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Melbourne Victoria [42]

Sydney New South Wales [26]

Hobart Tasmania [9]

London, Middlesex [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Holloway, London [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Barwon Heads Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Cheltenham [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Acton, London [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Belfast [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]

Botley, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bywell, Northumberland [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2]

Christchurch [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Dunolly Victoria [2]

Emsworth, Hampshire, England [2]

Frederickton New South Wales [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Mildura Victoria [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1719]

Gunner [194]

Corporal [135]

Driver [134]

Serjeant [127]

Sapper [111]

Second Lieutenant [85]

Lance Corporal [60]

Captain [42]

Lieutenant [34]

Pioneer [30]

Acting Corporal [20]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Bombardier [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Major [14]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Rifleman [12]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Private Lance Corporal [9]

Worker [8]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sister [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bearer [2]

Driver Acting Bombardier [2]

Driver Acting Wheeler [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [233]

Labour Corps [227]

Royal Field Artillery [206]

Army Service Corps [164]

London Regiment [115]

Royal Garrison Artillery [109]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [85]

Machine Gun Corps [84]

Royal Army Medical Corps [73]

Royal Fusiliers [70]

Middlesex Regiment [69]

Gloucestershire Regiment [47]

Cheshire Regiment [45]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [45]

North StaffordshireRegiment [44]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [42]

Welsh Regiment [42]

Manchester Regiment [41]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Lincolnshire Regiment [37]

The Queen's Regiment [34]

Worcestershire Regiment [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Sussex Regiment [33]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [30]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

East Surrey Regiment [27]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Wiltshire Regiment [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

British West Indies Regiment [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [21]

South StaffordshireRegiment [21]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Bedfordshire Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

Gordon Highlanders [18]

Royal Highlanders [18]

Service

British Army [2640]

Royal Navy [224]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218]

Australian Imperial Force [190]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [163]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [3530]

R [3]

G [2]

H [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3478]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [1]

Yemen [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [42] Sydney New South Wales [26] Hobart Tasmania [9] London, Middlesex [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Croydon, Surrey [5] Perth Western Australia [5] Holloway, London [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Barwon Heads Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3] Cheltenham [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Deptford, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Staffordshire [3] Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Acton, London [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Belfast [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2] Botley, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bywell, Northumberland [2] Chelsea, London [2] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2] Christchurch [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Dunolly Victoria [2] Emsworth, Hampshire, England [2] Frederickton New South Wales [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Mildura Victoria [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1719] Gunner [194] Corporal [135] Driver [134] Serjeant [127] Sapper [111] Second Lieutenant [85] Lance Corporal [60] Captain [42] Lieutenant [34] Pioneer [30] Acting Corporal [20] Acting Serjeant [20] Bombardier [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Major [14] Staff Serjeant [13] Rifleman [12] Lance Serjeant [9] Private Lance Corporal [9] Worker [8] Colour Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Able Seaman [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sister [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bearer [2] Driver Acting Bombardier [2] Driver Acting Wheeler [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [233] Labour Corps [227] Royal Field Artillery [206] Army Service Corps [164] London Regiment [115] Royal Garrison Artillery [109] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [85] Machine Gun Corps [84] Royal Army Medical Corps [73] Royal Fusiliers [70] Middlesex Regiment [69] Gloucestershire Regiment [47] Cheshire Regiment [45] King's Royal Rifle Corps [45] North StaffordshireRegiment [44] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [42] Welsh Regiment [42] Manchester Regiment [41] Rifle Brigade [38] Lincolnshire Regiment [37] The Queen's Regiment [34] Worcestershire Regiment [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Royal Sussex Regiment [33] Durham Light Infantry [30] Royal Berkshire Regiment [30] Leicestershire Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29] Yorkshire Regiment [28] East Surrey Regiment [27] Liverpool Regiment [27] Somerset Light Infantry [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Devonshire Regiment [24] Wiltshire Regiment [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] British West Indies Regiment [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [21] South StaffordshireRegiment [21] Hampshire Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Royal Naval Division [20] Bedfordshire Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [18] Gordon Highlanders [18] Royal Highlanders [18]

Service

British Army [2640] Royal Navy [224] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218] Australian Imperial Force [190] Canadian Expeditionary Force [163] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [3530] R [3] G [2] H [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3478] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [73] Ireland [2] New Zealand [1] Yemen [1]

Francis John Barnett

Born 1885

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 38255 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick William Barnett

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 4536 S.S.M Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

British Army 4536 Staff Sergeant Major 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

British Army 4536 Squadron Serjeant Major 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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Ettie Barnett

Born 1857

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

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Wyndham James Barnett

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 36709 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 67977 Private Labour Corps

British Army 42024 Private Essex Regiment

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Herbert William Barnett

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 267159 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 267159 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army 5913 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Arthur Frederick Barnett

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 13529 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Albert Barnett

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 25872 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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K Barnett

Born 1886

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Sailor Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Antinoe" S.S. "Antinoe"

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Phillip Barnett

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9070 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Barnett

Born 1884

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Hubert Leslie Barnett

Born 1899

British Army 17 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 6th (Cyclist) Battalion

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Ernest Hector Barnett

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 394093 (Originally 8296) Private London Regiment 2nd battalion

British Army 51572 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Bret Hercules Barnett

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 20571 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 11 Battalion

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George Barnett

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 9562 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Thomas Barnett

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2602 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Donald Barnett

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy 298715 Leading Stoker H.M.S. "P19"

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Percy Barnett

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98498

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Thomas Barnett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48200

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Alfred Barnett

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67911

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Isaacs Barnett

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88973

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