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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

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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]

George Benjamin Anstey

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3187 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 235732 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 235732 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Muriel Essington Anstey

Born 1880

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Medical Corps

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Walter Reginald Anstey

Born 1889

Died 1952

British Army M2/180776 Private Army Service Corps

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Stanley Anstey

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 8524 Private East Kent Regiment

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Frank Selvil Anstey

Born 1900

Died 1987

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164882 Private 2nd Class

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William Clarence Anstey

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285083 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285083 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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John Anstey

Born 1870

Died 1930

British Army S/7869 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Edward Victor Anstey

Born 1901

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199762

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Frederick George Sellen Anstey

Born 1892

Died 1973

Royal Navy Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Trumpeter Royal Garrison Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214073 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force Reserve

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James Anstey

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 255731 Royal Field Artillery No 4th Depot

British Army R/448307 Private Royal Army Service Corps Remount Depot Swaythling

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Lionel John Anstey

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army 461 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company Artillery

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Albert Anstey

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 152479 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Headquarters 101st Brigade

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Robert Warwick Anstey

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army 510250 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T4166 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Anstey

Born 1886

Died 1951

Royal Navy 223194 Gunner

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Douglas Harry Anstey

Born 1887

Died 1973

British Army 3864 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Charles Augustus Anstey

Born 1879

Died 1955

Royal Navy 1613 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Ralph Stanley Anstey

Born 1899

Died 1926

British Army 38794 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 57532 Private London Regiment

British Army 01794 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Henry Anstey

Died 1915

British Army S/6899 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th

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William Anstey

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 36132 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 187278 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Reginald Fredrick Anstey

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 46112 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 40165 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 15th Battalion

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