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Melbourne Victoria [11]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Heathfield, Sussex [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [2]

Berwick, Sussex [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Seacombe, Cheshire [2]

Aberavon, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Aintree, Lancashire [1]

Altincham Cheshire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Arrah [1]

Auckland [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Backbarrow, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barnstable.Devon [1]

Barnstaple England [1]

Barnstaple, North Devon [1]

Barrow on Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead,Cheshire. [1]

Rank

Private [662]

Gunner [81]

Driver [59]

Corporal 2nd [49]

Serjeant [49]

Sapper [38]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lance Corporal [29]

Captain [23]

Lieutenant [15]

Pioneer [15]

Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Corporal 2nd [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Major [4]

Sister [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Commander [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [2]

Major General [2]

Orderly [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Saddler [2]

Staff Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Paymaster [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [96]

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Army Service Corps [67]

Labour Corps [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [51]

London Regiment [38]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Manchester Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [28]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Devonshire Regiment [26]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

British West Indies Regiment [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Border Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6]

Service

British Army [1076]

Royal Navy [120]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [1396]

H [3]

L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1366]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Barbados [2]

Jamaica [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [11] Brighton, Sussex [6] Heathfield, Sussex [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Bath, Somerset [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [2] Berwick, Sussex [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Seacombe, Cheshire [2] Aberavon, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Aintree, Lancashire [1] Altincham Cheshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Arrah [1] Auckland [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Backbarrow, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barnstable.Devon [1] Barnstaple England [1] Barnstaple, North Devon [1] Barrow on Furness, Lancashire [1] Bedfordshire [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead,Cheshire. [1]

Rank

Private [662] Gunner [81] Driver [59] Corporal 2nd [49] Serjeant [49] Sapper [38] Second Lieutenant [33] Lance Corporal [29] Captain [23] Lieutenant [15] Pioneer [15] Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [8] Acting Corporal 2nd [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Major [4] Sister [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Commander [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [2] Major General [2] Orderly [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Saddler [2] Staff Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Paymaster [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [96] Royal Field Artillery [86] Army Service Corps [67] Labour Corps [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [51] London Regiment [38] Royal Lancaster Regiment [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Manchester Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [30] Liverpool Regiment [28] South Lancashire Regiment [28] Cheshire Regiment [26] Devonshire Regiment [26] Royal Fusiliers [24] Hampshire Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] East Lancashire Regiment [18] Middlesex Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] British West Indies Regiment [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Border Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Air Force [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6]

Service

British Army [1076] Royal Navy [120] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [1396] H [3] L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1366] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Barbados [2] Jamaica [1] United States [1]

Fred Barrow

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1/1378 Private Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

British Army 1378 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles Depot Battalion

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Howard Cyril Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant Yorks and Lancaster Regiment

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Lucien Leacock Barrow

Born 1898

Died 1983

Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteer Force

British Army 37435 Sapper Royal Engineers 139th Army Troops

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Philip Barrow

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 3727 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 37068 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James Barrow

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant and 2nd Major Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Thomas Barrow

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 8058 Private Manchester Regiment 17th battalion manchest Battalion

British Army 8058 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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George Barrow

Born 1885

British Army 76066 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Reserve Garrison Battalion

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Joseph Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 19321 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 19321 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 16th Btn

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Harold Percy Waller Barrow

Born 1876

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sidney Barrow

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 7101 Private Hampshire Regiment 1 Battalion

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Margaret Ann Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 36156 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Arthur Russell Barrow

Born 1886

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22164

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Tom Barrow

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army SD/3283 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Herbert G Barrow

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army G/3184 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/3184 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Walter Clifford Barrow

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Walkey Barrow

Born 1899

Died 1974

British Army 355542 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 55584 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

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Harold Eustace Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1932

British Army Captain 171st Light Trench Mortar Battery

British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain King's African Rifles

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Harold Barrow

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147030

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Phillip Barrow

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43154

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Alfred Barrow

Born 1897

Other Empire Force 271 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 9328 Private British West Indies Regiment

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