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Melbourne Victoria [17]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

London England [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Castlemaine Victoria [4]

Essex [4]

Islington, London [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Toowoomba Queensland [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Waratah Tasmania [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Belfast [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [3]

Clapham, London [3]

Cressy Tasmania [3]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Romford, Essex [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead England [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brushgrove New South Wales [2]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [2]

Charing, Kent [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Chewton Victoria [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Guyra New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Hull England [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Larvik [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1452]

Gunner [170]

Driver [120]

Corporal [108]

Serjeant [93]

Sapper [86]

Lance Corporal [62]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [41]

Captain [36]

Major [25]

Bombardier [19]

Pioneer [19]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Acting Corporal [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Rifleman [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Regimental Serjeant Major [6]

Trooper [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Cook [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Midshipman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [190]

Labour Corps [182]

Royal Engineers [162]

Army Service Corps [151]

London Regiment [110]

Royal Garrison Artillery [92]

Royal Army Medical Corps [79]

Machine Gun Corps [63]

Northumberland Fusiliers [49]

Royal Fusiliers [48]

Middlesex Regiment [47]

Essex Regiment [46]

West Yorkshire Regiment [46]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32]

Royal Defence Corps [32]

Manchester Regiment [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

South Staffordshire Regiment [27]

Worcestershire Regiment [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [23]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Suffolk Regiment [22]

Norfolk Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [20]

British West Indies Regiment [19]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Wiltshire Regiment [19]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Corps of Hussars [17]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [16]

Tank Corps [16]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2236]

Royal Navy [222]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179]

Australian Imperial Force [146]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [130]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

A [2981]

H [2]

L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2923]

Merchant Navy [44]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

India [2]

Barbados [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

Norway [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [17] Sydney New South Wales [9] Hobart Tasmania [5] London England [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Castlemaine Victoria [4] Essex [4] Islington, London [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Toowoomba Queensland [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Waratah Tasmania [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Belfast [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [3] Clapham, London [3] Cressy Tasmania [3] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [3] Lambeth, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Romford, Essex [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead England [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brushgrove New South Wales [2] Burntisland, Fifeshire [2] Charing, Kent [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Chewton Victoria [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Dublin [2] Fulham, London [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Grays, Essex [2] Guyra New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hertfordshire [2] Hoxton, London [2] Hull England [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Larvik [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1452] Gunner [170] Driver [120] Corporal [108] Serjeant [93] Sapper [86] Lance Corporal [62] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [41] Captain [36] Major [25] Bombardier [19] Pioneer [19] Acting Serjeant [17] Acting Corporal [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Rifleman [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Regimental Serjeant Major [6] Trooper [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Sister [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Cook [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Midshipman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chaplain [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [190] Labour Corps [182] Royal Engineers [162] Army Service Corps [151] London Regiment [110] Royal Garrison Artillery [92] Royal Army Medical Corps [79] Machine Gun Corps [63] Northumberland Fusiliers [49] Royal Fusiliers [48] Middlesex Regiment [47] Essex Regiment [46] West Yorkshire Regiment [46] Durham Light Infantry [43] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] Rifle Brigade [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32] Royal Defence Corps [32] Manchester Regiment [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] South Staffordshire Regiment [27] Worcestershire Regiment [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [23] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Suffolk Regiment [22] Norfolk Regiment [21] Yorkshire Light Infantry [21] Leicestershire Regiment [20] British West Indies Regiment [19] Hampshire Regiment [19] Wiltshire Regiment [19] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Corps of Hussars [17] Devonshire Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [17] Royal Berkshire Regiment [17] Royal Sussex Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [16] Tank Corps [16] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Cheshire Regiment [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2236] Royal Navy [222] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179] Australian Imperial Force [146] Canadian Expeditionary Force [130] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

A [2981] H [2] L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2923] Merchant Navy [44] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [55] India [2] Barbados [1] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] Norway [1]

Walter Archer

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 14673 Private Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Service batt

British Army 242664 Private Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th batt

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John Archer

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4811 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201998 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201998 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Charles Archer

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 9295 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William John Sinclair Archer

Born 1900

Died 1951

British Army Young Men's Christian Association

British Army 13627 Inns of Court OTC

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Alexander Archer

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/8966 Private Royal Highlanders 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army S/8966 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John Archer

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 16402 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 18th Battalion

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John William Archer

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 5309 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372650 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (city of london) battalion (post Battalion

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Isaac Newton Archer

Born 1888

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clearfield" (Newcastle)

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James Francis Archer

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS109953

Royal Navy Mersey Z/34 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve "Howe" Battalion

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Frederick John Archer

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army NR/20170 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Charles Ernest Archer

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 22400 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 22400 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion Kings Own

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Harry Archer

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Major Devonshire Regiment

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William Charles Archer

Born 1889

British Army 9707 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9707 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Fredrick Archer

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 25515 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25515 Hampshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion.

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Robert Archer

Died 1917

British Army 14322 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 14322 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

British Army 24th Battalion

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Cecil Godfrey Archer

Born 1896

British Army 5465 Private London Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Private London Regiment 6th city of lond Battalion

British Army 532594 Private London Regiment 2/15th lond Battalion

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Frank Mcdonald Archer

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2438 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Fred Archer

Died 1916

British Army 25140 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Solomon Archer

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 10638 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10638 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Frederick Archer

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44167

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