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Stanhoe Norfolk [8]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Twickenham, Middlesex [4]

Great Bowden Leicestershire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Avening, Glos [2]

Bow, London [2]

Buckinghamshire [2]

Casterton Victoria [2]

Everleigh, Wiltshire [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Sandown, Isle of Wight [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Worthing, Sussex [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashcott, Somerset [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

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Bray, Berkshire [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Buckinghamshire England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chiswick, London [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [702]

Gunner [88]

Driver [57]

Serjeant [54]

Corporal [51]

Sapper [47]

Lance Corporal [27]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [11]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Captain and Gunner [1]

Captain and Staff Lieutenant [1]

Colonel/Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Corporal Trooper [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Master [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Senior Smith [1]

Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [89]

Royal Field Artillery [84]

Army Service Corps [81]

Labour Corps [77]

London Regiment [47]

Royal Garrison Artillery [45]

Middlesex Regiment [36]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [31]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [14]

Tank Corps [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

Norfolk Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Service

British Army [1047]

Royal Navy [96]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [1297]

Contribution

Military Service [1279]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

France [1]

Malta [1]

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Stanhoe Norfolk [8] Sydney New South Wales [8] Plymouth, Devon [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Twickenham, Middlesex [4] Great Bowden Leicestershire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [2] Avening, Glos [2] Bow, London [2] Buckinghamshire [2] Casterton Victoria [2] Everleigh, Wiltshire [2] Hertfordshire [2] London [2] London England [2] Mile End, London [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Sandown, Isle of Wight [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Walworth, London [2] Worthing, Sussex [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashcott, Somerset [1] Berkshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bishopstone, Bucks [1] Blisworth, Northamptonshire [1] Bottisham, Cambs [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Bray, Berkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Buckinghamshire England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Canning Town, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1] Chiswick, London [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Colac Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [702] Gunner [88] Driver [57] Serjeant [54] Corporal [51] Sapper [47] Lance Corporal [27] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Pioneer [11] Company Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Captain and Gunner [1] Captain and Staff Lieutenant [1] Colonel/Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Corporal Trooper [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Master [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Senior Smith [1] Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [89] Royal Field Artillery [84] Army Service Corps [81] Labour Corps [77] London Regiment [47] Royal Garrison Artillery [45] Middlesex Regiment [36] Machine Gun Corps [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Royal Fusiliers [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [31] Devonshire Regiment [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Hampshire Regiment [23] Northamptonshire Regiment [23] The Queen's Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [14] Tank Corps [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Suffolk Regiment [12] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] Norfolk Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Grenadier Guards [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] East Kent Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Corps of Hussars [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Service

British Army [1047] Royal Navy [96] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] Australian Imperial Force [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [1297]

Contribution

Military Service [1279] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38] France [1] Malta [1]

Charles Ayres

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200842

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Frederick George Ayres

Born 1889

Died 1969

British Army 89022 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Herbert Ayres

Died 1915

British Army 1317 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

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Harry Ayres

Died 1916

British Army B/2930 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army B/2930 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Arthur C Ayres

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 69474 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 63090 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Chas John Ayres

Died 1915

British Army 14175 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army L/14175 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 14175 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Ayres

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/24225 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/24225 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Edmund John Ayres

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 31018 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Lionel Victor Ayres

Died 1918

British Army 12294 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 18289 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18289 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Victor Albert Ayres

Died 1918

British Army 9200 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Frank Ayres

Died 1917

British Army 1433 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 202267 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Charles Ayres

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 242278 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Arthur Ayres

Died 1915

British Army 105548 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John J Ayres

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5901 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 512149 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 512149 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Charles Ayres

Died 1915

British Army 9229 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd battalion leicest Battalion

British Army 9229 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Ayres

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 11591 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 11591 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 11591 Serjeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Ayres

Died 1916

British Army 22747 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Ayres

Died 1917

British Army 45860 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45860 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Ayres

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 11209 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 11209 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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James H Ayres

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army L/7915 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7915 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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