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Plymouth, Devon [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Exeter, Devon [6]

Grafton New South Wales [5]

Torquay, Devon [5]

Devonport, Devon [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [3]

Port Albert Victoria [3]

Saint Leonards, Sussex [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Barking, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [2]

Cranford, Middlesex [2]

Kent, England [2]

Kings Norton, Warwickshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Mulbring New South Wales [2]

Newhaven, Sussex [2]

Port Fairy Victoria [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Southall, Middlesex [2]

Tenterden, Kent [2]

West Ham, London [2]

Wheatley, Oxfordshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Adaminaby New South Wales [1]

Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Aston [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Babbicombe, Devon [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bledlow, Buckinghamshire [1]

Boggabilla New South Wales [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [621]

Driver [65]

Gunner [58]

Serjeant [49]

Corporal [47]

Sapper [42]

Lieutenant [30]

Lance Corporal [22]

Acting Corporal [20]

Pioneer [15]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Bombardier [9]

Captain [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Major [6]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Bugler [2]

Civilian [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Second [2]

Saddler [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting A M E [1]

Acting AME [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Bandsman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [87]

Royal Field Artillery [85]

Labour Corps [83]

Royal Engineers [80]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Devonshire Regiment [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

London Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [965]

Royal Navy [133]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [86]

Australian Imperial Force [67]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

A [1396]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1367]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Melbourne Victoria [7] Exeter, Devon [6] Grafton New South Wales [5] Torquay, Devon [5] Devonport, Devon [4] London, Middlesex [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [3] Port Albert Victoria [3] Saint Leonards, Sussex [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Barking, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burgess Hill, Sussex [2] Cranford, Middlesex [2] Kent, England [2] Kings Norton, Warwickshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Mulbring New South Wales [2] Newhaven, Sussex [2] Port Fairy Victoria [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Southall, Middlesex [2] Tenterden, Kent [2] West Ham, London [2] Wheatley, Oxfordshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Adaminaby New South Wales [1] Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Aston [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Babbicombe, Devon [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bledlow, Buckinghamshire [1] Boggabilla New South Wales [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [621] Driver [65] Gunner [58] Serjeant [49] Corporal [47] Sapper [42] Lieutenant [30] Lance Corporal [22] Acting Corporal [20] Pioneer [15] Acting Serjeant [11] Able Seaman [10] Bombardier [9] Captain [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Major [6] Rifleman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Bugler [2] Civilian [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Second [2] Saddler [2] Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2] Acting A M E [1] Acting AME [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Band Corporal [1] Bandsman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [87] Royal Field Artillery [85] Labour Corps [83] Royal Engineers [80] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Devonshire Regiment [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] London Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [27] Royal Fusiliers [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25] Hampshire Regiment [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Middlesex Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Wiltshire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Canadian Infantry [10] East Kent Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Welsh Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [965] Royal Navy [133] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] Canadian Expeditionary Force [86] Australian Imperial Force [67] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

A [1396] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1367] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Australia [1] India [1]

Albert Edward Avery

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97035

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Ernest Edward Avery

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303792

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Harold Avery

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279398

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Percy William Avery

Born 1891

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246611 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Richard Avery

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 40544 Sapper Corps of Royal Engineers (11TH SIGNAL COY., R.E.)

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George Bertram Avery

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7/2475 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 290599 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alfred William Avery

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44271

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Henry Alfred Avery

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29848

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Thomas Stephen Avery

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193617

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Charles James Avery

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266080

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William Avery

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J38665 Able Seaman HMS Indefatigable

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Philip Joseph Avery

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28807

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Joseph Avery

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20280

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William Osman Avery

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83871

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Ernest Avery

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63435

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Albert James Avery

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237055

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John Avery

Born 1859

British Army 200446 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 6/9268 Sapper East Kent Regiment

British Army WR/329737 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways And Docks

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James Avery

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 25233 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 14th Bn.

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Amos Harry Percival Avery

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2686 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270358 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270358 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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George Henry Avery

Died 1916

British Army 11301 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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