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Sydney New South Wales [23]

Melbourne Victoria [14]

London, Middlesex, England [11]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [8]

Coventry, Warwickshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

London England [7]

Fulham, London [6]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Dartford, Kent [5]

Goulburn New South Wales [5]

London [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Auckland [4]

Islington, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Plymouth, Devon, England [4]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [4]

Warwickshire [4]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Coonamble New South Wales [3]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3]

Hanley, Staffordshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Stawell Victoria [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bedford England [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Binda New South Wales [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Farningham, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2349]

Gunner [258]

Driver [169]

Serjeant [164]

Sapper [139]

Corporal [93]

Corporal 2nd [84]

Second Lieutenant [83]

Lance Corporal [80]

Acting Corporal [40]

Lieutenant [40]

Captain [39]

Pioneer [31]

Bombardier [28]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Rifleman [14]

Major [13]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Worker [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Guardsman [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Alias Private [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Doctor of Medicine [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Corporal [2]

Filter [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [287]

Labour Corps [279]

Royal Engineers [252]

Army Service Corps [237]

Royal Garrison Artillery [143]

London Regiment [115]

Royal Army Medical Corps [113]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [107]

Royal Fusiliers [102]

Machine Gun Corps [98]

Manchester Regiment [92]

Middlesex Regiment [75]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74]

Northumberland Fusiliers [69]

Cheshire Regiment [61]

West Riding Regiment [60]

Rifle Brigade [57]

Lancashire Fusiliers [56]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

North Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Leicestershire Regiment [52]

South Staffordshire Regiment [51]

Lincolnshire Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [47]

Northamptonshire Regiment [46]

Bedfordshire Regiment [45]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [45]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [44]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Essex Regiment [40]

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

South Lancashire Regiment [36]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Royal Naval Division [35]

Devonshire Regiment [34]

East Surrey Regiment [34]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34]

Suffolk Regiment [34]

York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [30]

The Queen's Regiment [30]

Royal Sussex Regiment [29]

Norfolk Regiment [27]

Royal West Kent Regiment [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [24]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [3495]

Royal Navy [304]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [264]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [225]

Australian Imperial Force [192]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [4590]

M [7]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4506]

Merchant Navy [67]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

Canada [3]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [23] Melbourne Victoria [14] London, Middlesex, England [11] Adelaide South Australia [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [8] Coventry, Warwickshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] London England [7] Fulham, London [6] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Dartford, Kent [5] Goulburn New South Wales [5] London [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Auckland [4] Islington, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Marylebone, London [4] Plymouth, Devon, England [4] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [4] Warwickshire [4] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Camberwell, Surrey [3] Chelsea, London [3] Coonamble New South Wales [3] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3] Hanley, Staffordshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Stawell Victoria [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bedford England [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Binda New South Wales [2] Birmingham England [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Farningham, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2349] Gunner [258] Driver [169] Serjeant [164] Sapper [139] Corporal [93] Corporal 2nd [84] Second Lieutenant [83] Lance Corporal [80] Acting Corporal [40] Lieutenant [40] Captain [39] Pioneer [31] Bombardier [28] Acting Serjeant [20] Rifleman [14] Major [13] Colour Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Staff Serjeant [9] Worker [9] Able Seaman [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Sergeant [5] Acting Captain [4] Guardsman [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Gunner [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Alias Private [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Doctor of Medicine [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Corporal [2] Filter [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [287] Labour Corps [279] Royal Engineers [252] Army Service Corps [237] Royal Garrison Artillery [143] London Regiment [115] Royal Army Medical Corps [113] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [107] Royal Fusiliers [102] Machine Gun Corps [98] Manchester Regiment [92] Middlesex Regiment [75] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74] Northumberland Fusiliers [69] Cheshire Regiment [61] West Riding Regiment [60] Rifle Brigade [57] Lancashire Fusiliers [56] Durham Light Infantry [55] North Staffordshire Regiment [53] Leicestershire Regiment [52] South Staffordshire Regiment [51] Lincolnshire Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [47] Northamptonshire Regiment [46] Bedfordshire Regiment [45] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [45] King's Royal Rifle Corps [44] Liverpool Regiment [42] Essex Regiment [40] West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Royal Army Service Corps [36] South Lancashire Regiment [36] Yorkshire Regiment [36] Royal Naval Division [35] Devonshire Regiment [34] East Surrey Regiment [34] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34] Suffolk Regiment [34] York and Lancaster Regiment [32] Royal Lancaster Regiment [30] The Queen's Regiment [30] Royal Sussex Regiment [29] Norfolk Regiment [27] Royal West Kent Regiment [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [24] Hampshire Regiment [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [3495] Royal Navy [304] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [264] Canadian Expeditionary Force [225] Australian Imperial Force [192] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [4590] M [7] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4506] Merchant Navy [67] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [90] Canada [3] France [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Abraham Bates

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1146 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 1146 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

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William Ernest Bates

Born 1890

British Army 1874 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 1874 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army 1874 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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William Hugh Bates

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 14374 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 315 Musician Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 315 Musician Royal Marines Band RN School Of Music Eastney

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Ernest Charles Bates

Born 1893

Died 1970

Royal Navy 18369 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

British Army 9671 Private Kings Shropshire Light Infantry

Royal Navy CH/18369 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division

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George Percy Bates

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 6383 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 4759 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army 6383 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leonard John Bates

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army PS/6841 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Tank Corps

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Reuben Bates

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1242 Acting Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 31126 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 235784 Acting Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Albert Russell Bates

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654346

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654346 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Western Ontario Regiment 1st Battalion.

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William Arthur Bates

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 8185 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 8185 Sergeant Oxfordshire an Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Arthur Bates

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1005 Private Australian Infantry 41st Infantry Battalion

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John Bates

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3839 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd/5th Battalion

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Norman Malcolm Bates

Born 1889

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th southst Battalion

British Army Honorary Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th southst Battalion

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Ronald Jack Bates

Died 1915

British Army 18157 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 18157 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8 Battalion

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John Frank Bates

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 82310 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 27th Field Ambulance

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Oliver Bates

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2606 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2506 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion.

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George Bates

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29434 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 29434 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 12th Battalion

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Ernest Charles Bates

Died 1915

British Army 3576 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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William Henry Bates

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4978 Private 22nd Bn

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William Bates

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12694 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12694 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12694 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Leonard Hampton Bates

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army M/273177 Private Army Service Corps 615th Coy

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