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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Romford, Essex [3]

West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3]

Bedfordshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

London England [2]

Maulden, Bedfordshire [2]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Warwick, Warwickshire [2]

Ballinastow, Wicklow [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedfordshire England [1]

Bethnal Green, East London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Calcutta [1]

Canterbury, Kent, England [1]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Chester [1]

Chigwell, Epping, Essex [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dongara Western Australia [1]

Felstead, Essex [1]

Freemantle Southampton [1]

Gosport, England [1]

Great Western Victoria [1]

Greenwich [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Happy Valley Victoria [1]

Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Hinckley, Leicestershire [1]

Hitchin Road, Clifton, near Biggleswade, Beds. [1]

Rank

Private [461]

Corporal [40]

Gunner [38]

Driver [35]

Serjeant [35]

Sapper [20]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lance Corporal [11]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [5]

Rifleman [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Wheeler [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

ALIAS Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Filter [1]

Foreman of Works Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Mechanic Staff Serjeant [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [65]

Labour Corps [59]

London Regiment [51]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Royal Engineers [44]

Essex Regiment [32]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Bedfordshire Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Hertfordshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Kent Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [661]

Royal Navy [64]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [844]

R [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [829]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Marylebone, London [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Romford, Essex [3] West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3] Bedfordshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] London England [2] Maulden, Bedfordshire [2] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Warwick, Warwickshire [2] Ballinastow, Wicklow [1] Barking, Essex [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedfordshire England [1] Bethnal Green, East London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Calcutta [1] Canterbury, Kent, England [1] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Chester [1] Chigwell, Epping, Essex [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dongara Western Australia [1] Felstead, Essex [1] Freemantle Southampton [1] Gosport, England [1] Great Western Victoria [1] Greenwich [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland [1] Happy Valley Victoria [1] Hinckley, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Hinckley, Leicestershire [1] Hitchin Road, Clifton, near Biggleswade, Beds. [1]

Rank

Private [461] Corporal [40] Gunner [38] Driver [35] Serjeant [35] Sapper [20] Second Lieutenant [18] Lance Corporal [11] Bombardier [7] Acting Corporal [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [5] Rifleman [5] Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Wheeler [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] ALIAS Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Clerk [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Filter [1] Foreman of Works Serjeant Major [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Mechanic Staff Serjeant [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [65] Labour Corps [59] London Regiment [51] Royal Field Artillery [50] Royal Engineers [44] Essex Regiment [32] Royal Fusiliers [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Bedfordshire Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Norfolk Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Hertfordshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Cambridgeshire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Kent Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [661] Royal Navy [64] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [844] R [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [829] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

Francis Augustus Bass

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26959

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Frederick Bass

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55000

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Isaac Bastarrechea

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271517 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Vivid II, Firequeen, Vivid II, Defiance, Vivid II, Excellent, Vivid II

Royal Navy 271517 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Duke of Edinburgh, Vivid II, Mars, Forth

Royal Navy 271517 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMSs Forth, Pactolus, Vivid II, Centurion, Vivid II

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Gustavus Bass

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/10193 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick Bass

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 7388 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7388 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7388 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Sydney Parnham Collins Bass

Born 1882

British Army 2218 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200505 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Samuel Bass

Australian Imperial Force 2442

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Philip Burnett Bass

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion (Territorial)

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Victor Abraham Bass

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army PS/4594 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 34594 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Alfred Bass

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 38314 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd

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Reginald Bass

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216977

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William Frederick Bass

Born 1880

Died 1938

British Army 11440 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 146 Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 146 Battery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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William George Bass

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 201300 Leading Seaman HM Submarine E18

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Albert Bass

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7063

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Percy Bass

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108663

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Elias Bass

British Army R/15698 Acting Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

South African Services South African Medical Corps 10th Mounted Field Ambulance

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Lewis Sidney Bass

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223012

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Alfred Bass

Died 1916

British Army 83285 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Albert Bass

Died 1916

British Army 15678 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 15678 Private Essex Regiment

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Albert Bass

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2982 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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