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Melbourne Victoria [47]

Sydney New South Wales [28]

Leeds, Yorkshire [18]

London England [14]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Bradford, Yorkshire [10]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Ipswich, Suffolk [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Norwich, Norfolk [8]

Perth Western Australia [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Halifax, Yorkshire [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [6]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Burnley, Lancashire [5]

Islington, London [5]

Keighley, Yorkshire [5]

Stepney, Middlesex [5]

West Hartlepool, Durham [5]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Durham [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Heathcote Victoria [4]

Lancashire [4]

London [4]

Manchester England [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [4]

York [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Clermont Queensland [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Durham, Durham [3]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Hampsthwaite [3]

Liverpool [3]

Malton, Yorkshire [3]

Middlesex [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Rank

Private [4172]

Gunner [478]

Driver [378]

Corporal [314]

Serjeant [299]

Sapper [248]

Second Lieutenant [190]

Lance Corporal [154]

Lieutenant [106]

Captain [94]

Acting Corporal [73]

Pioneer [69]

Bombardier [56]

Acting Serjeant [42]

Major [34]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [28]

Rifleman [23]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Staff Serjeant [16]

Corporal 2nd [15]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Colour Serjeant [14]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14]

Able Seaman [12]

Shoeing Smith [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Worker [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10]

Temporary Captain [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Trooper [8]

Commander [7]

Guardsman [7]

Nurse [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Drummer [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [550]

Royal Engineers [504]

Labour Corps [493]

Army Service Corps [463]

Royal Garrison Artillery [281]

Royal Army Medical Corps [235]

London Regiment [216]

Machine Gun Corps [197]

West Yorkshire Regiment [172]

Royal Fusiliers [146]

Durham Light Infantry [145]

Yorkshire Regiment [145]

Manchester Regiment [142]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [142]

Northumberland Fusiliers [131]

York and Lancaster Regiment [111]

Middlesex Regiment [105]

Essex Regiment [100]

Lancashire Fusiliers [100]

West Riding Regiment [97]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [96]

Lincolnshire Regiment [93]

Liverpool Regiment [90]

North Staffordshire Regiment [90]

East Yorkshire Regiment [85]

Suffolk Regiment [78]

Rifle Brigade [76]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [73]

Norfolk Regiment [72]

Army Ordnance Corps [70]

Cheshire Regiment [66]

East Lancashire Regiment [65]

Northamptonshire Regiment [65]

Bedfordshire Regiment [64]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64]

Leicestershire Regiment [63]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [63]

Royal Army Service Corps [61]

South Staffordshire Regiment [60]

The Queen's Regiment [58]

Worcestershire Regiment [58]

East Surrey Regiment [55]

South Lancashire Regiment [52]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [47]

Royal Naval Division [47]

Army Veterinary Corps [45]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [44]

Royal West Kent Regiment [43]

Service

British Army [6478]

Royal Navy [595]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [471]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [357]

Australian Imperial Force [280]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [92]

Other Empire Force [10]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [8394]

R [5]

W [4]

J [2]

S [2]

E [1]

G [1]

L [1]

M [1]

O [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8245]

Merchant Navy [117]

Conscientious Objector [26]

Country

United Kingdom [179]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

Yemen [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [47] Sydney New South Wales [28] Leeds, Yorkshire [18] London England [14] London, Middlesex, England [13] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Bradford, Yorkshire [10] Birkenhead, Cheshire [9] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Brisbane Queensland [8] Ipswich, Suffolk [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Norwich, Norfolk [8] Perth Western Australia [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Halifax, Yorkshire [7] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] London, Middlesex [7] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [6] Hull, Yorkshire, England [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Battersea, London [5] Burnley, Lancashire [5] Islington, London [5] Keighley, Yorkshire [5] Stepney, Middlesex [5] West Hartlepool, Durham [5] Croydon, Surrey [4] Durham [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Heathcote Victoria [4] Lancashire [4] London [4] Manchester England [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Todmorden, Yorkshire [4] York [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Clermont Queensland [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Durham, Durham [3] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Hampsthwaite [3] Liverpool [3] Malton, Yorkshire [3] Middlesex [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Rank

