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Romford, Essex [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Wareham, Dorset [2]

11 Manor Street, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent [1]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Chester [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Morice Town, Devon [1]

Mossley, Lancashire [1]

Nuneaton [1]

Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1]

Oldham [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Shropshire [1]

Stockport [1]

Walmer, Kent [1]

West Ham, London [1]

Rank

Private [88]

Driver [11]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Sapper [9]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

2nd Cameron Highlanders [1]

6th Royal Defence Corps [1]

7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Hawke" [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps Ex Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [139]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [169]

Contribution

Military Service [166]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [169] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Romford, Essex [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Wareham, Dorset [2] 11 Manor Street, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent [1] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Chester [1] Deal, Kent [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Morice Town, Devon [1] Mossley, Lancashire [1] Nuneaton [1] Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1] Oldham [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Shropshire [1] Stockport [1] Walmer, Kent [1] West Ham, London [1]

Rank

Private [88] Driver [11] Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Sapper [9] Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Pioneer [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Manchester Regiment [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 2nd Cameron Highlanders [1] 6th Royal Defence Corps [1] 7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Hawke" [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps Ex Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [139] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [169]

Contribution

Military Service [166] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

James Axon

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army 102377 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William J Axon

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army 119909 Pioneer Royal Engineers 8th Labour Battalion.

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George Axon

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 13953 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 13853

British Army 13853 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Henry Axon

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81062

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Sidney George Axon

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77738

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Wilfred Taylor Axon

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 127836 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 38407 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Alfred Charles Axon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118341

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George A Axon

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 535 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Edward Axon

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 40514 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Gilbert Axon

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 47348 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 32461 Private Labour Corps

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Walter Henry Axon

Born 1869

Died 1914

Royal Navy 128826. (R.F.R.Ch.A.1230.) (Ch.) Ship's Corporal 1st Class H.M.S. "Hawke"

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Cecil Axon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112284

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John Axon

Born 1884

British Army 7460 Corporal Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 7460 Acting Corporal Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

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Walter Axon

Died 1914

British Army 9706 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 9706 Corporal Leinster Regiment

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Joseph Axon

Died 1916

British Army 14419 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 14419 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Robert Axon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 14243 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14243 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick Axon

Died 1916

British Army 2487 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred G Axon

Died 1919

British Army 23528 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 93519 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Harry Axon

Born 1899

Died 1956

British Army 26891 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 44537 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Henry James Axon

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288609

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