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Sydney New South Wales [11]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Leicester [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Derby [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Nottingham [3]

Acle, Norfolk [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Clare South Australia [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Grenfell New South Wales [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Lewes England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Mareeba Queensland [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Mortlake, Surrey [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Nottinghamshire [2]

Reigate, Surrey [2]

Rocky Hall New South Wales [2]

Stalham, Norfolk [2]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2]

Swineshead, Lincolnshire [2]

Teralba New South Wales [2]

Warwickshire [2]

12 Ebenezer Terrace, Dublin [1]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alfriston [1]

Antigonish, Nova Scotia [1]

Ardrossan South Australia [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [814]

Gunner [98]

Corporal [72]

Serjeant [56]

Sapper [40]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lance Corporal [38]

Driver [35]

Lieutenant [26]

Captain [22]

Acting Corporal [18]

Pioneer [14]

Bombardier [11]

Major [9]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

8th Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [90]

Royal Engineers [89]

Labour Corps [84]

Army Service Corps [83]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

London Regiment [46]

Norfolk Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Leicestershire Regiment [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Border Regiment [27]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Highland Light Infantry [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

North Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Scots [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Corps of Hussars [8]

Service

British Army [1240]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [173]

Royal Navy [126]

Australian Imperial Force [112]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1828]

K [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1783]

Merchant Navy [33]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] Melbourne Victoria [10] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Leicester [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Camberwell, London [3] Derby [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] London, Middlesex [3] Nottingham [3] Acle, Norfolk [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Clare South Australia [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Grenfell New South Wales [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Kensington, London [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Lewes England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Mareeba Queensland [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Mortlake, Surrey [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Nottinghamshire [2] Reigate, Surrey [2] Rocky Hall New South Wales [2] Stalham, Norfolk [2] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [2] Swineshead, Lincolnshire [2] Teralba New South Wales [2] Warwickshire [2] 12 Ebenezer Terrace, Dublin [1] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Aldershot [1] Alfriston [1] Antigonish, Nova Scotia [1] Ardrossan South Australia [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [814] Gunner [98] Corporal [72] Serjeant [56] Sapper [40] Second Lieutenant [40] Lance Corporal [38] Driver [35] Lieutenant [26] Captain [22] Acting Corporal [18] Pioneer [14] Bombardier [11] Major [9] Staff Serjeant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Rifleman [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Honorary Captain [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 8th Corporal [1] Acting Corporal Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [90] Royal Engineers [89] Labour Corps [84] Army Service Corps [83] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] London Regiment [46] Norfolk Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [37] Royal Fusiliers [35] Leicestershire Regiment [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Border Regiment [27] Middlesex Regiment [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Highland Light Infantry [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Durham Light Infantry [18] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Hampshire Regiment [14] North Staffordshire Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Scottish Rifles [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Scots [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Wiltshire Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Welsh Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Corps of Hussars [8]

Service

British Army [1240] Canadian Expeditionary Force [173] Royal Navy [126] Australian Imperial Force [112] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1828] K [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1783] Merchant Navy [33] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Ernest Albert Beck

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121970

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Sidney Richard Beck

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50453

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Hamilton Beck

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196772

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Charles Henry Beck

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88417

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Albert Cecil Beck

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68773

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Charles E Beck

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 36507 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 36507 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur John Beck

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198336

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George Alfred Beck

Born 1877

Died 1937

British Army 9189 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 9189 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Frank Reginald Beck

Born 1861

Died 1915

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

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Edmund Wallis Beck

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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John Beck

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1882 Private Australian Infantry 22nd Bn.

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Jack Beck

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 766213 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 28th Battalion

British Army 766213 Private London Regiment 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists Rifles)

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Harry Beck

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army S/3164 Private Rifle Brigade

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Sydney W Beck

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy SD 2496 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2496/SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke."

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Frederick Beck

Born 1889

Died 1981

British Army 17001 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army P/8862 Private Military Foot Police

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Guy Armstrong Beck

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127th Battalion

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Albert Edward Alexander Beck

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Norfolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

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Arthur James Beck

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277459

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Ernest Robert Beck

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37782

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Herbert Christmas Clarke Beck

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 323840 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/281230 Sapper Royal Engineers

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