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Brisbane Queensland [4]

Islington, London [2]

London England [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Askrigg England [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Burwood, New South Wales [1]

Canterbury Kent [1]

Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Galway [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Kennington, Surrey [1]

Kent [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leighton South Australia [1]

London [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Saffron Walden, Essex [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Starbeck, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Wangaratta Victoria [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Gunner [12]

Driver [11]

Sapper [10]

Captain [8]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Bombardier [3]

Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Adjutant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engineer Clerk Serjeant [1]

Hon Major [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

RIFLEMAN [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain Adjutant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Labour Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Australian Artillery [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

1st Labour Corps 82nd Company [1]

1st South Wales Borderers [1]

21st Lancers [1]

2nd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

3rd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

83th Field Ambulance [1]

Service

British Army [202]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Royal Navy [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [263]

Contribution

Military Service [259]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Brisbane Queensland [4] Islington, London [2] London England [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Askrigg England [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Burra South Australia [1] Burwood, New South Wales [1] Canterbury Kent [1] Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1] Deal, Kent [1] Galway [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Kennington, Surrey [1] Kent [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leighton South Australia [1] London [1] Marylebone, London [1] Mile End, London [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Saffron Walden, Essex [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Starbeck, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Wangaratta Victoria [1] Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [104] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [14] Gunner [12] Driver [11] Sapper [10] Captain [8] Corporal 2nd [6] Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Bombardier [3] Corporal [3] Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Adjutant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engineer Clerk Serjeant [1] Hon Major [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] RIFLEMAN [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain Adjutant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Royal Field Artillery [15] Army Service Corps [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Labour Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Essex Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Australian Artillery [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] 1st Labour Corps 82nd Company [1] 1st South Wales Borderers [1] 21st Lancers [1] 2nd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 3rd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 83th Field Ambulance [1]

Service

British Army [202] Australian Imperial Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Royal Navy [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [263]

Contribution

Military Service [259] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Charles Baynes

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 645 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st

British Army Reserve

British Army 645 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th

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William Charles Baynes

Born 1876

British Army 370006 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 33 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Denman Lambert Henry Baynes

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant 115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur John Baynes

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1381 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1381 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Nigel William Francis Baynes

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment I Bn.

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Frederick Charles Baynes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143490

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William Baynes

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 9265 Private The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard Henry Blindge Baynes

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Edgar Baynes

Born 1881

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2282 Bombardier Australian Field Artillery

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Edward Stuart Augustus Baynes

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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Ronald Christopher Baynes

Born 1878

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

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William Edward Colston Baynes

Born 1876

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

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Arthur William Baynes

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118600

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Albert C Baynes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 31535 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Baynes

Died 1916

British Army 12680 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12680 Private Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12680 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Joseph Baynes

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4863 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 331947 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 331947 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Evan John Baynes

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70378

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Arthur Cecil Baynes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168506

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Alfred James Baynes

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185500

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Fred Baynes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191681

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