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Sydney New South Wales [16]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Hobart Tasmania [8]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

London England [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Blackall Queensland [4]

Durham England [4]

Harwich, Essex, England [4]

Kent England [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Wolverhampton [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

Willenhall, Staffordshire [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Birchanger, Essex [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blackpool [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Durham [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Fenton, Staffordshire [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, East Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Leith, Midlothian [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1672]

Gunner [175]

Driver [160]

Corporal [142]

Serjeant [124]

Sapper [102]

Lance Corporal [70]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Acting Corporal [32]

Captain [31]

Pioneer [23]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant [17]

Rifleman [13]

Bombardier [11]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Sergeant Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Guardsman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Fireman [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [2]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [232]

Labour Corps [196]

Royal Engineers [189]

Army Service Corps [184]

Royal Garrison Artillery [116]

Royal Army Medical Corps [92]

London Regiment [79]

Liverpool Regiment [69]

Machine Gun Corps [67]

Northumberland Fusiliers [59]

Royal Fusiliers [59]

Essex Regiment [52]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Durham Light Infantry [48]

Lancashire Fusiliers [42]

Border Regiment [41]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [40]

Middlesex Regiment [40]

West Riding Regiment [37]

North Staffordshire Regiment [36]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

East Kent Regiment [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [29]

East Lancashire Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Seaforth Highlanders [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [27]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [24]

Royal West Kent Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Royal Scots [21]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

Devonshire Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [2570]

Royal Navy [230]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [195]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182]

Australian Imperial Force [119]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [3421]

D [3]

A [2]

M [1]

S [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3320]

Merchant Navy [80]

Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [98]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [16] Melbourne Victoria [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Hobart Tasmania [8] London, Middlesex, England [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Bolton, Lancashire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] London England [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Blackall Queensland [4] Durham England [4] Harwich, Essex, England [4] Kent England [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Wolverhampton [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Battersea, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Dover, Kent [3] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Islington, London [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] Willenhall, Staffordshire [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Birchanger, Essex [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blackpool [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Durham [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Fenton, Staffordshire [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Grays, Essex [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hull, East Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Leith, Midlothian [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1672] Gunner [175] Driver [160] Corporal [142] Serjeant [124] Sapper [102] Lance Corporal [70] Second Lieutenant [67] Acting Corporal [32] Captain [31] Pioneer [23] Acting Serjeant [22] Lieutenant [17] Rifleman [13] Bombardier [11] Lance Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Colour Serjeant [7] Major [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Sergeant Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Worker [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Guardsman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Fireman [3] Sister [3] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Chaplain [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [2] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Major [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [232] Labour Corps [196] Royal Engineers [189] Army Service Corps [184] Royal Garrison Artillery [116] Royal Army Medical Corps [92] London Regiment [79] Liverpool Regiment [69] Machine Gun Corps [67] Northumberland Fusiliers [59] Royal Fusiliers [59] Essex Regiment [52] Manchester Regiment [52] Durham Light Infantry [48] Lancashire Fusiliers [42] Border Regiment [41] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [40] Middlesex Regiment [40] West Riding Regiment [37] North Staffordshire Regiment [36] Cheshire Regiment [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] Yorkshire Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] East Kent Regiment [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [29] East Lancashire Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Seaforth Highlanders [28] South Lancashire Regiment [28] Worcestershire Regiment [27] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [24] Royal West Kent Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Royal Scots [21] The Queen's Regiment [21] Devonshire Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [2570] Royal Navy [230] Canadian Expeditionary Force [195] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182] Australian Imperial Force [119] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [3421] D [3] A [2] M [1] S [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3320] Merchant Navy [80] Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [98] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Ernest Banks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108102

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Thomas Banks

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15243 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 15243 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 28865 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur George Banks

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299518

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299518

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Charles Owen Banks

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27333

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Joseph William Banks

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10023 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Richard Banks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306839

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Albert Edward Banks

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31742

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Henry Banks

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264145

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Joseph William Or Willie Banks

Born 1887

British Army 18447 Private Coldstream Guards

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William John Banks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45862

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John Banks

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279423

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Harry Banks

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10914

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Edwin Banks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48030

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William Alfred Banks

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285600

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Alfred John Banks

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 12804 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12804 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 12801 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Robert Henry Banks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98154

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Walter Barham Banks

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301268

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Alfred Henry Banks

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66050

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Donald Banks

Born 1891

Died 1975

British Army Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army Colonel Essex Regiment

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Thomas Banks

Died 1916

British Army 25752 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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