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Melbourne Victoria [52]

Sydney New South Wales [46]

London England [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [17]

Adelaide South Australia [15]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

London, Middlesex [14]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [12]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

West Ham, Essex [10]

Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [10]

Hull, Yorkshire [8]

Launceston Tasmania [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Dover, Kent [7]

London [7]

Camberwell, London [6]

Devonport, Devon [6]

Poplar, London [6]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [5]

Chelsea, London [5]

Hackney, London [5]

Ramsgate, Kent [5]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [5]

Singleton New South Wales [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Finsbury, London [4]

Fulham, London [4]

Gillingham, Kent [4]

Gympie Queensland [4]

Hackney, Middlesex [4]

Hammersmith, London [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Oxford [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Perth Western Australia [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Sherborne, Dorset [4]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [4]

St Pancras, Middlesex [4]

Tottenham, London [4]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [4]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [4407]

Gunner [497]

Driver [378]

Corporal [336]

Sapper [309]

Serjeant [304]

Second Lieutenant [183]

Lance Corporal [165]

Pioneer [93]

Acting Corporal [89]

Captain [83]

Lieutenant [79]

Acting Serjeant [61]

Bombardier [51]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [22]

Rifleman [21]

Staff Serjeant [18]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Major [17]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Colour Serjeant [15]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Worker [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Trooper [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Acting Staff Serjeant [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Conductor [6]

Guardsman [6]

Saddler [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [5]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [5]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Unit

Royal Engineers [579]

Labour Corps [548]

Royal Field Artillery [533]

Army Service Corps [494]

London Regiment [312]

Royal Garrison Artillery [295]

Royal Army Medical Corps [196]

Machine Gun Corps [194]

Middlesex Regiment [177]

Hampshire Regiment [172]

Royal Fusiliers [147]

Devonshire Regiment [122]

Worcestershire Regiment [119]

Rifle Brigade [118]

The Queen's Regiment [118]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [93]

Essex Regiment [90]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [89]

Somerset Light Infantry [86]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [83]

Suffolk Regiment [80]

Bedfordshire Regiment [78]

Manchester Regiment [74]

Wiltshire Regiment [73]

East Kent Regiment [72]

Northumberland Fusiliers [70]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [70]

West Yorkshire Regiment [69]

Liverpool Regiment [68]

Dorsetshire Regiment [67]

Royal Irish Rifles [67]

Gloucestershire Regiment [66]

Lancashire Fusiliers [65]

East Surrey Regiment [64]

Royal West Kent Regiment [64]

Welsh Regiment [64]

Northamptonshire Regiment [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [62]

South Wales Borderers [62]

Norfolk Regiment [58]

Royal Sussex Regiment [58]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [57]

Cheshire Regiment [55]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

Lincolnshire Regiment [52]

South Staffordshire Regiment [49]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [47]

Leicestershire Regiment [46]

Army Ordnance Corps [41]

East Yorkshire Regiment [41]

Service

British Army [6766]

Royal Navy [703]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [452]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [449]

Australian Imperial Force [395]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [104]

Other Empire Force [15]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

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B [2]

C [2]

G [2]

H [1]

M [1]

N [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8836]

Merchant Navy [142]

Conscientious Objector [23]

Country

United Kingdom [188]

Canada [7]

Cuba [1]

Fiji [1]

Jamaica [1]

Jersey [1]

Panama [1]

South Africa [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [52] Sydney New South Wales [46] London England [18] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17] Southampton, Hampshire, England [17] Adelaide South Australia [15] Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] London, Middlesex [14] London, Middlesex, England [13] Bristol, Gloucestershire [12] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] West Ham, Essex [10] Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [10] Hull, Yorkshire [8] Launceston Tasmania [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Dover, Kent [7] London [7] Camberwell, London [6] Devonport, Devon [6] Poplar, London [6] Cardiff, Glamorgan [5] Chelsea, London [5] Hackney, London [5] Ramsgate, Kent [5] Salisbury, Wiltshire [5] Singleton New South Wales [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Finsbury, London [4] Fulham, London [4] Gillingham, Kent [4] Gympie Queensland [4] Hackney, Middlesex [4] Hammersmith, London [4] Lambeth, London [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Oxford [4] Paddington, London [4] Perth Western Australia [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Sherborne, Dorset [4] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [4] St Pancras, Middlesex [4] Tottenham, London [4] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [4] Ashford, Kent [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [4407] Gunner [497] Driver [378] Corporal [336] Sapper [309] Serjeant [304] Second Lieutenant [183] Lance Corporal [165] Pioneer [93] Acting Corporal [89] Captain [83] Lieutenant [79] Acting Serjeant [61] Bombardier [51] Warrant Officer Class 2 [22] Rifleman [21] Staff Serjeant [18] Lance Serjeant [17] Major [17] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Colour Serjeant [15] Stoker 1st Class [14] Able Seaman [13] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12] Temporary Captain [12] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Worker [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Trooper [9] Acting Captain [8] Boy 1st Class [8] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Acting Staff Serjeant [7] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Deck Hand [7] Leading Stoker [7] Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Conductor [6] Guardsman [6] Saddler [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Company Serjeant Major [5] Farrier Staff Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [5] Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Unit

