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Sydney New South Wales [35]

Melbourne Victoria [18]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Perth Western Australia [6]

Poole, Dorset [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Warsash, Hampshire [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Cambridgeshire [4]

Deptford, London [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

London England [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Port Fairy Victoria [3]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dorset [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Rank

Private [1859]

Gunner [214]

Driver [184]

Corporal [149]

Serjeant [142]

Sapper [138]

Second Lieutenant [106]

Lance Corporal [81]

Lieutenant [54]

Captain [48]

Acting Corporal [46]

Bombardier [33]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Pioneer [29]

Major [15]

Able Seaman [12]

Rifleman [12]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Trooper [6]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Worker [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Sister [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [264]

Royal Engineers [261]

Labour Corps [230]

Army Service Corps [218]

London Regiment [135]

Royal Garrison Artillery [125]

Royal Army Medical Corps [104]

Royal Fusiliers [94]

Machine Gun Corps [89]

Middlesex Regiment [65]

Hampshire Regiment [60]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [57]

The Queen's Regiment [50]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [48]

Liverpool Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [42]

Rifle Brigade [42]

Royal West Kent Regiment [42]

Royal Sussex Regiment [40]

East Surrey Regiment [39]

Cheshire Regiment [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [35]

Royal Army Service Corps [35]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Devonshire Regiment [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [31]

South Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [30]

West Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Bedfordshire Regiment [28]

East Kent Regiment [28]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [28]

Dorsetshire Regiment [27]

Northamptonshire Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

North Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

West Riding Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2956]

Royal Navy [396]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [278]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [237]

Australian Imperial Force [202]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [4189]

C [2]

H [2]

M [1]

N [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4087]

Merchant Navy [70]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [107]

India [6]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Cyprus [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Malta [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [35] Melbourne Victoria [18] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Perth Western Australia [6] Poole, Dorset [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] London, Middlesex [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Warsash, Hampshire [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Bermondsey, London [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Cambridgeshire [4] Deptford, London [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Portsea, Hampshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dover, Kent [3] London England [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Port Fairy Victoria [3] Alton, Hampshire [2] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2] Blandford, Dorset [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dorset [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Rank

Private [1859] Gunner [214] Driver [184] Corporal [149] Serjeant [142] Sapper [138] Second Lieutenant [106] Lance Corporal [81] Lieutenant [54] Captain [48] Acting Corporal [46] Bombardier [33] Acting Serjeant [29] Pioneer [29] Major [15] Able Seaman [12] Rifleman [12] Corporal 2nd [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Boy 1st Class [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Trooper [6] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Worker [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Leading Stoker [3] Shoeing Smith [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Sister [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [264] Royal Engineers [261] Labour Corps [230] Army Service Corps [218] London Regiment [135] Royal Garrison Artillery [125] Royal Army Medical Corps [104] Royal Fusiliers [94] Machine Gun Corps [89] Middlesex Regiment [65] Hampshire Regiment [60] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [57] The Queen's Regiment [50] King's Royal Rifle Corps [48] Liverpool Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [42] Rifle Brigade [42] Royal West Kent Regiment [42] Royal Sussex Regiment [40] East Surrey Regiment [39] Cheshire Regiment [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [35] Royal Army Service Corps [35] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Manchester Regiment [32] Devonshire Regiment [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [31] South Staffordshire Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Worcestershire Regiment [30] West Yorkshire Regiment [29] Army Ordnance Corps [28] Bedfordshire Regiment [28] East Kent Regiment [28] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28] Royal Berkshire Regiment [28] Dorsetshire Regiment [27] Northamptonshire Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Yorkshire Regiment [25] North Staffordshire Regiment [24] Canadian Infantry [23] Somerset Light Infantry [23] South Lancashire Regiment [23] West Riding Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2956] Royal Navy [396] Canadian Expeditionary Force [278] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [237] Australian Imperial Force [202] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [4189] C [2] H [2] M [1] N [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4087] Merchant Navy [70] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [107] India [6] Australia [1] Canada [1] Cyprus [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Malta [1]

James Arnold

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 20436 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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William Brereton Arnold

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 57911 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 57911 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Alfred Arnold

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 30199 Pioneer Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Alfred Arnold

Born 1875

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1467

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William James Arnold

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 8962 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8962 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy Frederick Arnold

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army GS/9234 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 11 (Service) Battalion

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Benjamin Rhodes Arnold

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 11/369 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Bn.

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James Arnold

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 380444 Private Labour Corps

British Army 15994 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 380444 Private Labour Corps 842nd Area Employment Company

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William George Arnold

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 7961 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7961 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Joseph Arnold

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army G/4394 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4394 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Arnold

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 15115 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 15115 Gunner HMS Minotaur. Royal Marine Artillery.

Royal Navy 15115 Private Royal Marine Artillery

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Ernest George Arnold

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2915 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370950 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Lewis Thomas Arnold

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17910 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17910 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Hugo Cholmondeley Arnold

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G/18188 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/18188 Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Ward Arnold

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12/1186 Private Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Joseph Arnold

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 24521 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Edwin Richard Arnold

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.

British Army 7130 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7130 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Stanley Arnold

Born 1897

Died 1990

British Army 1138 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Herbert Alfred Arnold

Born 1874

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30000

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Noah Arnold

Born 1892

British Army 26964 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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