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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Castleford, Yorkshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Fulham London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Sutton, Surrey [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardwell Queensland [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Cressy Tasmania [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Minehead, Somerset [2]

Mount Magnet Western Australia [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [2]

Newport Isle of Wight [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Accrington,Lancashire [1]

Allerthorpe, Yorkshire [1]

Angledool New South Wales [1]

Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1]

Ashley, Staffordshire [1]

Athlone, East Urban, Westmeath, [1]

Auckland [1]

Auckland, New Zealand [1]

Barnby, Nottinghamshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beecles, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [804]

Driver [82]

Gunner [80]

Corporal [78]

Serjeant [50]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Sapper [43]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [17]

Pioneer [14]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Bombardier [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Rifleman [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Signaller [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Mechanical Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107]

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Army Service Corps [98]

Labour Corps [87]

London Regiment [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [37]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Manchester Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Norfolk Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1260]

Royal Navy [128]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [1701]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1644]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Canada [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] London, Middlesex, England [4] Lowestoft, Suffolk [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Castleford, Yorkshire [3] Dublin [3] Fulham London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Pontefract, Yorkshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Sutton, Surrey [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardwell Queensland [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Cressy Tasmania [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Minehead, Somerset [2] Mount Magnet Western Australia [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [2] Newport Isle of Wight [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Accrington,Lancashire [1] Allerthorpe, Yorkshire [1] Angledool New South Wales [1] Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1] Ashley, Staffordshire [1] Athlone, East Urban, Westmeath, [1] Auckland [1] Auckland, New Zealand [1] Barnby, Nottinghamshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beecles, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [804] Driver [82] Gunner [80] Corporal [78] Serjeant [50] Second Lieutenant [44] Sapper [43] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [22] Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [17] Pioneer [14] Company Serjeant Major [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Bombardier [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Rifleman [5] Able Seaman [4] Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Conductor [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Serjeant Major [2] Signaller [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Mechanical Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107] Royal Field Artillery [106] Army Service Corps [98] Labour Corps [87] London Regiment [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [37] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Manchester Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [30] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25] Cheshire Regiment [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] Norfolk Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Hampshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [15] West Riding Regiment [15] Border Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] South Lancashire Regiment [14] East Surrey Regiment [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Canadian Infantry [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1260] Royal Navy [128] Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] Australian Imperial Force [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [1701] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1644] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Canada [1]

George Beckett

British Army 90451 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William H Beckett

British Army 991127 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Albert Beckett

British Army 40159 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Richard Beckett

British Army 28156 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Gerald H Beckett

British Army 185370 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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C Beckett

British Army 240014 Company Serjeant Major Norfolk Regiment

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D Beckett

British Army 1384 Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Medical Corps

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W Beckett

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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W E Beckett

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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W T C Beckett

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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A C Beckett

British Army Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain Royal Engineers

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A Beckett

British Army MS/591 Acting Mechanical Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

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W A Beckett

British Army 17794 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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R W E Beckett

British Army Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain Yeomanry

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R A Beckett

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain Commands and Staff

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G Beckett

British Army 59861 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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D Beckett

British Army 1384 Serjeant Major Army Medical Corps

British Army 1384 Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Medical Corps

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C Beckett

British Army 240014 Company Serjeant Major Norfolk Regiment

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J Beckett

British Army 684 Acting Staff Serjeant Major Army Pay Corps

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W E Beckett

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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