Royal Engineers [579] Labour Corps [548] Royal Field Artillery [533] Army Service Corps [494] London Regiment [312] Royal Garrison Artillery [295] Royal Army Medical Corps [196] Machine Gun Corps [194] Middlesex Regiment [177] Hampshire Regiment [172] Royal Fusiliers [147] Devonshire Regiment [122] Worcestershire Regiment [119] Rifle Brigade [118] The Queen's Regiment [118] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [93] Essex Regiment [90] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [89] Somerset Light Infantry [86] King's Royal Rifle Corps [83] Suffolk Regiment [80] Bedfordshire Regiment [78] Manchester Regiment [74] Wiltshire Regiment [73] East Kent Regiment [72] Northumberland Fusiliers [70] Royal Berkshire Regiment [70] West Yorkshire Regiment [69] Liverpool Regiment [68] Dorsetshire Regiment [67] Royal Irish Rifles [67] Gloucestershire Regiment [66] Lancashire Fusiliers [65] East Surrey Regiment [64] Royal West Kent Regiment [64] Welsh Regiment [64] Northamptonshire Regiment [62] Royal Army Service Corps [62] South Wales Borderers [62] Norfolk Regiment [58] Royal Sussex Regiment [58] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [57] Cheshire Regiment [55] Durham Light Infantry [55] Lincolnshire Regiment [52] South Staffordshire Regiment [49] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [47] Leicestershire Regiment [46] Army Ordnance Corps [41] East Yorkshire Regiment [41]

Service

British Army [6766] Royal Navy [703] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [452] Canadian Expeditionary Force [449] Australian Imperial Force [395] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [104] Other Empire Force [15] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [9039] B [2] C [2] G [2] H [1] M [1] N [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8836] Merchant Navy [142] Conscientious Objector [23]

Country

United Kingdom [188] Canada [7] Cuba [1] Fiji [1] Jamaica [1] Jersey [1] Panama [1] South Africa [1]

James Andrews

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 13071 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Benjamin Robert Andrews

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy K1285

Royal Navy 300400 Stoker - 2nd Class Pembroke 2 - Stone Frigate

Royal Navy SS103413 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Nelson

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George Cyril Gibson Andrews

Born 1886

Died 1978

British Army 130 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530411 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Arthur Andrews

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4176 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 4176 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 201012 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Samuel Andrews

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 30857 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 14571 Private Worcestershire Regiment 5 (Training) Bn., then 9 (Service) Bn.

British Army 30857 Private Devonshire Regiment 2 Bn. attached to 23rd Infantry Brigade

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Edward Richard Lawrence Andrews

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army PS/9684 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 9684 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 20th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools)

British Army 9684 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Lancelot Andrews

Born 1876

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 89 Sergeant 13th Brigade 16th Battalion

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marines

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John Alfred Raymond Andrews

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 6729 Rifleman London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 4 Sqn

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Thomas Andrews

Born 1884

Died 1961

British Army 98315 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98315 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Charles Andrews

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

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Elisha Andrews

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 11813 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 11813 Private Devonshire,Regiment

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Arthur Wilfred Andrews

Born 1891

Died 1980

British Army 1785 Trooper Berkshire Yeomanry

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Archibald John Andrews

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1189 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530016 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1189 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Stanley Charles Andrews

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army A/202809 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Charles John Andrews

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 417 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 2014 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 201479 Lance-Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Francis Nicholas Andrews

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 15th Battalion

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Charles Frederick Andrews

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1549 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240111 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Bn

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Leslie John Andrews

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 123727 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 308650 Royal Army Service Corps.

British Army 123727 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Coulson Gilbert Andrews

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 26516 Warrant Officer Class 2 3rd Lahore Division Ammunition Column Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26516 Bombardier 3rd Lahore Division Ammunition Column Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26516 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery 1/1st London H.B.

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Thomas Andrews

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army G/21913 Private The Queen's Regiment

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