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Melbourne Victoria [8]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Shetland, Scotland [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Abersychan, Monmouthshire [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Dorking, Surrey [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Islington, London [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Binalong New South Wales [2]

Booleroo Centre South Australia [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2]

Cupar, Fife [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Foxhole, Cornwall [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Gresford New South Wales [2]

Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire [2]

Hyde, Central Otago [2]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

London England [2]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Wallaroo South Australia [2]

Warwick, Warwickshire [2]

Yandoit Victoria [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Acton, London [1]

Adamstown New South Wales [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Auckland [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Rank

Private [591]

Gunner [68]

Serjeant [60]

Corporal [59]

Driver [55]

Sapper [53]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Captain [35]

Lance Corporal [27]

Major [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Aide de Camp [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [83]

Army Service Corps [73]

Royal Field Artillery [70]

Labour Corps [56]

Royal Garrison Artillery [53]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

London Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Highland Light Infantry [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Gordon Highlanders [25]

Royal Scots [24]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [19]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Scottish Rifles [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Cameron Highlanders [11]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

Northumberland Regiment [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Service

British Army [999]

Australian Imperial Force [120]

Royal Navy [111]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [1519]

M [6]

H [4]

B [2]

L [2]

P [2]

C [1]

J [1]

R [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1473]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Australia [2]

New Zealand [2]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [8] Adelaide South Australia [6] Shetland, Scotland [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Abersychan, Monmouthshire [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Dorking, Surrey [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Islington, London [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Binalong New South Wales [2] Booleroo Centre South Australia [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2] Cupar, Fife [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Foxhole, Cornwall [2] Fulham, London [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Gresford New South Wales [2] Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire [2] Hyde, Central Otago [2] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] London England [2] Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Wallaroo South Australia [2] Warwick, Warwickshire [2] Yandoit Victoria [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Acton, London [1] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Auckland [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1]

Rank

Private [591] Gunner [68] Serjeant [60] Corporal [59] Driver [55] Sapper [53] Second Lieutenant [44] Captain [35] Lance Corporal [27] Major [14] Acting Corporal [13] Lieutenant [11] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Aide de Camp [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Blacksmith [1] Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [83] Army Service Corps [73] Royal Field Artillery [70] Labour Corps [56] Royal Garrison Artillery [53] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] London Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [35] Highland Light Infantry [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Gordon Highlanders [25] Royal Scots [24] Royal Fusiliers [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Royal Scots Fusiliers [19] The Queen's Regiment [15] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Scottish Rifles [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Cameron Highlanders [11] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Royal Naval Division [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] East Kent Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Coldstream Guards [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] British West Indies Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] Northumberland Regiment [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Service

British Army [999] Australian Imperial Force [120] Royal Navy [111] Canadian Expeditionary Force [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [3] British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [1519] M [6] H [4] B [2] L [2] P [2] C [1] J [1] R [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1473] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Australia [2] New Zealand [2] Guyana [1] Ireland [1]

William J Arthur

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army 12159 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9 Battalion

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Martin Arthur

Born 1867

Died 1938

British Army 14654 Private Royal Scots

British Army S/16020 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 16020 Private

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Richard Victor Arthur

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 8118 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 8118 Lance-Corporal Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Charles William Arthur

Born 1892

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2836 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Neville Arthur

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 200824 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 275314 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 275314 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 23rd Battalion

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Frank Stanley Arthur

Born 1890

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301776

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301776 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 10th Brigade

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John William Arthur

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army GS/21024 Private 7th Dragoon Guards Scottish Cavalry Depot

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James Albert Arthur

Born 1890

Died 1973

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21955 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph William Arthur

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 20531 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

British Army 20531 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Edgar Bassett Arthur

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 8260 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army 8260 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

British Army 8260 Private Rifle Brigade

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Hugo Robert Arthur

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4745 Australian Infantry 32nd Infantry Battalion

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George William Arthur

Born 1894

Died 1947

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12114 Rifleman NZ Rifle Brigade 3rd Reinforcements, 3 Battalion,

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William James Arthur

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 504601 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army T/610 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army T/1950 Driver Royal Engineers

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Ernest Charles Arthur

Born 1886

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268192 Royal Air Force

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Alfred Emanuel Arthur

Born 1898

Died 1944

Other Empire Force Dayman S.S. Ascot

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Thomas Crowle Arthur

Died 1915

British Army 10403 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Thomas Arthur

Born 1889

Died 1974

British Army 286347 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Albert Arthur

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34626

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John Arthur

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116800

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John Calder Arthur

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57335

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