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Melbourne Victoria [44]

Sydney New South Wales [36]

London England [22]

Liverpool, Lancashire [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [18]

London, Middlesex, England [18]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [15]

Adelaide South Australia [14]

Southampton, Hampshire [14]

London, Middlesex [13]

Islington, London [10]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Blackburn, Lancashire [8]

Brighton, Sussex [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Hobart Tasmania [8]

Poplar, London [8]

Accrington, Lancashire [7]

Battersea, London [7]

Burnley, Lancashire [7]

Croydon, Surrey [7]

Guildford, Surrey [7]

Newcastle New South Wales [7]

Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Winchester, Hampshire [7]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [6]

Chichester, Sussex [6]

Deptford, London [6]

Hackney, London [6]

Manchester England [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Preston, Lancashire [6]

Stawell Victoria [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [5]

Christchurch, Hampshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Lambeth, London [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Ashford, Kent [4]

Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

Castlemaine Victoria [4]

Chelsea, London [4]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [3]

Rank

Private [4271]

Gunner [466]

Corporal [378]

Driver [377]

Serjeant [331]

Sapper [258]

Lance Corporal [175]

Second Lieutenant [171]

Acting Corporal [84]

Captain [80]

Lieutenant [69]

Pioneer [68]

Acting Serjeant [65]

Bombardier [48]

Major [30]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [30]

Staff Serjeant [24]

Rifleman [23]

Lance Serjeant [21]

Able Seaman [18]

Acting Bombardier [16]

Colour Serjeant [16]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Trooper [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Temporary Major [7]

Acting Staff Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Sergeant [5]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Worker [4]

Unit

Labour Corps [543]

Royal Engineers [542]

Royal Field Artillery [531]

Army Service Corps [494]

London Regiment [296]

Royal Garrison Artillery [271]

Royal Army Medical Corps [215]

Machine Gun Corps [178]

Royal Fusiliers [159]

Lancashire Fusiliers [133]

Hampshire Regiment [131]

East Lancashire Regiment [113]

Rifle Brigade [110]

Middlesex Regiment [108]

Manchester Regiment [103]

Liverpool Regiment [102]

Northumberland Fusiliers [98]

Norfolk Regiment [96]

Cheshire Regiment [93]

Durham Light Infantry [89]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [86]

The Queen's Regiment [85]

Gloucestershire Regiment [84]

Essex Regiment [81]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74]

Royal Sussex Regiment [74]

Border Regiment [72]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [72]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [69]

Royal Army Service Corps [68]

Suffolk Regiment [66]

Wiltshire Regiment [66]

West Yorkshire Regiment [63]

Bedfordshire Regiment [62]

East Kent Regiment [62]

Northamptonshire Regiment [62]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [62]

Loyal North lancashire Regiment [61]

Welsh Regiment [61]

Somerset Light Infantry [58]

Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Dorsetshire Regiment [57]

Lincolnshire Regiment [57]

East Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Worcestershire Regiment [55]

Devonshire Regiment [54]

York and Lancaster Regiment [54]

Army Ordnance Corps [52]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [51]

East Surrey Regiment [50]

Service

British Army [6535]

Royal Navy [733]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [550]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [435]

Australian Imperial Force [391]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72]

South African Services [8]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [8876]

G [5]

H [5]

W [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8664]

Merchant Navy [155]

Conscientious Objector [22]

Country

United Kingdom [164]

Australia [2]

Jamaica [2]

New Zealand [2]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [44] Sydney New South Wales [36] London England [22] Liverpool, Lancashire [18] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [18] London, Middlesex, England [18] Southampton, Hampshire, England [15] Adelaide South Australia [14] Southampton, Hampshire [14] London, Middlesex [13] Islington, London [10] Brisbane Queensland [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Blackburn, Lancashire [8] Brighton, Sussex [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Hobart Tasmania [8] Poplar, London [8] Accrington, Lancashire [7] Battersea, London [7] Burnley, Lancashire [7] Croydon, Surrey [7] Guildford, Surrey [7] Newcastle New South Wales [7] Norwich, Norfolk [7] Wigan, Lancashire [7] Winchester, Hampshire [7] Bournemouth, Hampshire [6] Chichester, Sussex [6] Deptford, London [6] Hackney, London [6] Manchester England [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Preston, Lancashire [6] Stawell Victoria [6] Bolton, Lancashire [5] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [5] Christchurch, Hampshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Lambeth, London [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Ashford, Kent [4] Carlisle, Cumberland [4] Castlemaine Victoria [4] Chelsea, London [4] Manchester, Lancashire, England [4] Marylebone, London [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [3]

