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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 Claude Frederick Vaudrey Mill Barker

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

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Mabel Scott

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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C L Raymond-Barker

British Army 1760 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Fusiliers

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Isabella Baird Barker

British Army Staff Nurse Reinforcements

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Kedgwin Samuel Andrew Kenneth Barker-Simson

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Leonard E H Rose Barker, M.b.

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps General List

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F C Johnston-Barker

British Army 01458 Sub Conductor Army Ordnance Corps

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W C F V Barker-Mill

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Laurence Wilis Ollekamshaw

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS104120

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Adela Yates Later Barker

British Army 5968 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1363 Driver Women's Royal Air Force

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C Raymond-Barker

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Mabel Barker (mrs Scott)

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Ethel Barker (mrs Lamb)

British Army Order of Saint John

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Eileen N Eyre (mrs Barker)

British Army Secretary Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Doris N Sheppard (mrs Barker)

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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