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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]

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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]

Joseph Andrews

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278977

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Frederick Andrews

Born 1892

British Army 2346 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 4th Bn

British Army 48295 Private Machine Gun Corps 54th Bn.

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Frederick George Andrews

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment Attached 2nd Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Horace Thomas Andrews

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J19720 Signalman HMS Queen Mary

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Charles George Williams Andrews

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Captain Border Regiment

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Henry Godfrey Andrews

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

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George Alfred Andrews

Born 1880

Died 1966

British Army 315848 Sapper Labour Corps

British Army 323711 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 5/4738 Private The Buffs East Kent Regiment 3/5 Battalion

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Henry Andrews

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 22098 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Arthur Andrews

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1526 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 15264 Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 15264 Private Coldstream Guards

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Charles Cyril Andrews

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army SD/1948 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Vincent Andrews

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1520 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 494301 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 494301 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 477th Field Company

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Melvin Bruce Andrews

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63480 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps an Aircraft Park

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Harry Andrews

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3/16430 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 16430 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Bn.

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Reginald Rupert Andrews

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2827 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st

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Thomas Edwin Andrews

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1995 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Reginald Wood Andrews

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

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James Andrews

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 12274 Private South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Andrews

Born 1881

Died 1945

British Army 79763 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George John Thomas Andrews

Born 1881

Died 1955

British Army 470954 Private Labour Corps

British Army 58874 Private Welsh Horse

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Charles Phillip Andrews

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force 7193 Private 3rd Battalion

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