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Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Hertfordshire [4]

Whitstable, Kent [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Whitstable, Kent, England [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hellingly [2]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Kent England [2]

Knutsford [2]

London England [2]

Loose, Kent [2]

Marden, Kent [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Orbost Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Sittingbourne England [2]

Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Abbott Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Adisham, Kent [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Auckland [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Balham, London [1]

Balham, Surrey [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [622]

Gunner [67]

Driver [60]

Sapper [48]

Serjeant [46]

Corporal [43]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Captain [6]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Trooper [3]

Chief Stoker [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Head Conductor [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Saddler [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Stoker 2 [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

private [2]

1st Class Chaplain [1]

1st Petty Officer [1]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

AM1(c) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89]

Royal Engineers [86]

Army Service Corps [81]

Labour Corps [80]

London Regiment [62]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Bedfordshire Regiment [26]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Service

British Army [962]

Royal Navy [118]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [54]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1331]

C [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1299]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Maidstone, Kent [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Hertfordshire [4] Whitstable, Kent [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Whitstable, Kent, England [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Hackney, London [2] Hellingly [2] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2] Kent England [2] Knutsford [2] London England [2] Loose, Kent [2] Marden, Kent [2] Margate, Kent [2] Orbost Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Sittingbourne England [2] Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Abbott Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Adisham, Kent [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Auckland [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Balham, London [1] Balham, Surrey [1] Barming, Kent [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bedworth, Warwickshire [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Bermondsey [1] Birmingham [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [622] Gunner [67] Driver [60] Sapper [48] Serjeant [46] Corporal [43] Second Lieutenant [27] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Captain [6] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Leading Stoker [3] Trooper [3] Chief Stoker [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Head Conductor [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Saddler [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1 [2] Stoker 2 [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] private [2] 1st Class Chaplain [1] 1st Petty Officer [1] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] AM1(c) [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89] Royal Engineers [86] Army Service Corps [81] Labour Corps [80] London Regiment [62] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Machine Gun Corps [31] Bedfordshire Regiment [26] Royal Fusiliers [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] The Queen's Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Sussex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Service

British Army [962] Royal Navy [118] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96] Canadian Expeditionary Force [54] Australian Imperial Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1331] C [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1299] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Ireland [1]

William Thomas Ashby

Born 1872

Died 1936

British Army SS/13967 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 301212 Private Labour Corps

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William Ashby

Born 1898

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 6650

Australian Imperial Force 6650 19th Battalion,

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George Thomas Ashby

Born 1872

Died 1937

British Army 289557 Private Labour Corps

British Army 110388 Pioneer Royal Engineers 1st Labour Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Ashby

Born 1875

Died 1930

British Army S4/094367 Private Army Service Corps 6th Field Bakery

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Alfred Ashby

British Army 1509 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 45429 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry Ashby

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 17389 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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George William Ashby

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Bertie William Ashby

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 876141 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Ashby

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army L/72136 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army G/7850 Serjeant Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 22745 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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George Ashby Ashby

Born 1856

Died 1937

British Army Colonel Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Henry Ashby

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313013

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Herbert Ashby

Born 1883

Died 1948

British Army 79332 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Heavy) 6th Battalion

British Army 205037 Corporal Tank Corps 11th Battalion

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William Arthur Ashby

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72324

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Sydney Ashby

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 506 2nd Class Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Serjeant Royal Flying Corp

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William Arthur Ashby

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2344 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370614 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest John Ashby

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76354

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Edward Ashby

Born 1884

British Army 23035 Private Grenadier Guards

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Hubert George Ashby

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14925

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Harry Ashby

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264841

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Thomas William Ashby

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68023

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