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Hobart Tasmania [10]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [4]

London England [4]

Barking, Essex [3]

Cobar New South Wales [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Gloucestershire [3]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Islington, London [3]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [3]

Stagsden, Bedfordshire [3]

Barnsbury, London [2]

Brenzett, Kent [2]

Brighton [2]

Bristol England [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Buxton [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Cheshire England [2]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Gloucester [2]

Korumburra Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maldon, Essex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Pentewan, Cornwall [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

Toodyay Western Australia [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Rank

Private [888]

Gunner [94]

Driver [92]

Serjeant [69]

Corporal [67]

Lance Corporal [54]

Sapper [48]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Acting Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [20]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Captain [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Rifleman [5]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Forewoman [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

5th Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [121]

Royal Field Artillery [110]

Royal Engineers [108]

Army Service Corps [105]

Royal Garrison Artillery [53]

Gloucestershire Regiment [50]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Cheshire Regiment [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

London Regiment [38]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Essex Regiment [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [32]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Royal Sussex Regiment [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Grenadier Guards [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1383]

Royal Navy [169]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [93]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1827]

W [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1789]

Merchant Navy [27]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

South Africa [1]

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Hobart Tasmania [10] Melbourne Victoria [8] Sydney New South Wales [8] Brighton, Sussex [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Camberwell, London [4] Kempston, Bedfordshire [4] London England [4] Barking, Essex [3] Cobar New South Wales [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [3] Gloucestershire [3] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Islington, London [3] Saint Austell, Cornwall [3] Stagsden, Bedfordshire [3] Barnsbury, London [2] Brenzett, Kent [2] Brighton [2] Bristol England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Buxton [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Cheshire England [2] Ely, Cambridgeshire [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Gloucester [2] Korumburra Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maldon, Essex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Peckham, London [2] Pentewan, Cornwall [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stepney, London [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Toodyay Western Australia [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Rank

Private [888] Gunner [94] Driver [92] Serjeant [69] Corporal [67] Lance Corporal [54] Sapper [48] Second Lieutenant [39] Acting Corporal [24] Lieutenant [20] Pioneer [16] Acting Serjeant [12] Captain [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Rifleman [5] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Forewoman [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 5th Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [121] Royal Field Artillery [110] Royal Engineers [108] Army Service Corps [105] Royal Garrison Artillery [53] Gloucestershire Regiment [50] Machine Gun Corps [44] Cheshire Regiment [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] London Regiment [38] Royal Fusiliers [35] Essex Regiment [32] Worcestershire Regiment [32] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [24] Rifle Brigade [24] Royal Sussex Regiment [24] Somerset Light Infantry [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] The Queen's Regiment [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Welsh Regiment [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] South Wales Borderers [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Manchester Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Grenadier Guards [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1383] Royal Navy [169] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [93] Australian Imperial Force [93] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1827] W [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1789] Merchant Navy [27] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38] South Africa [1]

Edward Beard

Born 1890

British Army 16294 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 16294 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John Henry Beard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190142

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Joseph William Beard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107873

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Joseph Harold Beard

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 291533 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 291533 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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Harold Beard

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 25160 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Charles Beard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107783

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Arthur Robert Beard

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253614

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Charles Beard

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281432

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Leonard Samuel Beard

Born 1879

Died 1944

British Army 35688 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 106852 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Beard

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3/7791 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/7791 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Nathaniel Spencer Beard

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 9255 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd east Battalion

British Army 9255 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment 12th Battalion

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John Edward Beard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50310

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Henry Tomlinson Beard

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195555

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Charles Thomas Beard

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194800

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Rufus George Beard

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68618

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Edward Frond Beard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27651

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Frank Beard

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 39895 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 39895 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Frederick Wallace Beard

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129229

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William Ernest Beard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8532

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Charles Beard

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308537

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