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Dartford, Kent [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Brentford, Middlesex, England [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Kimberley [2]

Leeds England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Reigate, Surrey [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Tumut New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Baurgh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Borstal, Kent [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Burleigh, Somerset [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Catford, Kent, England [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England [1]

Dorset [1]

Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex [1]

Earls Colne, Essex [1]

East Dean [1]

East Dean, Sussex [1]

Eastville, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Echunga South Australia [1]

Enborne, Berkshire [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Gravesend England [1]

Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [290]

Driver [27]

Gunner [25]

Sapper [22]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Corporal 2nd [19]

Serjeant [18]

Captain [17]

Major [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Colonel [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boatswain [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend C7 4* Class [1]

Second Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Signaller [1]

Skipper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Royal Engineers [37]

Labour Corps [35]

Army Service Corps [32]

London Regiment [23]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

General Headquarters Staff [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Artillery [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Service

British Army [467]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [663]

Contribution

Military Service [647]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Dartford, Kent [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Brentford, Middlesex, England [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Dover, Kent [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Kilburn, London [2] Kimberley [2] Leeds England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Reigate, Surrey [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Tumut New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Baurgh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Borstal, Kent [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Brixton, London [1] Burleigh, Somerset [1] Camberwell, London [1] Catford, Kent, England [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England [1] Dorset [1] Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex [1] Earls Colne, Essex [1] East Dean [1] East Dean, Sussex [1] Eastville, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Echunga South Australia [1] Enborne, Berkshire [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Gravesend England [1] Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [290] Driver [27] Gunner [25] Sapper [22] Second Lieutenant [21] Corporal 2nd [19] Serjeant [18] Captain [17] Major [11] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [9] Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Able Seaman [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Colonel [2] Worker [2] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Boatswain [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend C7 4* Class [1] Second Lieutenant (Special Reserve) [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Signaller [1] Skipper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [38] Royal Engineers [37] Labour Corps [35] Army Service Corps [32] London Regiment [23] Royal Fusiliers [18] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] The Queen's Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] British West Indies Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] General Headquarters Staff [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Artillery [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3]

Service

British Army [467] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [663]

Contribution

Military Service [647] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [21] India [1]

William George Bartholomew

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3569 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Border Regiment

British Army 3569 Warrant Officer Class 2 Border Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Thomas Joseph Bartholomew

Born 1879

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Boatswain Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine - SS Ausonia

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William Thomas Bartholomew

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army

British Army G/4353 lance corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Batt

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Albert Ernest Bartholomew

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy K23303

Royal Navy K/23303 Stoker, 1st Class HMS Pincher

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Henry George Bartholomew

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 18307 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18307 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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George Bartholomew

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 10932 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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John Robert Bartholomew

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 374600 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 374600 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8656 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Edward Bartholomew

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33439

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Walter Bartholomew

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164004

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Courtney Albert Bartholomew

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53942

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William James Bartholomew

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34413

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William Christopher Bartholomew

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38895 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Alfred James Bartholomew

Born 1894

Died 1981

Royal Navy K20347

Royal Navy K20347 Stoker 1st Class HMS Minion

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Edward Bartholomew

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39573

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Claude Bartholomew

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

British Army Scots Guards

British Army Captain Scots Guards attached Machine Gun Corps

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Stanley Bond Bartholomew

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65276

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Victor William Bartholomew

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16557

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Joseph Edward Bartholomew

Born 1862

Died 1917

British Army 20187 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Bartholomew

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7279 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7721 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 267185 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 22nd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

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Arthur Bartholomew

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 86497 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 86497 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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