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London England [22]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Sydney New South Wales [15]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [12]

Southport, Lancashire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Leicester [10]

London, Middlesex [10]

Adelaide South Australia [9]

Plymouth, Devon [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Nottingham [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Leicester, Leicestershire [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Coventry, Warwickshire [6]

Hastings, Sussex [6]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Wigan, Lancashire [6]

Dartmouth, Devon [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Newport, Monmouthshire [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Islington, London [4]

Plymouth, Devon, England [4]

Poole, Dorset [4]

Southampton [4]

Walworth, London [4]

Andover, Hampshire [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Tavistock, Devon [3]

Warwickshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Worthing, Sussex [3]

Rank

Private [3091]

Gunner [360]

Driver [247]

Serjeant [231]

Corporal [229]

Sapper [189]

Lance Corporal [120]

Second Lieutenant [113]

Captain [56]

Acting Corporal [52]

Acting Serjeant [47]

Lieutenant [39]

Pioneer [39]

Bombardier [32]

Major [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Rifleman [18]

Able Seaman [13]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Worker [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Guardsman [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Drummer [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Trooper [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [381]

Royal Engineers [373]

Royal Field Artillery [363]

Army Service Corps [298]

Royal Garrison Artillery [232]

London Regiment [167]

Machine Gun Corps [143]

Royal Army Medical Corps [140]

Liverpool Regiment [139]

Royal Fusiliers [115]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [114]

Devonshire Regiment [103]

Leicestershire Regiment [97]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86]

Cheshire Regiment [81]

Middlesex Regiment [80]

Gloucestershire Regiment [79]

Hampshire Regiment [75]

Manchester Regiment [74]

Lancashire Fusiliers [72]

South Staffordshire Regiment [72]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

North Staffordshire Regiment [70]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [68]

West Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Durham Light Infantry [56]

South Lancashire Regiment [56]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Lincolnshire Regiment [49]

Somerset Light Infantry [47]

West Riding Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [45]

Yorkshire Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [42]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [42]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41]

Royal Naval Division [41]

Welsh Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

The Queen's Regiment [36]

Dorsetshire Regiment [35]

Canadian Infantry [34]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [33]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [31]

Tank Corps [30]

Service

British Army [4657]

Royal Navy [510]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [364]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [350]

Australian Imperial Force [199]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [6221]

A [2]

L [2]

S [2]

W [2]

C [1]

D [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6109]

Merchant Navy [72]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [146]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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London England [22] Melbourne Victoria [16] Sydney New South Wales [15] Bristol, Gloucestershire [12] Southport, Lancashire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Leicester [10] London, Middlesex [10] Adelaide South Australia [9] Plymouth, Devon [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Nottingham [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Leicester, Leicestershire [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] Coventry, Warwickshire [6] Hastings, Sussex [6] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Wigan, Lancashire [6] Dartmouth, Devon [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Newport, Monmouthshire [5] Battersea, London [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Islington, London [4] Plymouth, Devon, England [4] Poole, Dorset [4] Southampton [4] Walworth, London [4] Andover, Hampshire [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Kensington, London [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3] Ormskirk, Lancashire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Tavistock, Devon [3] Warwickshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Worthing, Sussex [3]

Rank

Private [3091] Gunner [360] Driver [247] Serjeant [231] Corporal [229] Sapper [189] Lance Corporal [120] Second Lieutenant [113] Captain [56] Acting Corporal [52] Acting Serjeant [47] Lieutenant [39] Pioneer [39] Bombardier [32] Major [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Rifleman [18] Able Seaman [13] Colour Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Worker [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Guardsman [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Drummer [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Trooper [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [381] Royal Engineers [373] Royal Field Artillery [363] Army Service Corps [298] Royal Garrison Artillery [232] London Regiment [167] Machine Gun Corps [143] Royal Army Medical Corps [140] Liverpool Regiment [139] Royal Fusiliers [115] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [114] Devonshire Regiment [103] Leicestershire Regiment [97] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86] Cheshire Regiment [81] Middlesex Regiment [80] Gloucestershire Regiment [79] Hampshire Regiment [75] Manchester Regiment [74] Lancashire Fusiliers [72] South Staffordshire Regiment [72] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] North Staffordshire Regiment [70] King's Royal Rifle Corps [68] West Yorkshire Regiment [58] Durham Light Infantry [56] South Lancashire Regiment [56] Rifle Brigade [55] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Lincolnshire Regiment [49] Somerset Light Infantry [47] West Riding Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [45] Yorkshire Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [42] Royal Berkshire Regiment [42] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41] Royal Naval Division [41] Welsh Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Suffolk Regiment [36] The Queen's Regiment [36] Dorsetshire Regiment [35] Canadian Infantry [34] Royal Lancaster Regiment [33] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [31] Tank Corps [30]

Service

British Army [4657] Royal Navy [510] Canadian Expeditionary Force [364] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [350] Australian Imperial Force [199] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [6221] A [2] L [2] S [2] W [2] C [1] D [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6109] Merchant Navy [72] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [146] India [3] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Charles Henry Ball

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 8510 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8510 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8207 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Norman Ball

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 14/1615 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 14/1615 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 15th (Reserve) Battalion

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Herbert James Ball

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6222 Private Infantry 9th Battalion

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Charles Victor Ball

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43002

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Leonard Archibald Ball

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296992

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George Ball

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41157

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Percy William Ball

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269193

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Lewis George Ball

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301392

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John Ball

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122342

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Robert Thomas Ball

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115428

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Samuel Harris Ball

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103072

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William Ball

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7224 Private Scots Guards

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Frederick Charles William Ball

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168346

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John Thomas Ball

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63717

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William Ball

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86631

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William Ball

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292128

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John Edward Ball

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35709

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Herbert William Ball

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11653

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James Herbert Ball

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97506

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John Henry Ball

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123370

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