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Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Burghead Morayshire [2]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Islington, London [2]

Jondaryan Queensland [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Macduff, Banffshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mevagissey, Cornwall [2]

Montrose, Forfarshire [2]

Nairn [2]

Nairn, Nairnshire [2]

Narrogin Western Australia [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Silverton New South Wales [2]

Toolamba Victoria [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aligarh, Bengal [1]

Auckland [1]

Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Ballina, Mayo [1]

Ballyhack, County Wexford [1]

Ballyhack, Wexford [1]

Banff [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Biddestone Queensland [1]

Billericay, Essex [1]

Birtley, Durham [1]

Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Cairney Banffshire Scotland [1]

California [1]

Cappoquin, Waterford [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Charleville Queensland [1]

Clonmel, Tipperary [1]

Clydebank Scotland [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [524]

Gunner [67]

Serjeant [54]

Driver [38]

Sapper [30]

Corporal 2nd [27]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [21]

Major [16]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [14]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Rifleman [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Seaman [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Cook [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Lay Staff [2]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Skipper [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Volunteer [2]

Worker [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Royal Engineers [67]

Labour Corps [62]

Army Service Corps [59]

Gordon Highlanders [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

London Regiment [23]

Seaforth Highlanders [22]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Scots [14]

West Riding Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Regiment [11]

Cameron Highlanders [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [5]

Royal Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [860]

Royal Navy [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [79]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1178]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1126]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Mexico [1]

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Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Burghead Morayshire [2] Eton, Buckinghamshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Islington, London [2] Jondaryan Queensland [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Macduff, Banffshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mevagissey, Cornwall [2] Montrose, Forfarshire [2] Nairn [2] Nairn, Nairnshire [2] Narrogin Western Australia [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Silverton New South Wales [2] Toolamba Victoria [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aligarh, Bengal [1] Auckland [1] Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Ballina, Mayo [1] Ballyhack, County Wexford [1] Ballyhack, Wexford [1] Banff [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Biddestone Queensland [1] Billericay, Essex [1] Birtley, Durham [1] Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Cairney Banffshire Scotland [1] California [1] Cappoquin, Waterford [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Charleville Queensland [1] Clonmel, Tipperary [1] Clydebank Scotland [1] Colchester, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [524] Gunner [67] Serjeant [54] Driver [38] Sapper [30] Corporal 2nd [27] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [21] Major [16] Captain [15] Lieutenant [15] Corporal [14] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Rifleman [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [4] Seaman [4] Staff Nurse [4] Temporary Major [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Cook [2] Deck Hand [2] Flying Officer [2] Lay Staff [2] Major Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Skipper [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Volunteer [2] Worker [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [69] Royal Engineers [67] Labour Corps [62] Army Service Corps [59] Gordon Highlanders [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Durham Light Infantry [36] Machine Gun Corps [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] London Regiment [23] Seaforth Highlanders [22] Royal Naval Division [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Highland Light Infantry [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Scots [14] West Riding Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Royal Irish Regiment [11] Cameron Highlanders [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Border Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Highlanders [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Tank Corps [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [5] Royal Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Hampshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [860] Royal Navy [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [79] Australian Imperial Force [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1178] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1126] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Canada [1] France [1] Mexico [1]

Ernest Barron

Born 1893

Died 1954

Australian Imperial Force 3259 Private 5th A 53rd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3259 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 2nd Battalion

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Colin Fraser Barron

Born 1893

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404017 Corporal 3rd (Toronto) Battalion

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Charles Barron

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 21742 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/40730 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/40730 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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Leslie Barron

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1658 Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 1 Training Depot Station, RAF Wittering

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Herbert Barron

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6341 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6341 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Frank Thomas Barron

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army C/461 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps Church Lads Brigade

British Army C/461 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

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Cyril Alexander Barron

Born 1879

Died 1950

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Service Corps

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John Alfred Barron

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 95895 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Ashby Barron

Born 1872

Died 1926

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Netterville Guy Barron

Born 1867

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Garrison Artillery

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Vivian Robert Barron

Born 1896

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Major Royal Horse and Royal Field Artilley

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Eustace Barron

Born 1868

Died 1947

British Army 35622 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment Depot

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant and Adjutant Labour Corps

British Army Lieutenant Brabant's Horse 1st Battalion

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Thomas Barron

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3050 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 290837 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 290837 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 7th Batallion

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Nathaniel Barron

Born 1885

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 80594 New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve)

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 80594 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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Simon Barron

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217017

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Robert Alfred Barron

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134651

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Aleck Barron

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300539

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Peter Barron

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/1658 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/1658 Rifleman 4th Rifle Brigrade 4th

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Ellen Barron

Born 1876

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service Third Australian General Hospital

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Edward Cambriel Barron

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75017

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