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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]

John Frederick Bateman

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J36413

Royal Navy

Royal Navy J 36413 Boy 1st Class HMS Tipperary

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Thomas Bateman

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24671

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James Bateman

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135940

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Thomas Bateman

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54787

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Albert John Bateman

Born 1879

British Army 5753 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5753 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas John Bateman

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11010 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Bateman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95515

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Samson Bateman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263852

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Alfred William Bateman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185123

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Joseph Bateman

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401325

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Fred Bateman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307767

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Grantley Bateman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68364

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Frederick James Robert Harry Bateman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86644

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Robert Bateman

Died 1915

British Army S/6808 Private Gordon Highlanders

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George William Bateman

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 15141 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 15141 Private Grenadier Guards

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Charlie Bateman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 70464 Gunner 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 70464 Corporal 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 70464 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

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Bernard Montague Basil Bateman

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Thornley Bateman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138798

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William John Bateman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37779

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William Bateman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127050

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