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Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2]

Chard, Somerset [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Barnet [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Candelo New South Wales [1]

Caniambo Victoria [1]

Cape Town [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

City London [1]

Dunedin [1]

Ennistimon, Clare [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Leicester [1]

Leominster, Herefordshire [1]

Little Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverton, Devon [1]

Lockerbie, Dumfries [1]

Mintaro South Australia [1]

Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Nhill Victoria [1]

North Curry, Somerset [1]

Portishead, Somerset, England [1]

Shepparton Victoria [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

St George, Hanover Square, London [1]

Steyning, Hove, Sussex [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [1]

Swyford, Hampshire, England [1]

Tekaraka [1]

Rank

Private [137]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Driver [15]

Gunner [15]

Corporal 2nd [11]

Serjeant [8]

Major [7]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain Honorary Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Medicin Chef [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Adjutant and Acting Lieutenant [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Temporary Bombardier [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Adjutant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [18]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

London Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Northumberland Hussars [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [239]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [339]

Contribution

Military Service [333]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2] Chard, Somerset [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Barnet [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Candelo New South Wales [1] Caniambo Victoria [1] Cape Town [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] City London [1] Dunedin [1] Ennistimon, Clare [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Leicester [1] Leominster, Herefordshire [1] Little Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverton, Devon [1] Lockerbie, Dumfries [1] Mintaro South Australia [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Nhill Victoria [1] North Curry, Somerset [1] Portishead, Somerset, England [1] Shepparton Victoria [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] St George, Hanover Square, London [1] Steyning, Hove, Sussex [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [1] Swyford, Hampshire, England [1] Tekaraka [1]

Rank

Private [137] Second Lieutenant [18] Driver [15] Gunner [15] Corporal 2nd [11] Serjeant [8] Major [7] Captain [5] Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Bombardier [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain Honorary Major [1] Captain Major [1] Colonel [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Medicin Chef [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Adjutant and Acting Lieutenant [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Temporary Bombardier [1] Temporary Lieutenant Adjutant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [18] Devonshire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Liverpool Regiment [6] London Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Northumberland Hussars [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [239] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [339]

Contribution

Military Service [333] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Allen F Barrington

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20469 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 11th Bn

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Rupert Edward Selborne Barrington

Born 1877

Died 1975

British Army Temporary Major Scottish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Scottish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Black Watch

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John Barrington

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70906

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Ernest John Barrington

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185860

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Dan Barrington

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34535

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James Barrington

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65993

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Frederick Barrington

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260276

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Hubert Barrington

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13439

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William Gilbert Barrington

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 59181 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Barrington

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 28199 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Allan Leslie Barrington

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Henry Barrington

Born 1897

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/2252 New Zealand Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Trooper New Zealand Mounted Rifles Otago Mounted Rifles

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George Barrington

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army 126414 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery S Anti Aircraft Section London Divisional Ammunition Column

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Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

British Army Major Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Harold Barrington

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 12370 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Ernest Sidney Barrington

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 7064 Private Border Regiment

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Aubrey L. B. Barrington

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8647 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Barrington

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 51722 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 51722 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Henry Barrington

Died 1915

British Army G/9573 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur George Barrington

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196378

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