th Depot

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Eric Claud Hatton Alford

Born 1889

Died 1958

British Army 124428 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Alford

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2111 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army 265329 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army 265329 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1/6th Battalion

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Charles Alford

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 15th Battalion

British Army 71175 Sapper Royal Engineers 39th (Motor) Air Line Section

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James Alfred Alford

Born 1874

Died 1939

British Army TR/10/8031 Lance Corporal Training Reserve 23rd Battalion

British Army 8031 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 8031 L/Cpl Royal Sussex Regiment

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Henry C Alford

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 35008 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 84610 Private Labour Corps 142nd Labour Company

British Army 182163 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Claude Percival William Alford

Born 1886

Died 1949

British Army 286764 Temporary Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 831807 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Alford

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 113316 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 113316 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 237th Siege Battery

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Thomas Henry Alford, M.s.m.

Born 1877

Died 1921

British Army 3113 Regimental Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87948 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Flying Corps 72nd Sq

British Army Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Walter Albert Alford

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army a/293888 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Canteen/293888 A/Cpl R A S C Canteens

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William Frank Alford

Born 1900

Died 1959

Royal Navy London Z/8275 Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Orme Charles Alford

Born 1857

Died 1918

British Army SR 6857 Master Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army corporal Royal Artillery

British Army SR/4988 Royal Garrison Artillery 49th Company

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George Herbert Alford

Born 1891

Died 1981

British Army

British Army GS/49713 Private Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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William Alford

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 24045 Private Welsh Regiment 16th Battalion

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Percy Thomas Alford

Born 1887

British Army 126723 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Charles Alford

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 594587 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 345049 Private Kings Royal Rifles

British Army 345049 Rifleman London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

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Reginald Stanway Alford

Born 1898

Died 1952

British Army 116908 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Thomas Alford

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 517 Corporal 2nd London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 517 Acting Serjeant London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 517 Serjeant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd Battalion

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Albert Oliver Alford

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 23510 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 23510 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

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