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Melbourne Victoria [7]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

London England [3]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [2]

Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Corringham, Lincolnshire [2]

Essex [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Mildura Victoria [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [2]

371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Aspul, Lancs [1]

Bagshot, Guilford, Surrey [1]

Barrow In Furness England [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

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Chiswick, London [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Derby [1]

Docking, Norfolk [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunmow, Essex [1]

East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Ford, Shropshire [1]

Galway [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Grantham Lincolnshire [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Harrogate, York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [745]

Gunner [84]

Corporal [63]

Driver [53]

Sapper [45]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Serjeant [33]

Lance Corporal [30]

Captain [28]

Lieutenant [15]

Bombardier [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Pioneer [8]

Major [6]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Reverend [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sergeant Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Officer [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain The Reverend [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Constable [1]

Corporal Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [95]

Royal Engineers [93]

Labour Corps [84]

Army Service Corps [68]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

Liverpool Regiment [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment [34]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32]

Manchester Regiment [31]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Leicestershire Regiment [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

London Regiment [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Lincolnshire Regiment [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [23]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

Border Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

West Riding Regiment [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1132]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1366]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1350]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [7] Sydney New South Wales [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] London England [3] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [2] Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Chelsea, London [2] Corringham, Lincolnshire [2] Essex [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester England [2] Mildura Victoria [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [2] 371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1] Aspul, Lancs [1] Bagshot, Guilford, Surrey [1] Barrow In Furness England [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Birmingham England [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Chiswick, London [1] Clapham, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Derby [1] Docking, Norfolk [1] Dublin [1] Dunmow, Essex [1] East Grinstead, Sussex [1] Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Ford, Shropshire [1] Galway [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Grantham Lincolnshire [1] Grays, Essex [1] Harrogate, York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [745] Gunner [84] Corporal [63] Driver [53] Sapper [45] Second Lieutenant [41] Serjeant [33] Lance Corporal [30] Captain [28] Lieutenant [15] Bombardier [9] Acting Corporal [8] Pioneer [8] Major [6] Rifleman [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Worker [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Reverend [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sergeant Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Officer [1] Bandsman [1] Captain The Reverend [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Constable [1] Corporal Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [95] Royal Engineers [93] Labour Corps [84] Army Service Corps [68] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] Liverpool Regiment [41] West Yorkshire Regiment [34] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32] Manchester Regiment [31] Machine Gun Corps [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Yorkshire Regiment [26] Leicestershire Regiment [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] London Regiment [24] South Lancashire Regiment [24] Lincolnshire Regiment [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [23] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] Border Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [20] Cheshire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Welsh Regiment [13] West Riding Regiment [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Essex Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1132] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] Australian Imperial Force [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1366] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1350] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

Edwin Baines

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231954

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George Ernest Baines

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404173

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George Henry Baines

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301239

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George W R Baines

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266536

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Walter John Baines

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23315

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James Alfred Baines

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army GS/59443 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army GS/59443 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Baines

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1338 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Benjamin Sedgwick Baines

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 23018 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Herbert Baines

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers

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Cuthbert Savile Baines

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Immediate D.S.O. in France

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Horace Baines

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64958

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Alfred Walter Baines

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279094

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Robert William Baines

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276467

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Aaron Baines

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116925

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William Sturgeon Baines

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47793

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John William Baines

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24545

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Thomas Baines

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283354

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John Andrew Baines

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120679

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Alfred Ernest Baines

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 355037 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers royal welsh fusiliers 25th Battalion

British Army 355037 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Henry Parkyns Bridge Baines

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 471 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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