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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]

Ernest A Barker

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 17391 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Harold Frederick Barker

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Fred Barker

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15045 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 15045 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 15045 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Abraham Barker

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army G/66874 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Abraham Barker

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 66874 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/66874 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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William Barker

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477038

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477038 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Charles William Barker

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234883

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Samuel J Barker

Born 1879

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86675

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Holroyd Birkett Barker

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Vernon Barker

Died 1918

British Army 27998 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Sidney J Barker

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 2194 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 94442 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 94442 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Albert Aspden Barker

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army SE/8305 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army R34429 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd

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George Edward Barker

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 9455 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Sydney Allen Barker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 27326 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 29258 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Robert Roger Barker

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3761 Private Scots Guards

British Army 8761 Guardsman Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Edward Barker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 217540 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert Gilbert Barker

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 47222 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Herbert Barker

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195934

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Frank Barker

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31642

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Thomas Roland Barker

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164652

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