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Brisbane Queensland [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Dover, Kent [4]

Lake, Isle of Wight [4]

Gatton Queensland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London England [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cavendish, Suffolk [2]

Dalston, London [2]

Egerton, Kent [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Leicester [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mortlake, Surrey [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Paddock Wood, Kent [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Whitechurch, Hampshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Barns Green, Sussex [1]

Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Bedford [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belgrave, Leicester [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bowraville New South Wales [1]

Brede [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Brighton [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, England [1]

Bury Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [570]

Gunner [73]

Driver [58]

Corporal [47]

Serjeant [35]

Sapper [27]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [21]

Captain [16]

Acting Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Pioneer [9]

Rifleman [6]

Bombardier [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Commander [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Quarter Master [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [94]

Army Service Corps [79]

Royal Engineers [67]

Labour Corps [62]

London Regiment [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [18]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Training Reserve [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Military Mounted Police [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Service

British Army [884]

Royal Navy [120]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [59]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [1205]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1178]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Gibraltar [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Dover, Kent [4] Lake, Isle of Wight [4] Gatton Queensland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London England [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Rochester, Kent [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cavendish, Suffolk [2] Dalston, London [2] Egerton, Kent [2] Grays, Essex [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Leicester [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Limehouse, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mortlake, Surrey [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Paddock Wood, Kent [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Whitechurch, Hampshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Barns Green, Sussex [1] Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Bedford [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belgrave, Leicester [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bowraville New South Wales [1] Brede [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Brighton [1] Burnley, Lancashire, England [1] Bury Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [570] Gunner [73] Driver [58] Corporal [47] Serjeant [35] Sapper [27] Second Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [21] Captain [16] Acting Corporal [13] Lieutenant [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Major [9] Pioneer [9] Rifleman [6] Bombardier [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Commander [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Transport Corporal [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Quarter Master [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [94] Army Service Corps [79] Royal Engineers [67] Labour Corps [62] London Regiment [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Machine Gun Corps [29] Worcestershire Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [18] Leicestershire Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Training Reserve [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Military Mounted Police [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Service

British Army [884] Royal Navy [120] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Canadian Expeditionary Force [59] Australian Imperial Force [45] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [1205] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1178] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Gibraltar [1]

Henry John Ballard

Born 1901

Royal Navy K57115

Royal Navy K57115 Acting Stoker 1st Class Pembroke

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Frank William Ballard

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16171

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Arthur Frederick Ballard

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217380

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Alfred Ballard

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 59 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 59 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd (Regular) Battalion.

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Maurice Arnold Ballard

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 423 Private London Regiment 25th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

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Albert Ballard

Died 1917

British Army 14/402 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Ballard

Died 1916

British Army 45785 Private Durham Light Infantry

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George Ballard

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1071 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Roger Hardwicke Ballard

Died 1915

British Army 1926 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Herbert Ballard

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7075 Corporal Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

British Army 7075 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Herbert Ballard

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 700773 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Ballard

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 701257 Serjeant London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army 701257 Serjeant London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Ernest Ballard

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 19178 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Robert Ballard

Died 1917

British Army 19482 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Ballard

Died 1915

British Army 2579 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Ernest Alexander Ballard

Died 1918

British Army 663258 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Ballard

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6861 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 6861 Acting Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 6861 Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William J Ballard

Died 1918

British Army 683330 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 683330 Private London Regiment

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Samuel Ballard

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 8656 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8656 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Ballard

Died 1916

British Army 1865 Private Welsh Regiment

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