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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]

William J Barker

Born 1875

British Army 98697 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98697 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Joseph Barker

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 33404 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 2099 Private Royal Scots

British Army 325654 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Depot

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Owen Felix Barker

Born 1888

Died 1944

Royal Navy F.34325 AC II HMS President I (Crystal Palce)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234325

Royal Navy F.34325 AC I HMS Daedalus

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William George Barker

Born 1894

Died 1930

Canadian Expeditionary Force 106074 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Air Force

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Richard Vincent Barker

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Barker

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6093 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles William Tone Barker

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 15 Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 15 Battalion

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry

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John Hawksworth Jackson Barker

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Ernest Barker

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 19151 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 19151 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Joseph Henry Barker

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654005

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654005 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Barker

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 221

Canadian Expeditionary Force 221 Private Canadian Divisional H.Q. 3rd

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William Henry Barker

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 25219 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Evelyn Hugh Barker

Born 1894

Died 1983

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Jonathan Coulthard Barker

Born 1887

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44949 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Edward Arthur Barker

Born 1877

Died 1958

British Army Honorary Lieutenant 2nd Quarter Master 5th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Major Captain Royal Engineers General List

British Army Major Signals Experimental Establishment

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William Barker

Born 1891

British Army 53896 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force

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Charles Barker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army TF205141 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 12th Battalion

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John William Barker

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 5448 Private Scots Guards

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William Arthur John Barker

Born 1879

Died 1924

British Army 2nd Major South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 1st Lieutenant Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment 8th southst Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment 8th southst Battalion

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Alfred Barker

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 764 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 203386 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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