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Place of birth

London England [8]

Cork [6]

Halifax, Yorkshire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

London, Middlesex [4]

Perth Western Australia [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Islington, London [3]

Kennington, London [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Ashwell Thorpe Norfolk [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Clapham, Yorkshire, England [2]

Cowes, Hampshire [2]

Denham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [2]

Essex England [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Goole [2]

Great Heck, Pontefract [2]

Lewisham, London [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Millicent South Australia [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Oxford [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Walhalla Victoria [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

15 Madron Street, Surrey Square, Walworth, London [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Albion Park New South Wales [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Azamgarh, United Provinces [1]

Rank

Private [936]

Gunner [131]

Driver [75]

Serjeant [74]

Sapper [60]

Corporal 2nd [43]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Corporal [39]

Captain [32]

Lance Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [18]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Bombardier [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Pioneer [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Major [7]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sister [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain Temporary Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Trumpeter [2]

11th Corporal [1]

3rd Engineer [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [162]

Labour Corps [111]

Army Service Corps [101]

Royal Engineers [101]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

London Regiment [58]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [34]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

East Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Essex Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Army Veterinary Corps [15]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Border Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1468]

Royal Navy [142]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [109]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105]

Australian Imperial Force [72]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [1946]

J [6]

R [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1910]

Merchant Navy [32]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Ireland [1]

Jersey [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

London England [8] Cork [6] Halifax, Yorkshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] London, Middlesex [4] Perth Western Australia [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Islington, London [3] Kennington, London [3] Lambeth, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Ashwell Thorpe Norfolk [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Clapham, Yorkshire, England [2] Cowes, Hampshire [2] Denham, Buckinghamshire [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Deptford, London [2] Droitwich, Worcestershire [2] Essex England [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Goole [2] Great Heck, Pontefract [2] Lewisham, London [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Millicent South Australia [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Oxford [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Walhalla Victoria [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] 15 Madron Street, Surrey Square, Walworth, London [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Albion Park New South Wales [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Azamgarh, United Provinces [1]

Rank

Private [936] Gunner [131] Driver [75] Serjeant [74] Sapper [60] Corporal 2nd [43] Second Lieutenant [42] Corporal [39] Captain [32] Lance Corporal [32] Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [18] Acting Serjeant [13] Bombardier [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Pioneer [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Major [7] Shoeing Smith [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Sister [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain Temporary Major [2] Colonel [2] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [2] Nursing Sister [2] Trumpeter [2] 11th Corporal [1] 3rd Engineer [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [162] Labour Corps [111] Army Service Corps [101] Royal Engineers [101] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] London Regiment [58] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] Machine Gun Corps [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [34] Royal Fusiliers [34] East Yorkshire Regiment [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28] Welsh Regiment [27] Middlesex Regiment [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Yorkshire Regiment [23] Liverpool Regiment [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [21] Essex Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Army Veterinary Corps [15] Durham Light Infantry [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Suffolk Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Border Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] South Wales Borderers [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1468] Royal Navy [142] Canadian Expeditionary Force [109] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105] Australian Imperial Force [72] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [1946] J [6] R [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1910] Merchant Navy [32] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Ireland [1] Jersey [1] South Africa [1]

Hubert Frank Bateman

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 186762 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Bateman

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10477 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 27261 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11

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Frederick Joseph Bateman

Born 1892

Died 1949

British Army 13/898 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest Bateman

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 2733 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240474 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Herbert Bateman

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 13/757 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60326 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Bateman

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army 3302 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240743 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240743 South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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George Henry Bateman

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 13/845 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Albert Bateman

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 200389 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 200389 Serjeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Henry Bateman

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 30072 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 30072 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2/4th Bn.

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John Bateman

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army 3341 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 20055 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Bateman

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6590 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 5113 Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 392875 Rifleman London Regiment 9th County of London Queen Victoria's Rifles

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Herbert Bateman

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 26757 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Bateman

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5048 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John William Bateman

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 190 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 20711 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Private Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Joseph Bateman

Born 1885

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Charles Mcallister Bateman

Died 1916

British Army 12181 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20431 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Thomas Clarence Leslie Bateman

Born 1900

Died 1988

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303411

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303411 Air Mechanic 3

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edward Albert Bateman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35968 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Joseph Weston Bateman

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 3531 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3007 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 241072 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd/5th Battalion

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Thornton Simpson Bateman

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 25027 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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