Rank

Private [4271] Gunner [466] Corporal [378] Driver [377] Serjeant [331] Sapper [258] Lance Corporal [175] Second Lieutenant [171] Acting Corporal [84] Captain [80] Lieutenant [69] Pioneer [68] Acting Serjeant [65] Bombardier [48] Major [30] Warrant Officer Class 2 [30] Staff Serjeant [24] Rifleman [23] Lance Serjeant [21] Able Seaman [18] Acting Bombardier [16] Colour Serjeant [16] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12] Company Serjeant Major [12] Trooper [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Ordinary Seaman [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [8] Battery Serjeant Major [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Temporary Major [7] Acting Staff Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [6] Petty Officer [6] Deck Hand [5] Sergeant [5] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Acting Captain [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Leading Seaman [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Worker [4]

Unit

Labour Corps [543] Royal Engineers [542] Royal Field Artillery [531] Army Service Corps [494] London Regiment [296] Royal Garrison Artillery [271] Royal Army Medical Corps [215] Machine Gun Corps [178] Royal Fusiliers [159] Lancashire Fusiliers [133] Hampshire Regiment [131] East Lancashire Regiment [113] Rifle Brigade [110] Middlesex Regiment [108] Manchester Regiment [103] Liverpool Regiment [102] Northumberland Fusiliers [98] Norfolk Regiment [96] Cheshire Regiment [93] Durham Light Infantry [89] King's Royal Rifle Corps [86] The Queen's Regiment [85] Gloucestershire Regiment [84] Essex Regiment [81] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74] Royal Sussex Regiment [74] Border Regiment [72] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [72] Royal Berkshire Regiment [69] Royal Army Service Corps [68] Suffolk Regiment [66] Wiltshire Regiment [66] West Yorkshire Regiment [63] Bedfordshire Regiment [62] East Kent Regiment [62] Northamptonshire Regiment [62] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [62] Loyal North lancashire Regiment [61] Welsh Regiment [61] Somerset Light Infantry [58] Yorkshire Regiment [58] Dorsetshire Regiment [57] Lincolnshire Regiment [57] East Yorkshire Regiment [56] Worcestershire Regiment [55] Devonshire Regiment [54] York and Lancaster Regiment [54] Army Ordnance Corps [52] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [51] East Surrey Regiment [50]

Service

British Army [6535] Royal Navy [733] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [550] Canadian Expeditionary Force [435] Australian Imperial Force [391] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72] South African Services [8] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [8876] G [5] H [5] W [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8664] Merchant Navy [155] Conscientious Objector [22]

Country

United Kingdom [164] Australia [2] Jamaica [2] New Zealand [2] Barbados [1] Canada [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick Robert D Barnes

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279207

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Albert Edward Barnes

Born 1880

Died 1926

British Army 202047 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 55222 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Joseph Thomas Barnes

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6784 Private Australian Infantry 48th Battalion

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Eli Barnes

Born 1888

Died 1971

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS St George

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

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Robert James Barnes

Born 1878

Died 1967

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 55026 Rifleman

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Frederick John Barnes

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6337 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6337 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Edward William Barnes

Born 1895

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42054

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Edward William Barnes

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

South African Services Second Lieutenant Natal Mounted Rifles

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division attached 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Barnes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 15669 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Caleb Joseph Barnes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6203 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 6203 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Caleb Barnes

Born 1898

Died 1961

British Army 306965 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Barnes

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437863

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437863 Private Canadian Infantry 51st Battalion

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Albert White Barnes

Born 1890

Died 1986

British Army 26767 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Herbert Barnes

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 128483 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1021047 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Richard Barnes

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11923 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 11923 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Barnes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 12439 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 40002 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Stanley Charles Barnes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313020

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William Alfred Barnes

Born 1886

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61925

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John Thomas Barnes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2564 Private South StaffordshireRegiment

British Army 408265 Private Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408265 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Henry John Barnes

Born 1890

British Army 4/2931 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200843 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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