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Melbourne Victoria [29]

Sydney New South Wales [23]

Adelaide South Australia [15]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

London, Middlesex [11]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

Cork [10]

Camberwell, London [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Devonport, Devon [8]

Perth Western Australia [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Swindon, Wiltshire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Islington, London, Middlesex [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Shoreditch, London [5]

West Ham, Essex [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Hammersmith, London [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

London England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Walthamstow, Essex [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bunbury Western Australia [3]

Dublin [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Gunnislake, Cornwall [3]

London [3]

Newbury, Berkshire [3]

Oxford [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Westminster, London [3]

Abercarn, Monmouthshire [2]

Bacup, Lancashire [2]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [2]

Bournemouth England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2786]

Gunner [285]

Driver [240]

Serjeant [212]

Sapper [164]

Corporal 2nd [144]

Second Lieutenant [112]

Corporal [78]

Lance Corporal [72]

Captain [63]

Pioneer [55]

Lieutenant [45]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Bombardier [27]

Acting Corporal [22]

Lance Corporal 2nd [21]

Rifleman [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Acting Corporal 2nd [16]

Major [16]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Colonel [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Worker [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Nurse [5]

Sister [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Bandsman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [366]

Royal Field Artillery [358]

Royal Engineers [318]

Army Service Corps [282]

London Regiment [194]

Royal Garrison Artillery [156]

Machine Gun Corps [133]

Royal Fusiliers [111]

Royal Army Medical Corps [109]

Manchester Regiment [78]

Middlesex Regiment [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

Rifle Brigade [69]

West Yorkshire Regiment [66]

Norfolk Regiment [65]

West Riding Regiment [62]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [61]

Liverpool Regiment [59]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [56]

Welsh Regiment [56]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [54]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

Hampshire Regiment [51]

Lancashire Fusiliers [51]

Dorsetshire Regiment [50]

Essex Regiment [49]

Suffolk Regiment [49]

Royal Army Service Corps [48]

Devonshire Regiment [47]

East Lancashire Regiment [47]

Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Durham Light Infantry [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45]

Somerset Light Infantry [43]

British West Indies Regiment [42]

East Yorkshire Regiment [41]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

East Surrey Regiment [37]

Gloucestershire Regiment [37]

East Kent Regiment [36]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [36]

Army Ordnance Corps [35]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [33]

Royal Sussex Regiment [33]

Wiltshire Regiment [33]

Army Veterinary Corps [32]

South Lancashire Regiment [32]

Northamptonshire Regiment [31]

Service

British Army [4222]

Royal Navy [465]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [339]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [310]

Australian Imperial Force [256]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [63]

Other Empire Force [8]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [5742]

M [23]

K [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5626]

Merchant Navy [100]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [97]

Ireland [5]

South Africa [2]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [29] Sydney New South Wales [23] Adelaide South Australia [15] London, Middlesex, England [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] London, Middlesex [11] Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] Cork [10] Camberwell, London [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Devonport, Devon [8] Perth Western Australia [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Swindon, Wiltshire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Islington, London, Middlesex [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Shoreditch, London [5] West Ham, Essex [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Hammersmith, London [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] London England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Walthamstow, Essex [4] Battersea, London [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Bunbury Western Australia [3] Dublin [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Gunnislake, Cornwall [3] London [3] Newbury, Berkshire [3] Oxford [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Westminster, London [3] Abercarn, Monmouthshire [2] Bacup, Lancashire [2] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [2] Bournemouth England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2786] Gunner [285] Driver [240] Serjeant [212] Sapper [164] Corporal 2nd [144] Second Lieutenant [112] Corporal [78] Lance Corporal [72] Captain [63] Pioneer [55] Lieutenant [45] Acting Serjeant [35] Bombardier [27] Acting Corporal [22] Lance Corporal 2nd [21] Rifleman [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Acting Corporal 2nd [16] Major [16] Staff Serjeant [14] Acting Bombardier [12] Able Seaman [11] Colour Serjeant [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Colonel [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Worker [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Deck Hand [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Nurse [5] Sister [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Private Acting Lance Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Bandsman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [366] Royal Field Artillery [358] Royal Engineers [318] Army Service Corps [282] London Regiment [194] Royal Garrison Artillery [156] Machine Gun Corps [133] Royal Fusiliers [111] Royal Army Medical Corps [109] Manchester Regiment [78] Middlesex Regiment [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] Rifle Brigade [69] West Yorkshire Regiment [66] Norfolk Regiment [65] West Riding Regiment [62] Royal Berkshire Regiment [61] Liverpool Regiment [59] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [56] Welsh Regiment [56] King's Royal Rifle Corps [54] The Queen's Regiment [53] Hampshire Regiment [51] Lancashire Fusiliers [51] Dorsetshire Regiment [50] Essex Regiment [49] Suffolk Regiment [49] Royal Army Service Corps [48] Devonshire Regiment [47] East Lancashire Regiment [47] Yorkshire Regiment [47] Durham Light Infantry [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45] Somerset Light Infantry [43] British West Indies Regiment [42] East Yorkshire Regiment [41] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40] Cheshire Regiment [38] East Surrey Regiment [37] Gloucestershire Regiment [37] East Kent Regiment [36] Royal Munster Fusiliers [36] Army Ordnance Corps [35] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [33] Royal Sussex Regiment [33] Wiltshire Regiment [33] Army Veterinary Corps [32] South Lancashire Regiment [32] Northamptonshire Regiment [31]

Service

British Army [4222] Royal Navy [465] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [339] Canadian Expeditionary Force [310] Australian Imperial Force [256] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [63] Other Empire Force [8] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [5742] M [23] K [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5626] Merchant Navy [100] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [97] Ireland [5] South Africa [2] Belgium [1] Canada [1] France [1] Germany [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1]

Rodney Barrett

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 28309 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred James Barrett

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 7/836 Private Northumberland Regiment 1/7th northumberland Battalion

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Sophia Violet Barrett

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Nurse

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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John Lewis Barrett

Born 1899

Died 1965

British Army 50763 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Barrett

Died 1915

British Army 9167 Corporal 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9167 Acting Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9167 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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George Barrett

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 137455 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 279th Siege Bty.

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Bernard Thomas Barrett

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 6935 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Lindsay Alfred Barrett

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Northumberland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Slade Barrett

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 508628 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 20223 Sapper Somerset Light Infantry

British Army T 5098 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Barrett

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6475 Private Essex Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

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Charles George Barrett

Born 1886

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207256

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Frederick Barrett

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 333 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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George Edward Barrett

Died 1918

British Army 24919 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 139218 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Herbert Barrett

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17557 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th east Battalion

British Army 17557 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frederick Walter Barrett

Born 1863

Died 1918

British Army 116426 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Arthur Barrett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212199

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John Barrett

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61100

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Frederick Barrett

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281092

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Frederick Barrett

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40037

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William Edmund Barrett

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29758

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