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Hanley Staffordshire [2]

Stoke on Trent Staffordshire [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Corporal [5]

Bombardier [2]

Gunner [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Calcutta Scottish Indian Defence Force [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Indian Defence Force [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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British Army [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [42]

Contribution

Military Service [42]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [42] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hanley Staffordshire [2] Stoke on Trent Staffordshire [2] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Islington, London [1] Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [19] Corporal [5] Bombardier [2] Gunner [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Pilot Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Squadron Leader [1] Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [6] Labour Corps [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Calcutta Scottish Indian Defence Force [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] Indian Defence Force [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [42]

Contribution

Military Service [42]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Vernon Tom Barke

British Army 186621 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 348th Brigade

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Albert Edward Barke

British Army 27442 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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