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Melbourne Victoria [56]

Sydney New South Wales [50]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19]

Newcastle, Northumberland [15]

Gateshead, Durham [13]

Brisbane Queensland [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

Perth Western Australia [10]

Durham [9]

Newcastle New South Wales [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Belfast, Antrim [8]

Geelong Victoria [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Morpeth, Northumberland [7]

Sunderland, Durham [7]

London England [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Carlisle England [5]

Castlemaine Victoria [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Goulburn New South Wales [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Woolwich, Kent [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Kyneton Victoria [4]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Dublin [3]

Durham England [3]

Gateshead, Durham, England [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Walhalla Victoria [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [2]

Auckland [2]

Ballyclare [2]

Barkers Creek Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Beverley, Yorkshire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Brampton, Cumberland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Busselton Western Australia [2]

Rank

Private [2762]

Gunner [300]

Corporal [248]

Serjeant [207]

Driver [191]

Sapper [176]

Second Lieutenant [146]

Lieutenant [129]

Captain [110]

Lance Corporal [110]

Acting Corporal [59]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Major [30]

Pioneer [25]

Lieutenant Colonel [23]

Bombardier [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Temporary Captain [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Nursing Sister [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Rifleman [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Acting Captain [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Sergeant [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Worker [7]

Sister [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Colonel [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Trooper [4]

Bandsman [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Nursing Member [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [329]

Labour Corps [306]

Northumberland Fusiliers [298]

Royal Field Artillery [294]

Army Service Corps [242]

Durham Light Infantry [224]

Royal Garrison Artillery [166]

Royal Army Medical Corps [150]

Border Regiment [132]

Machine Gun Corps [121]

Highland Light Infantry [97]

London Regiment [86]

Yorkshire Regiment [81]

Canadian Infantry [79]

Manchester Regiment [74]

Liverpool Regiment [71]

Royal Naval Division [71]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [62]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [61]

Royal Irish Rifles [61]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Cheshire Regiment [54]

Royal Scots [54]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [50]

Lancashire Fusiliers [50]

Seaforth Highlanders [49]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [45]

Royal Army Service Corps [45]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [45]

Scottish Rifles [43]

East Yorkshire Regiment [42]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [37]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

West Riding Regiment [37]

Lincolnshire Regiment [36]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [36]

Gordon Highlanders [33]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [32]

Leicestershire Regiment [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [30]

South Lancashire Regiment [29]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Northumberland Regiment [27]

Corps of Hussars [26]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Royal Highlanders [24]

Service

British Army [4208]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [935]

Australian Imperial Force [484]

Royal Navy [401]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [365]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [102]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

A [6568]

H [5]

S [4]

W [2]

C [1]

G [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6433]

Merchant Navy [108]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [136]

Canada [5]

Australia [3]

South Africa [2]

Barbados [1]

Belgium [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [56] Sydney New South Wales [50] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19] Newcastle, Northumberland [15] Gateshead, Durham [13] Brisbane Queensland [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] Perth Western Australia [10] Durham [9] Newcastle New South Wales [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Belfast, Antrim [8] Geelong Victoria [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Morpeth, Northumberland [7] Sunderland, Durham [7] London England [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Carlisle England [5] Castlemaine Victoria [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Goulburn New South Wales [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Woolwich, Kent [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Kyneton Victoria [4] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Wigan, Lancashire [4] Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Dublin [3] Durham England [3] Gateshead, Durham, England [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Paddington, London [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Walhalla Victoria [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [2] Auckland [2] Ballyclare [2] Barkers Creek Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Beverley, Yorkshire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Brampton, Cumberland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Busselton Western Australia [2]

Rank

Private [2762] Gunner [300] Corporal [248] Serjeant [207] Driver [191] Sapper [176] Second Lieutenant [146] Lieutenant [129] Captain [110] Lance Corporal [110] Acting Corporal [59] Acting Serjeant [30] Major [30] Pioneer [25] Lieutenant Colonel [23] Bombardier [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14] Company Serjeant Major [14] Lance Serjeant [14] Colour Serjeant [13] Temporary Captain [12] Able Seaman [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Nursing Sister [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Rifleman [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Acting Captain [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Sergeant [7] Staff Nurse [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Worker [7] Sister [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Colonel [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Major [4] Trooper [4] Bandsman [3] Brigadier General [3] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Nursing Member [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [329] Labour Corps [306] Northumberland Fusiliers [298] Royal Field Artillery [294] Army Service Corps [242] Durham Light Infantry [224] Royal Garrison Artillery [166] Royal Army Medical Corps [150] Border Regiment [132] Machine Gun Corps [121] Highland Light Infantry [97] London Regiment [86] Yorkshire Regiment [81] Canadian Infantry [79] Manchester Regiment [74] Liverpool Regiment [71] Royal Naval Division [71] Royal Fusiliers [64] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [62] King's Own Scottish Borderers [61] Royal Irish Rifles [61] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Cheshire Regiment [54] Royal Scots [54] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [50] Lancashire Fusiliers [50] Seaforth Highlanders [49] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [45] Royal Army Service Corps [45] Royal Scots Fusiliers [45] Scottish Rifles [43] East Yorkshire Regiment [42] Royal Irish Fusiliers [37] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] West Riding Regiment [37] Lincolnshire Regiment [36] Rifle Brigade [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [36] Gordon Highlanders [33] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33] East Lancashire Regiment [32] Leicestershire Regiment [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [30] South Lancashire Regiment [29] Royal Defence Corps [28] Northumberland Regiment [27] Corps of Hussars [26] Hampshire Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Royal Highlanders [24]

Service

British Army [4208] Canadian Expeditionary Force [935] Australian Imperial Force [484] Royal Navy [401] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [365] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [102] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

A [6568] H [5] S [4] W [2] C [1] G [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6433] Merchant Navy [108] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [136] Canada [5] Australia [3] South Africa [2] Barbados [1] Belgium [1] Hong Kong [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Adam Armstrong

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 36003 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 36003 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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John Alexander Armstrong

Born 1862

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel

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Benjamin Armstrong

Died 1918

British Army 42776 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 42776 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 21347 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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William Maurice (pat) Armstrong

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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Edward Edwin Armstrong

Died 1916

British Army C/4040 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/4040 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Nicholson Armstrong

Born 1878

Died 1925

British Army 5511 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 480282 Private Labour Corps

British Army GS/106980 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Jonathan Armstrong

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 66293 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 106th Field Company

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/2722 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army 66293 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel Armstrong

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 17346 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Christopher Armstrong

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 936 Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 936 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 936 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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William John Armstrong

Born 1874

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 80033 New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve)

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 80033 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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Edward William Armstrong

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 6th Battalion

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Frederick Armstrong

Died 1916

British Army 4914 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Charles William Armstrong

Born 1883

British Army 3400 Private Border Regiment

British Army 201947 Private Border Regiment

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David Armstrong

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 7/2752 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Armstrong

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army M2/100291 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/100291 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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John Armstrong

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 6594 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6594 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Charles Armstrong

Born 1872

Died 1931

British Army Major London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

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John Bernard Armstrong

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190441

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William George Armstrong

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296196

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Alfred Burgess Armstrong

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56043

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