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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]

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Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [2]

Cranford, Middlesex [2]

Kent, England [2]

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Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Mulbring New South Wales [2]

Newhaven, Sussex [2]

Port Fairy Victoria [2]

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Ramsgate, Kent [2]

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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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People [1397] Stories Communities

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]

Frank T Avery

British Army 32085 Gunner 116th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 32085 Serjeant 116th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Benjamin R Avery

British Army 1765 Private 5th Stationary General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur E Avery

British Army 252 Gunner 1/1st Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 14025 Gunner 1/1st Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force

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H Avery

British Army 5322 Private 8th Hussars

British Army P. 10166 Private Military Mounted Police

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William Avery

British Army TT/109 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 4/83117 Driver 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 4/83117 Driver Corps of Hussars

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Frederick Thomas Avery

British Army 5670 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Henry M Avery

British Army L/7093 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/7093 Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederick Avery

British Army 39961 Private Royal Defence Corps 350th Provisional Company

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William Avery

British Army 6386 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 32433 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John G Avery

British Army 82605 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry

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Joseph Avery

British Army 13044 Private Royal Defence Corps 164th Pay Corps

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H. A. Avery

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H A Avery

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Hedley William Avery-Fox

Born 1898

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Monica Avery-Jones

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Dora Eveline Avery Now Reed

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30306

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Margaret Avery Now Mrs Hemsley

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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