Private [4172] Gunner [478] Driver [378] Corporal [314] Serjeant [299] Sapper [248] Second Lieutenant [190] Lance Corporal [154] Lieutenant [106] Captain [94] Acting Corporal [73] Pioneer [69] Bombardier [56] Acting Serjeant [42] Major [34] Warrant Officer Class 2 [28] Rifleman [23] Company Serjeant Major [17] Staff Serjeant [16] Corporal 2nd [15] Lance Serjeant [15] Colour Serjeant [14] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14] Able Seaman [12] Shoeing Smith [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Worker [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10] Temporary Captain [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Trooper [8] Commander [7] Guardsman [7] Nurse [7] Staff Nurse [7] Temporary Second Lieutenant [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Private Lance Corporal [5] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Drummer [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Serjeant Major [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [550] Royal Engineers [504] Labour Corps [493] Army Service Corps [463] Royal Garrison Artillery [281] Royal Army Medical Corps [235] London Regiment [216] Machine Gun Corps [197] West Yorkshire Regiment [172] Royal Fusiliers [146] Durham Light Infantry [145] Yorkshire Regiment [145] Manchester Regiment [142] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [142] Northumberland Fusiliers [131] York and Lancaster Regiment [111] Middlesex Regiment [105] Essex Regiment [100] Lancashire Fusiliers [100] West Riding Regiment [97] King's Royal Rifle Corps [96] Lincolnshire Regiment [93] Liverpool Regiment [90] North Staffordshire Regiment [90] East Yorkshire Regiment [85] Suffolk Regiment [78] Rifle Brigade [76] Yorkshire Light Infantry [73] Norfolk Regiment [72] Army Ordnance Corps [70] Cheshire Regiment [66] East Lancashire Regiment [65] Northamptonshire Regiment [65] Bedfordshire Regiment [64] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64] Leicestershire Regiment [63] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [63] Royal Army Service Corps [61] South Staffordshire Regiment [60] The Queen's Regiment [58] Worcestershire Regiment [58] East Surrey Regiment [55] South Lancashire Regiment [52] Hampshire Regiment [49] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [47] Royal Naval Division [47] Army Veterinary Corps [45] Royal Lancaster Regiment [44] Royal West Kent Regiment [43]

Service

British Army [6478] Royal Navy [595] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [471] Canadian Expeditionary Force [357] Australian Imperial Force [280] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [92] Other Empire Force [10] South African Services [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [8394] R [5] W [4] J [2] S [2] E [1] G [1] L [1] M [1] O [1] T [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8245] Merchant Navy [117] Conscientious Objector [26]

Country

United Kingdom [179] New Zealand [3] Australia [2] Canada [1] Guyana [1] India [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] Yemen [1]

Harold Barker

Died 1917

British Army 16766 Private 7th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 9th Battalion Private York and Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 16766 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Barker

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army

British Army T/418566 Driver Royal Army Service Corps Clearing Office

British Army TR/10/192246 Private Training Reserve 246th Recruit Distribution Training Reserve, 24th Battalion

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Robert William Henry Barker

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 23619 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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John Barker

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 18193 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Lilian Charlotte Barker

Born 1874

Died 1955

Other Empire Force Chief Lady Superintendent Woolwich Arsenal

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John Wood Barker

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 14827 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 220423 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Henry Barker

Born 1880

Died 1930

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1326 Sapper

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal NZE T. Co

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Robert Winter Barker

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295695

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William Henry Barker

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army L/8844 Driver Royal Field Artillery 150th Brigade

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Arthur J Barker

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 5387 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1/8th west Battalion

British Army 5387 Rifleman West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales) Regiment. 1/8th Battalion

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Walter Barker

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 14949 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 14949 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn.

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Joseph Barker

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 16351 Private 18th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd Liverpool Pals 18th Battalion

British Army 16351 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Cecil Noel Barker

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army E/2155 Private East Surrey Regiment 5th east Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frederick Barker

Died 1916

British Army 11768 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 11768 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert E Barker

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 19773 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edgar Barker

Born 1900

Died 1968

British Army TR/4/7691 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 29685 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Edward Walter Barker

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Albion Mitchell Barker

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion attd 2nd/5th Battalions

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William Barker

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1/2445 Rifleman 1st Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion.

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James Barker

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 10th southst Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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