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Melbourne Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Dunmow, Essex [2]

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Longford Tasmania [2]

Paisley Scotland [2]

St Andrews, Fife [2]

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Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

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Private [114]

Gunner [12]

Driver [11]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

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Army Service Corps [22]

London Regiment [11]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Scots [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Motor Transport [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

21st Lancers [1]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Attached Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [177]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [227]

Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [8]

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People [231] Stories Communities

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Melbourne Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Dunmow, Essex [2] Essex [2] Great Dunmow, Essex [2] Longford Tasmania [2] Paisley Scotland [2] St Andrews, Fife [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Barningham Norfolk [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carrick Tasmania [1] County Durham [1] Diss [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow,Scotland [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Homerton, London [1] Hornsey, London, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Itteringham Norfolk [1] Kings Cross, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] London, England [1] Middlesex [1] Paddington, London [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex [1] Pimlico [1] Pimlico, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Shelfanger, Norfolk [1] Shepherds Bush, London [1] Thirsk, Yorkshire [1] Warwick, Warwickshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [114] Gunner [12] Driver [11] Corporal [10] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [22] London Regiment [11] Labour Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Scots [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Motor Transport [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 21st Lancers [1] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Attached Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [177] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [231]

Contribution

Military Service [227] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

John Albert Ayton

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/4163 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy London Z/4163 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - 188th Brigade Machine Gun Company

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Norman Ayton

Australian Imperial Force

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Algar Frederick Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 5797

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David Ayton

Born 1893

British Army 43913 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Walter Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 110

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Harry Attwell Ayton

Australian Imperial Force

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Charles Henry Ayton

Born 1878

Royal Navy 3149 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Alfred Ayton

Born 1892

Died 1922

Royal Navy J4029 Able Seaman HMS GARLAND

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Malcolm Charles Ayton

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment Attached 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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James Ferguson Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 6907

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Arnold Charles Ayton

Australian Imperial Force

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Thomas Mcdonald Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 6912

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Oswald Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 5952

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Leslie Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 4356

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Jack Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 21977

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Philip Owen Ayton

Australian Imperial Force

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Thomas Ayton

Australian Imperial Force 1865

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Alfred John Ayton

Born 1884

Royal Navy 359778 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS BELLEROPHON

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Arthur William Ayton

Born 1899

Royal Navy 20858 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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George Henry Ayton

Born 1883

Royal Navy 298038

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