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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Chiltern Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Plaistow, London [2]

Saint Giles, London [2]

Saxmundham, Suffolk [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Barnard Castle County, Durham [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Batemans Bay New South Wales [1]

Benandarah New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackpool England [1]

Bosmere, Suffolk [1]

Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford Yorkshire [1]

Cattal, Yorkshire [1]

Chatham Medway Kent [1]

Darlington [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dover [1]

Droylsden [1]

Dublin [1]

East Greenwich, London [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glen Orchy Scotland [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Heaton Norris, Lancashire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hunsingore, Cattal, Yorkshire [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon [1]

Inskip, Lancashire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [236]

Gunner [30]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Serjeant [19]

Corporal [17]

Sapper [17]

Captain [11]

Driver [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Reverend [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gunner (Private) [1]

Honorary Brigadier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Royal Engineers [28]

Labour Corps [25]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

London Regiment [13]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Australian Sea Transport Staff [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Service

British Army [384]

Royal Navy [36]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [492]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [481]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Chiltern Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Plaistow, London [2] Saint Giles, London [2] Saxmundham, Suffolk [2] Wolverhampton [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Barnard Castle County, Durham [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Batemans Bay New South Wales [1] Benandarah New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackpool England [1] Bosmere, Suffolk [1] Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1] Bow, London [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Castleford Yorkshire [1] Cattal, Yorkshire [1] Chatham Medway Kent [1] Darlington [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dover [1] Droylsden [1] Dublin [1] East Greenwich, London [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glen Orchy Scotland [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Heaton Norris, Lancashire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hunsingore, Cattal, Yorkshire [1] Ilfracombe, Devon [1] Inskip, Lancashire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [236] Gunner [30] Second Lieutenant [19] Serjeant [19] Corporal [17] Sapper [17] Captain [11] Driver [11] Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Sister [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Reverend [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Boy Second Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Forewoman [1] Gunner (Private) [1] Honorary Brigadier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30] Royal Engineers [28] Labour Corps [25] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Manchester Regiment [15] London Regiment [13] Suffolk Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Australian Sea Transport Staff [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Service

British Army [384] Royal Navy [36] Australian Imperial Force [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [492] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [481] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [1]

Frederick John Backhouse

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138448

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Charles Backhouse

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238204

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John Backhouse

Died 1917

British Army 3/2292 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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George Backhouse

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 124538 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 124538 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Ernest Percy Backhouse

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 7532 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Lion

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Albert Edward Backhouse

Born 1894

Died 1921

Royal Navy K21000 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine K5

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Frederick Daniel Backhouse

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210824

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George Cyril Backhouse

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276653

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William J Backhouse

Died 1917

British Army 3205 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 25339 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Reginald Alan Gower Backhouse

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 47458 Private Essex Regiment

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Henry Weston Backhouse

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Stanley Backhouse

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/63470 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/63470 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Edward Backhouse

Died 1917

British Army 13861 Private Border Regiment 11th bord Battalion

British Army 13861 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

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Isaac Backhouse

Died 1916

British Army 7475 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7475 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert William Backhouse

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army G/2589 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2589 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Seth Clarke Backhouse

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108641

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George Leonard Backhouse

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162085

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John Lewis Backhouse

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62755

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John Backhouse

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87551

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Ernest Backhouse

Died 1917

British Army 5055 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202207 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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