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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]

William Tyler Atkins

Died 1917

British Army 269517 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 202847 Private Essex Regiment

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Herbert Lonsdell Atkins

Died 1916

British Army 1603 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Henry Atkins

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 26648 Acting Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 26648 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edwin Peter Atkins

Died 1916

British Army L/14505 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army L/14505 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Atkins

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9662 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles William Atkins

Died 1916

British Army 17875 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17875 Private Hampshire Regiment

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James Atkins

Died 1915

British Army 8553 Private Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 8553 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William James Atkins

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 98602 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Anthony Alfred Atkins

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 15470 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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James Atkins

Died 1915

British Army 11984 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 11984 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edmund Atkins

Died 1916

British Army P/1382 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army P/1382 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Arthur Edward Atkins

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 7180 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 20872 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 7180 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Neville A Atkins

Died 1917

British Army 37485 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Walter E. Atkins

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 30292 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Eric Arwyn Atkins

Died 1918

British Army 37473 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 88991 Private Labour Corps

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Edward John Atkins

Died 1916

British Army 25709 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 16493 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Leslie Gordon Atkins

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2680 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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William T Atkins

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 40935 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Hamilton Louis Atkins

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5234 Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 232231 Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 232231 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Augustine Atkins

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1562 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 4531 Private London Regiment

British Army G/44796 Private Middlesex Regiment

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