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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]

George Alfred Arthur

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2032

Australian Imperial Force 2032 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 38th Bn.

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Harry Frank Arthur

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army 24433 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Alexander Arthur

Died 1919

British Army 122089 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Arthur

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3272 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 290819 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Arthur

Died 1918

British Army 19/1707 Private Northumberland Regiment 19th northumberland Battalion

British Army 19/1707 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Kenneth Arthur

Born 1892

Died 1946

British Army 134 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 663121 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 663121 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Compton Archibald Arthur

Born 1860

Died 1946

British Army Captain General Staff

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John Arthur

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 344146 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Forth. [RGA - (TF)]

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Joseph Arthur

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292676

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William Arthur

Born 1854

Died 1917

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Percy Arthur

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 436 Private Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200998 Private Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200998 Bugler Welsh Regiment

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David Arthur

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410082

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John Joseph Raymond Arthur

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227035

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Harold John Arthur

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 37812 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 91150 and 37812 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 63rd Battalion

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Alexander Arthur

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 32699 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3644 Private Royal Scots

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William Thomas Arthur

Died 1918

British Army 983 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 54103 Private Welsh Regiment 15th Battalion

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Frank Arthur

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K41836 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid

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Percy Walter Arthur

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232673

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Henry Arthur

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249024

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David Mason Arthur

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151244

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