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Sydney New South Wales [10]

Burnley, Lancashire [9]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Colne, Lancashire [4]

Dover, Kent [4]

Glen Innes New South Wales [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Perth Western Australia [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bombala New South Wales [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Chorley, Lancashire [3]

Delegate New South Wales [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Wimbledon, Surrey [3]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Burnley [2]

Burscough, Lancashire [2]

Cookham, Berkshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

East Malling, Kent [2]

Enfield Lock, Middlesex [2]

Essex England [2]

Eye, Suffolk [2]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Herefordshire [2]

Horsforth, Yorkshire [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leeds [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1504]

Gunner [179]

Corporal [159]

Driver [157]

Serjeant [131]

Sapper [92]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Lance Corporal [52]

Lieutenant [29]

Acting Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Captain [25]

Pioneer [22]

Bombardier [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Major [11]

Rifleman [11]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Seaman [2]

Signaller [2]

Sister [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Riding Master [1]

2nd Quarter Master [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [232]

Royal Engineers [185]

Army Service Corps [172]

Labour Corps [172]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

Royal Army Medical Corps [86]

London Regiment [78]

Machine Gun Corps [73]

Royal Fusiliers [70]

Middlesex Regiment [60]

East Lancashire Regiment [45]

Essex Regiment [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43]

Royal Sussex Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Manchester Regiment [37]

The Queen's Regiment [35]

West Riding Regiment [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [30]

West Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [28]

East Surrey Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

South Wales Borderers [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Norfolk Regiment [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [19]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Wiltshire Regiment [17]

Border Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [2379]

Royal Navy [248]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [204]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186]

Australian Imperial Force [133]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [3230]

C [1]

H [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3186]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

India [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [10] Burnley, Lancashire [9] Melbourne Victoria [8] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Colne, Lancashire [4] Dover, Kent [4] Glen Innes New South Wales [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Perth Western Australia [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bombala New South Wales [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Chorley, Lancashire [3] Delegate New South Wales [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Wimbledon, Surrey [3] Bega New South Wales [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Burnley [2] Burscough, Lancashire [2] Cookham, Berkshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] East Malling, Kent [2] Enfield Lock, Middlesex [2] Essex England [2] Eye, Suffolk [2] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Grays, Essex [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Herefordshire [2] Horsforth, Yorkshire [2] Hoxton, London [2] Islington, London [2] Leeds [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1504] Gunner [179] Corporal [159] Driver [157] Serjeant [131] Sapper [92] Second Lieutenant [61] Lance Corporal [52] Lieutenant [29] Acting Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [25] Captain [25] Pioneer [22] Bombardier [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Able Seaman [12] Major [11] Rifleman [11] Acting Bombardier [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Brigadier General [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Acting Captain [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Seaman [2] Signaller [2] Sister [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] 1st Riding Master [1] 2nd Quarter Master [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [232] Royal Engineers [185] Army Service Corps [172] Labour Corps [172] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] Royal Army Medical Corps [86] London Regiment [78] Machine Gun Corps [73] Royal Fusiliers [70] Middlesex Regiment [60] East Lancashire Regiment [45] Essex Regiment [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43] Royal Sussex Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [39] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Manchester Regiment [37] The Queen's Regiment [35] West Riding Regiment [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [30] West Yorkshire Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] Worcestershire Regiment [28] East Surrey Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] South Wales Borderers [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Norfolk Regiment [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] Yorkshire Regiment [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Rifle Brigade [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Army Ordnance Corps [19] East Kent Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Royal Berkshire Regiment [18] Royal Defence Corps [18] Welsh Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Wiltshire Regiment [17] Border Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [2379] Royal Navy [248] Canadian Expeditionary Force [204] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186] Australian Imperial Force [133] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [3230] C [1] H [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3186] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [77] India [2]

Herbert William Baldwin

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army 05440 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 45474 Private Essex Regiment 1/4th

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William Baldwin

Born 1867

Died 1918

British Army 20306 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

British Army 18121 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

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Norman Edward Baldwin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 9701 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Hugh Laurents Chenevix Baldwin

Born 1878

Died 1914

Indian Army Lieutenant 58th Rifles

British Army Rifle Brigade 7th

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Baldwin

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 57929 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 57929 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps 24th Battalion (Infantry)

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Jonathan M Baldwin

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army 177860 Private Labour Corps 330th Company

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Richard William Baldwin

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 10224 Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Guy Melfort Baldwin

Born 1865

Died 1945

Indian Army Colonel in Chief Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides

British Army Brigadier General Cavalry Frontier Force

Indian Army Brigadier General Derajat Brigade

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George Baldwin

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army T4/096371 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 153462 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Transport Depot

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Kipps Baldwin

Died 1914

British Army 76500 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 76500 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 48th Battery

British Army 48th Field Battery, 36 Field Brigade

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William George Baldwin

Born 1875

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33194 Private Royal Air Force

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Frederick John Baldwin

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 12995 Private Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion

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William Baldwin

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1981

Australian Imperial Force 1981 Private 16th Bn Australian Infantry 4th Divison

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Albert Baldwin

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 22542 Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 3603 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 329 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Baldwin

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 24144 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 41589 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army G/62088 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

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Joseph Baldwin

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army 166591 Sapper Royal Engineers royal engineers 157th Company

British Army 5490 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 166591 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William David Baldwin

Born 1880

Died 1930

British Army 208199 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Baldwin

Died 1918

British Army 1978 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700934 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Baldwin

Born 1892

British Army 85823 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Baldwin

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 307110 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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