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Melbourne Victoria [14]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Camborne, Cornwall [4]

Falmouth, Cornwall [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Redruth, Cornwall [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Bideford, Devon [3]

Cobar New South Wales [3]

Hay New South Wales [3]

London England [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Armadale Victoria [2]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Harrington, Cumberland [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Lincoln [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

St Mawes, Cornwall, England [2]

Stroud [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Aberfan, Glamorgan [1]

Airdrie [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Angaston South Australia [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ashton on Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Rank

Private [682]

Gunner [84]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Corporal [64]

Sapper [54]

Serjeant [49]

Driver [40]

Lance Corporal [39]

Lieutenant [34]

Captain [21]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Corporal [15]

Major [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Brigadier General [6]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Sepoy [3]

Sister [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Constable [1]

Armourer [1]

Assistant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Fitter [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107]

Royal Field Artillery [74]

Labour Corps [71]

Manchester Regiment [68]

Army Service Corps [66]

Royal Garrison Artillery [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

London Regiment [35]

East Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Highland Light Infantry [27]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [24]

Gordon Highlanders [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

Royal Scots [18]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Border Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1094]

Royal Navy [117]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [104]

Australian Imperial Force [103]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [60]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1600]

F [1]

G [1]

H [1]

K [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1552]

Merchant Navy [38]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [14] Sydney New South Wales [12] Brisbane Queensland [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Camborne, Cornwall [4] Falmouth, Cornwall [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Redruth, Cornwall [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Bideford, Devon [3] Cobar New South Wales [3] Hay New South Wales [3] London England [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Armadale Victoria [2] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Camberwell, London [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Harrington, Cumberland [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Islington, London [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Lincoln [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] St Mawes, Cornwall, England [2] Stroud [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Aberfan, Glamorgan [1] Airdrie [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Angaston South Australia [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ashton on Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton under Lyne [1]

Rank

Private [682] Gunner [84] Second Lieutenant [67] Corporal [64] Sapper [54] Serjeant [49] Driver [40] Lance Corporal [39] Lieutenant [34] Captain [21] Pioneer [20] Acting Corporal [15] Major [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Brigadier General [6] Bombardier [5] Acting Captain [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Sepoy [3] Sister [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Constable [1] Armourer [1] Assistant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chauffeur [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Fitter [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107] Royal Field Artillery [74] Labour Corps [71] Manchester Regiment [68] Army Service Corps [66] Royal Garrison Artillery [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Machine Gun Corps [36] London Regiment [35] East Yorkshire Regiment [27] Highland Light Infantry [27] Royal Scots Fusiliers [24] Gordon Highlanders [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] Royal Scots [18] Cheshire Regiment [17] Devonshire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [17] Liverpool Regiment [16] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Border Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Scottish Rifles [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Cameron Highlanders [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Tank Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Highlanders [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1094] Royal Navy [117] Canadian Expeditionary Force [104] Australian Imperial Force [103] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [60] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1600] F [1] G [1] H [1] K [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1552] Merchant Navy [38] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Canada [1]

Leslie Wilton Andrew

Born 1897

Died 1969

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30250 New Zealand Army Wellington Infantry Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11795 Corporal New Zealand Army Wellington Infantry Battalion

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Robert Andrew

Born 1893

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13711

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13711 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13711 Private Saskatchewan Regiment 5th battalion Canadian mounted Rifles

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William Oswald Andrew

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 6167 Private Royal Army Medical Corps No 2 Base Depot Medical Stores

British Army 91796 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Percy Andrew

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 2240 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 2240 Private Duke Of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 2240 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Harold Andrew

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Walter Andrew

Born 1892

Died 1986

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1177 Corporal Otago Infantry Brigade 2nd Reinforcements

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Samuel George William Andrew

Born 1896

Died 1984

British Army T4/24507 Driver Army Service Corps

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James Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 8451 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

British Army 8451 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Lees Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1962

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119986

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Edward J Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy 271115

Royal Navy 189324 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Stephen Edward Andrew

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 35296 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35296 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John James Andrew

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 9968 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Haydn Andrew

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 16L/4855 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/13090 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Albert Frederick Andrew

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 83429 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Andrew

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 93136 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Robert William Andrew

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 14056 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Bn.

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George Hubert Andrew

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 25234 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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William Andrew

Born 1894

British Army 20205 Private Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Thomas Andrew

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army S/26795 Private Cameron Highlanders

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David Andrew

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98885

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