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Coventry, Warwickshire [7]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [6]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Topsham, Devon [5]

Battersea, Surrey [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Falmouth, Cornwall [4]

Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

London [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sheerness, Kent [3]

Sidmouth, Devon [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Batheaston, Somerset [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bristol [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Exeter, Devon, England [2]

Falfield, Gloucestershire [2]

Hamilton, Ontario [2]

Iddesleigh, Devon [2]

Keynsham, Somerset [2]

Milborne Port, Somerset [2]

North Tawton, Devon [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

St Luke's, Middlesex [2]

St Thomas, Devon [2]

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [2]

Truro, Cornwall [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Albury, New South Wales [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

British Guiana [1]

Brockenhurst, Hampshire [1]

Caldicot, Monmouthshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff, Wales [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [142]

Gunner [19]

Driver [17]

Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Sapper [9]

Major [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Private 2nd Class [4]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

(Hon) Brigadier [1]

1st Class Petty Officer [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance-Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Chief Staff Officer to armaments subcommission [1]

Clerk 1st Class [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Royal Air Force [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Artillery [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Lancers [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Staff [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Hussars [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Commands and Staff [2]

Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Dragoons [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East African Mounted Rifles [2]

Hussars [2]

King Edward's Horse [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Manitoba Regiment [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [223]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Royal Navy [28]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [298]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [144]

Canada [5]

Guyana [1]

Kenya [1]

Singapore [1]

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Coventry, Warwickshire [7] Bournemouth, Hampshire [6] Exeter, Devon [5] Topsham, Devon [5] Battersea, Surrey [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Falmouth, Cornwall [4] Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire [4] Bath, Somerset [3] London [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Sheerness, Kent [3] Sidmouth, Devon [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Batheaston, Somerset [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bristol [2] Brixton, London [2] Exeter, Devon, England [2] Falfield, Gloucestershire [2] Hamilton, Ontario [2] Iddesleigh, Devon [2] Keynsham, Somerset [2] Milborne Port, Somerset [2] North Tawton, Devon [2] Poole, Dorset [2] St Luke's, Middlesex [2] St Thomas, Devon [2] St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [2] Truro, Cornwall [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Albury, New South Wales [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] British Guiana [1] Brockenhurst, Hampshire [1] Caldicot, Monmouthshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff, Wales [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [142] Gunner [19] Driver [17] Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [14] Serjeant [14] Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Acting Corporal [9] Sapper [9] Major [8] Lance Corporal [7] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Private 2nd Class [4] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] (Hon) Brigadier [1] 1st Class Petty Officer [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance-Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigade Major [1] Brigadier-General [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Chief Staff Officer to armaments subcommission [1] Clerk 1st Class [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Corporal 2nd [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [20] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Labour Corps [16] Somerset Light Infantry [16] Royal Air Force [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Artillery [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Lancers [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Staff [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Hussars [3] Irish Guards [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Australian Infantry [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Commands and Staff [2] Devonshire Yeomanry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Dragoons [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East African Mounted Rifles [2] Hussars [2] King Edward's Horse [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Manitoba Regiment [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [223] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Royal Navy [28] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [300]

Contribution

Military Service [298] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [144] Canada [5] Guyana [1] Kenya [1] Singapore [1]

John Milum Anstey

Born 1870

Died 1940

British Army Young Men's Christian Association

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George Henry Anstey

British Army 239954 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 223892 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Edward W Anstey

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 76291 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army Private Tank Corps

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Frank Silvester Anstey

Born 1898

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59452

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James Henry Anstey

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4404 Middlesex Regiment

British Army 6396 Private London Regiment 13th (County of London) Battalion

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Charles Raby Anstey

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2327A Private Australian Infantry 9th Battalion

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Henry Anstey

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 6370 Private London Regiment 4/3rd Battalion

British Army 253044 Private London Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 160 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment D

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Arthur Anstey

Born 1896

British Army 49386 Sapper Royal Engineers 89th Field Company

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Reginald John L Anstey

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 27228 Warrant Officer Class 2 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 27228 Company Sergeant Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 17th

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Reuben Anstey

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 282719 Private Royal Engineers

British Army A/203364 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11216 Private Royal Fusiliers

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John Joseph Anstey

Born 1897

Died 1933

British Army 33557 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 616139 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2GH/89 Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd

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William James Anstey

Born 1895

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195803 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195803 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Bertie Stone Anstey

Born 1881

Died 1963

British Army M2/167535 Private Army Service Corps

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Garnet Anstey

Born 1882

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43931

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Robert Alexander Carnegie Anstey

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army Temporary Captain King's African Rifles Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army Trooper East African Mounted Rifles

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Hubert Stanley Anstey

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 1798 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 200251 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 200251 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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William Henry Anstey

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2591 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 265841 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/1st Bucks Battalion

British Army 265841 Serjeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Wallace Anstey

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army (Incomplete) Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 290541 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Abraham Clayton Anstey

Born 1885

Died 1945

British Army 205978 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Harold Anstey

Born 1887

Died 1968

British Army 15986 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st (attd.) 12th Battalion

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