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Private [66]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sapper [4]

Corporal [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

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Fitter [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

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Saddler [1]

Saddler Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

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Staff Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

pte [1]

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London Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Engineers [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

10th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

4th Hussars [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Rifle Department [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [94]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

South African Services [2]

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A [134]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

France [3]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

India [1]

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People [135] Stories Communities

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London England [3] Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Teddington, Middlesex [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bowes Park Middlesex England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chatterdon Lancashire England [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Diss, Norfolk, England [1] Duloe Cornwall [1] Eastbourne Sussex England [1] Geldeston, Suffolk [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Hythe Kent England [1] Hythe, Kent [1] Lambeth Surrey England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] London Middlesex England [1] London, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Norfolk [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Rotherithe London England [1] St Pancras London [1] St Pancras, London [1] Stoke Newington [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Toronto [1] West Norwood Surrey [1] Yorkshire [1] st Pancras, London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [66] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Lance Corporal [4] Rifleman [4] Sapper [4] Corporal [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Pioneer [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Skipper [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] pte [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Engineers [7] Army Service Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Labour Corps [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] 10th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] 4th Hussars [1] 6th Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Rifle Department [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [94] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

A [134] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19] France [3] Ireland [2] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1] India [1]

Frederick Alger

Australian Imperial Force 2634

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Henry Frank Alger

British Army 55324 Private Manchester Regiment 24th battalion manchest Battalion

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A J Alger

British Army S/1146 Private Rifle Brigade

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Francis Alger

Australian Imperial Force 1837A

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Alfred J Alger

Born 1884

British Army M2/034908 Private Royal Army Service Corps 5th Auxiliary Petrol Company ( Motor Transport )

British Army 429 Private Army Service Corps 2nd Midland Divisional Signal Column

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Charles W Alger

Born 1898

British Army 1980 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 534605 Sapper Royal Engineers 491st ( Home Counties ) Field Company

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Edwin Alger

Born 1879

Royal Navy 10819 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Harold Crosbie Alger

Born 1897

Died 1916

South African Services 2193 Private 2nd South African Infantry

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Arthur Albert Alger

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2775275

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Morton Alger

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 133276

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Edward John Alger

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3038716

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George Crosby Alger

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Philip Laurence Alger

Born 1890

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J Alger

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87846

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Henry John Alger

Born 1872

Royal Navy WSA 1898 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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William Fuller Alger

Born 1888

Royal Navy F16242

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John Kirby Alger

Born 1886

Royal Navy F22385

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Bertie Alger

Born 1898

Royal Navy J63525

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Stanley John Alger

Born 1898

Royal Navy K58091

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Stanley James Alger

Born 1895

Royal Navy M5938

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