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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]

Sydney New South Wales [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]

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]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

East Surrey 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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Place of birth

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] Sydney New South Wales [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]

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] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] East Surrey 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]

Benjamin Wingate Barrow

Born 1878

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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David William Barrow

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3164 RN Corporal Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Harry Spencer Barrow

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144811

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William Barrow

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91505

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George Walter Barrow

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 117 Company Serjeant Major Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240011 Company Sergeant Major King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/5 Btn

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Harry Joseph Barrow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213320

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Ernest Barrow

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42521

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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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Charles Henry Brindley Barrow

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1149 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Henry Barrow

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 166301 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Barrow

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2305 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Daniel Barrow

Died 1916

British Army 16990 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 16990 private Manchester Regiment 12th Bn

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Phillip Barrow

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43154

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Harold Barrow

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147030

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George Barrow

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4584 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241967 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241967 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd/5th Battalion

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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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Lawrence Alfred Howard Barrow

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Stirling Barrow

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80585

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George Barrow

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115061

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Leonard Barrow

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48193

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