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Sydney New South Wales [30]

Melbourne Victoria [26]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

London England [10]

London, Middlesex [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Maidstone, Kent [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Battersea, London [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Canterbury, Kent [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Gravesend, Kent [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Faversham, Kent [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Leyton, Essex [3]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [3]

Paignton, Devon [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

York Western Australia [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Beverley Western Australia [2]

Birmingham [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Condobolin New South Wales [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Gravesend England [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Rank

Private [2019]

Gunner [259]

Serjeant [185]

Corporal [180]

Driver [157]

Sapper [120]

Lieutenant [97]

Lance Corporal [96]

Acting Corporal [46]

Captain [46]

Bombardier [25]

Pioneer [24]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Able Seaman [13]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Rifleman [13]

Major [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lieutenant Second [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Trooper [6]

Guardsman [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [264]

Labour Corps [246]

Army Service Corps [244]

Royal Engineers [221]

London Regiment [146]

Royal Garrison Artillery [130]

Royal Army Medical Corps [102]

Royal Fusiliers [93]

Machine Gun Corps [85]

Middlesex Regiment [70]

Rifle Brigade [60]

Bedfordshire Regiment [51]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49]

The Queen's Regiment [49]

Essex Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Manchester Regiment [46]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [46]

North Staffordshire Regiment [45]

Royal West Kent Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [38]

Royal Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Sussex Regiment [38]

East Kent Regiment [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36]

Welsh Regiment [35]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Northamptonshire Regiment [34]

East Surrey Regiment [32]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Worcestershire Regiment [27]

Devonshire Regiment [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

British West Indies Regiment [25]

South Lancashire Regiment [25]

Army Veterinary Corps [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [23]

Grenadier Guards [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

Royal Horse Artillery [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [3165]

Royal Navy [338]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [253]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [251]

Australian Imperial Force [209]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [55]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [4356]

B [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4253]

Merchant Navy [75]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

Canada [6]

Australia [3]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [30] Melbourne Victoria [26] Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] London England [10] London, Middlesex [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Maidstone, Kent [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Battersea, London [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Canterbury, Kent [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Gravesend, Kent [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Chelsea, London [3] Faversham, Kent [3] Folkestone, Kent [3] Kensington, London [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Leyton, Essex [3] Northampton, Northamptonshire [3] Paignton, Devon [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] York Western Australia [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Down [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Beverley Western Australia [2] Birmingham [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Condobolin New South Wales [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Gravesend England [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Rank

Private [2019] Gunner [259] Serjeant [185] Corporal [180] Driver [157] Sapper [120] Lieutenant [97] Lance Corporal [96] Acting Corporal [46] Captain [46] Bombardier [25] Pioneer [24] Acting Serjeant [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Able Seaman [13] Colour Serjeant [13] Rifleman [13] Major [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lieutenant Second [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Worker [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Trooper [6] Guardsman [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Petty Officer [5] Leading Seaman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Deck Hand [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [264] Labour Corps [246] Army Service Corps [244] Royal Engineers [221] London Regiment [146] Royal Garrison Artillery [130] Royal Army Medical Corps [102] Royal Fusiliers [93] Machine Gun Corps [85] Middlesex Regiment [70] Rifle Brigade [60] Bedfordshire Regiment [51] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49] The Queen's Regiment [49] Essex Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Manchester Regiment [46] Royal Berkshire Regiment [46] North Staffordshire Regiment [45] Royal West Kent Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [38] Royal Army Service Corps [38] Royal Sussex Regiment [38] East Kent Regiment [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36] Welsh Regiment [35] Cheshire Regiment [34] Northamptonshire Regiment [34] East Surrey Regiment [32] Hampshire Regiment [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] Suffolk Regiment [29] Worcestershire Regiment [27] Devonshire Regiment [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] British West Indies Regiment [25] South Lancashire Regiment [25] Army Veterinary Corps [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [23] Grenadier Guards [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Norfolk Regiment [22] Royal Horse Artillery [22] Royal Naval Division [22] South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [3165] Royal Navy [338] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [253] Canadian Expeditionary Force [251] Australian Imperial Force [209] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [55] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [4356] B [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4253] Merchant Navy [75] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [91] Canada [6] Australia [3] Guyana [1] Ireland [1]

William Austin

Born 1869

British Army 1790 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1790 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1790 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Phipps Austin

Born 1877

Died 1933

British Army 527011 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 1st London Sanitary Company

British Army 876 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Royal Fusiliers 2nd Volunteer Battalion

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Alexander Austin

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 3/13684 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/13684 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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William John Austin

Born 1887

Died 1948

British Army 2232 Private Royal Engineers Wessex Divisional

British Army 508069 Sapper Royal Engineers 508th (Wessex) Reserve Field Company

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Henry Arthur Austin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 8th Irish Regiment

British Army 25546 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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David Austin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 22549 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn.

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Stanley Austin

Born 1903

Died 1983

Royal Navy J91175 Boy II HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J91175 Boy I HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J91175 Boy I HMS Royal Sovereign

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Victor Gordon Austin

Born 1893

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3232537

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George Elliott Austin

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1799 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Guilford Austin

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 8168 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 8168 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edwin Walter Austin

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy K61 Stoker Class II HMS London Channel Fleet

Royal Navy K61 Stoker Class I HMS London Channel Fleet

Royal Navy K61 Stoker Class I HMS Pembroke II Chatham, Kent

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George Austin

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 9953 Private Northumberland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Private Northumberland Fusilliers 1st Battalion

British Army 9953 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Roger Lorimer Austin

Born 1878

Died 1959

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 21st Battalion

British Army Major 484th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 1st Gloucestershire Battery

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Frank Stanley Austin

British Army 1529 Rifleman London Regiment 9 Battalion

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William Henry Austin

Born 1898

Died 1967

Royal Navy 20132 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 20132 Private Royal Marine Light infantry Chatham Division

Royal Navy 20132 Marine (briefly acting corporal in 1929) Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division

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Arthur Kenneth Austin

Born 1891

British Army M2/187270 Private Army Service Corps M.T. Res Depot

British Army M2/187270 Private Army Service Corps 22 M.T. R.P.

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George Austin

Born 1872

Died 1914

Royal Navy V 514 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 514V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Cressy."

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Ernest Austin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5510 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 563 Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 2219 Cheshire Yeomanry

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Frank Thomas Austin

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2890 Corporal London Regiment 1st Bn

British Army 2890 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd Bn

British Army 2890 Corporal London Regiment 1st Bn

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Frederick Austin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4400 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army PS/4400 Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) "A" Company, 20th Battalion

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