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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]

Reginald Bass

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/30585 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/30585 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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John Bass

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/34886 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Albert Bass

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 21569 Private Essex Regiment

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Alfred Henry Bass

Died 1917

British Army 26792 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Thomas Bass

Died 1918

British Army 57231 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 41698 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur S J Bass

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 101479 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 101479 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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William J Bass

Died 1916

British Army 18392 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Leonard Bass

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 65854 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry P Bass

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army M2/147898 Private Army Service Corps

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Joseph Thurlby Bass

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10970 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Herbert Charles Bass

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 13245 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 61699 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 61699 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Bass

Died 1914

British Army 8310 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Lewin Avery Bass

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27793

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27793 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Edmond Bass

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 794258

Canadian Expeditionary Force 794258 Private Canadian Infantry

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Walter Edward Edgar Bass

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 45517 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 45517 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles William Bass

Died 1915

British Army G/6305 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/6305 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Bass

Died 1918

British Army 19437 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th bedford Battalion

British Army 19437 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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S F Bass

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 16747 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 16747 Corporal Essex Regiment

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Thomas Bass

Died 1917

British Army 821531 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army 315209 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 315209 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Francis Alexandra Bass

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 22066 Private Suffolk Regiment

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