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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]

Thomas Barron

Died 1918

British Army 58065 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur Morrison Barron

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 7th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Frederick Charles Barron

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army 21394 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 14th Battalion

British Army 26995 Rifleman Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army 26995 Rifleman Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Patrick Barron

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 280460 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Edwin Barron

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198911

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David Barron

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302026

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Augustus Alfred Ward Barron

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 74026 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F5344 Pro POM HMS "President II"

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Edwin Howard Barron

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407870

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Arthur Barron

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187240

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Wilmot Edwin Barron

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306533

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Jonathan Brown Barron

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187815

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George Barron

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25241

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Lewis Barron

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55415

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Alexander Barron

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 59348 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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Robert Wharton Barron

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 16224 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Barron

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65194

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John Barron

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 23762 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 23762 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Barron

Died 1915

British Army 16571 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Frank Barron

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227873

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John Barron

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299126

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