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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Mobberley Cheshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barking, Essex, England [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Dunedin [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Islington, London [2]

Oswestry, Shropshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sidcup, Kent [2]

Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Basingstoke England [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bridgetown [1]

Bridgwater England [1]

Brighton England [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffs [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [1]

Cheadle, Cheshire [1]

Condah Victoria [1]

Congleton [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Crewe [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [373]

Gunner [44]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Serjeant [36]

Sapper [30]

Driver [25]

Corporal 2nd [24]

Captain [22]

Major [15]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Corporal [6]

Bombardier [5]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Commander [2]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

2nd Class Master Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Fleet Commander [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Air Craftman 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Fitter Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver and Gunner [1]

Fitter [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Gunner Territorial Force [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Royal Engineers [57]

Labour Corps [53]

Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

London Regiment [27]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Service

British Army [654]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

Royal Navy [54]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [884]

A [2]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [864]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [6] Melbourne Victoria [5] Mobberley Cheshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barking, Essex, England [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Dunedin [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Islington, London [2] Oswestry, Shropshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sidcup, Kent [2] Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Warwickshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Basingstoke England [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Bridgetown [1] Bridgwater England [1] Brighton England [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffs [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell, London [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [1] Cheadle, Cheshire [1] Condah Victoria [1] Congleton [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Crewe [1] Deptford, London [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [373] Gunner [44] Second Lieutenant [40] Serjeant [36] Sapper [30] Driver [25] Corporal 2nd [24] Captain [22] Major [15] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Corporal [6] Bombardier [5] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Commander [2] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] 2nd Class Master Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Fleet Commander [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Air Craftman 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Chauffeur [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Fitter Acting Serjeant [1] Driver and Gunner [1] Fitter [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Gunner Territorial Force [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59] Royal Engineers [57] Labour Corps [53] Army Service Corps [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] London Regiment [27] Manchester Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [22] South Staffordshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [4] South Wales Borderers [4]

Service

British Army [654] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] Royal Navy [54] Australian Imperial Force [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [884] A [2] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [864] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Jamaica [1]

John Bayley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284446

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Joseph John Bayley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277790

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Alfred George Browning Bayley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37340

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Sydney James Bayley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141063

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John Bayley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28485

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Isaac Bayley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133295

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Cyril Edward Bayley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253277

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Arthur James Bayley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98567

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Peter Ferguson Bayley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army 4034 Corporal 2nd Highland Light Infantry 12 Battalion

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Arnold Harry Bayley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 421 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 421 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joseph Francis Bayley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 202924 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George William Bayley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252626

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Samuel Bayley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2081 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 2081 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Harold Bayley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 238002 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 238002 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/4th Battalion.

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Albert Abell Bayley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222658

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Percy Robert Bayley

Born 1878

Australian Imperial Force 18582

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Leonard Bayley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107302

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Thomas Parkes Bayley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53105

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William Charles Abell Bayley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144567

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George Herbert Bayley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 38658 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/6th Battalion

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