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Melbourne Victoria [17]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

London England [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Castlemaine Victoria [4]

Essex [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [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]

Fulham, London [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [3]

Hoxton, London [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Romford, Essex [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

Waratah Tasmania [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]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Guyra New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Haggerston, London [2]

Halstead, Essex [2]

Hanbury, Staffordshire [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Launceston Tasmania [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]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Trooper [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]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [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]

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] London England [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Castlemaine Victoria [4] Essex [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [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] Fulham, London [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [3] Hoxton, London [3] Islington, London [3] Lambeth, London [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Romford, Essex [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] Waratah Tasmania [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] Grafton New South Wales [2] Grays, Essex [2] Guyra New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Haggerston, London [2] Halstead, Essex [2] Hanbury, Staffordshire [2] Hertfordshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Launceston Tasmania [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] Boy 1st Class [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Trooper [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] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [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]

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]

George T Archer

Died 1918

British Army 38884 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Robert Archer

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G/11421 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edwin Henry Archer

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13963

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Sydney Alfred Archer

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 320330 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Herbert James Archer

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 159132 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Command Depot (Ripon)

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William Archer

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217668

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Harry Archer

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 243471 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 243471 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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George F Archer

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 65508 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 65508 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Archer

Australian Imperial Force 2781

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Thomas Archer

Born 1888

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141043

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141043 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Archer

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3/9465 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/9465 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Archer

Died 1915

British Army 2532 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Henry Archer

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 265658 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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John William Archer

Australian Imperial Force 6400

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Stanley Archer

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 19094 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

British Army 19094 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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John Archer

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 132621 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Edwin Archer

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1976 Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 200294 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 328080 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/8th Battalion

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Tom Burton Archer

Died 1916

British Army 15676 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15676 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Archer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182537

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Frederick John Archer

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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