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Melbourne Victoria [22]

Sydney New South Wales [21]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Coventry, Warwickshire [8]

Watford, Hertfordshire [8]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

London England [6]

Bungay, Suffolk [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [4]

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Cork [3]

Dartmouth, Devon [3]

Frimley, Surrey [3]

Hay New South Wales [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Kew Victoria [2]

Kingstown, Dublin [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Leicestershire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Minehead, Somerset [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Pingelly Western Australia [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Sandwich, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1485]

Gunner [161]

Corporal [134]

Driver [125]

Serjeant [109]

Sapper [96]

Second Lieutenant [56]

Lance Corporal [54]

Captain [35]

Acting Corporal [34]

Pioneer [32]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Bombardier [17]

Lieutenant [15]

Rifleman [12]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Major [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Worker [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sergeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Saddler [4]

Sister [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Colonel [2]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [191]

Labour Corps [189]

Royal Field Artillery [185]

Army Service Corps [165]

London Regiment [111]

Royal Garrison Artillery [88]

Machine Gun Corps [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [70]

Royal Fusiliers [65]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [60]

Middlesex Regiment [57]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [54]

Worcestershire Regiment [45]

Rifle Brigade [44]

The Queen's Regiment [43]

Bedfordshire Regiment [39]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Leicestershire Regiment [37]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

Essex Regiment [33]

Hampshire Regiment [33]

Norfolk Regiment [33]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [29]

East Surrey Regiment [27]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [25]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Army Ordnance Corps [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

Grenadier Guards [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2296]

Royal Navy [274]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168]

Australian Imperial Force [165]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [149]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [3130]

H [2]

C [1]

P [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3069]

Merchant Navy [49]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [72]

Canada [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [22] Sydney New South Wales [21] Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] Adelaide South Australia [10] London, Middlesex, England [10] Coventry, Warwickshire [8] Watford, Hertfordshire [8] Hobart Tasmania [7] London England [6] Bungay, Suffolk [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Bermondsey, London [4] Hackney, London [4] Port Macquarie New South Wales [4] Portsea, Hampshire [4] Cork [3] Dartmouth, Devon [3] Frimley, Surrey [3] Hay New South Wales [3] Marylebone, London [3] Poplar, London [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bow, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Kew Victoria [2] Kingstown, Dublin [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Leicestershire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Minehead, Somerset [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Pingelly Western Australia [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Sandwich, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1485] Gunner [161] Corporal [134] Driver [125] Serjeant [109] Sapper [96] Second Lieutenant [56] Lance Corporal [54] Captain [35] Acting Corporal [34] Pioneer [32] Acting Serjeant [24] Bombardier [17] Lieutenant [15] Rifleman [12] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Major [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Bombardier [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Worker [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Nurse [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sergeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Saddler [4] Sister [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Colonel [2] Temporary Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [191] Labour Corps [189] Royal Field Artillery [185] Army Service Corps [165] London Regiment [111] Royal Garrison Artillery [88] Machine Gun Corps [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [70] Royal Fusiliers [65] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [60] Middlesex Regiment [57] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [54] Worcestershire Regiment [45] Rifle Brigade [44] The Queen's Regiment [43] Bedfordshire Regiment [39] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Leicestershire Regiment [37] Devonshire Regiment [33] Essex Regiment [33] Hampshire Regiment [33] Norfolk Regiment [33] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] Suffolk Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [29] East Surrey Regiment [27] Manchester Regiment [26] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [25] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24] Liverpool Regiment [24] Army Ordnance Corps [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [23] Somerset Light Infantry [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] Cheshire Regiment [19] Grenadier Guards [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] Royal Naval Division [18] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [17] East Kent Regiment [17] Welsh Regiment [17] Royal Defence Corps [16] South Wales Borderers [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2296] Royal Navy [274] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168] Australian Imperial Force [165] Canadian Expeditionary Force [149] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [3130] H [2] C [1] P [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3069] Merchant Navy [49] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [72] Canada [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

George Charles Atkins

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129387

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Cyril Atkins

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123342

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William Robert Atkins

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281318

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Arthur Atkins

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116244

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George Montague Atkins

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30117

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Charles Sydney Atkins

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12206

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Albert Atkins

Died 1915

British Army 2334 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Edward Thomas Atkins

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 16123 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 16123 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Wilfred Atkins

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 16857 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Alfred William Atkins

Born 1893

British Army 1599 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

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John Atkins

Born 1880

Died 1951

British Army GS/142659 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 567 Private King Edwards Horse

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George Marcel Atkins

Born 1896

Died 1961

British Army DM2/166349 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter Heman Atkins

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299697

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William Atkins

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262497

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William Ernest Atkins

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301342

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John William Atkins

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60182

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George Christopher Atkins

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308740

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William Vernon Atkins

Born 1892

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/433 Sergeant 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery

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Thomas Atkins

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403665

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William Atkins

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20372

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