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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Exeter, Devon [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Tiverton, Devon [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Dover, Kent [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Ilfracombe, Devon [3]

Kyneton Victoria [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Totnes, Devon [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Exminster Exeter [2]

Folkestone, Kent, England [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Lymington, Hampshire [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

31 Hampden Street, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Axmouth, Devon [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barry, South Wales [1]

Bembridge Isle of Wight [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bideford England [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Binbrook, Ontario [1]

Bow, Middlesex, England [1]

Bowral New South Wales [1]

Brading Isle of Wight [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brisbane, Australia [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brixton [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Buffalo Victoria [1]

Bungaree Victoria [1]

Cairo, Egypt [1]

Rank

Private [539]

Gunner [63]

Driver [50]

Serjeant [48]

Corporal [46]

Sapper [45]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Carrier [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Wheeler Serjeant [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Air Mechanic [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bearer [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [95]

Royal Engineers [81]

Army Service Corps [76]

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Labour Corps [56]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

London Regiment [51]

East Kent Regiment [21]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Essex Regiment [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Tank Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [878]

Royal Navy [137]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [58]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1209]

D [20]

M [2]

S [2]

A [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1193]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [7] Exeter, Devon [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Devonport, Devon [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Tiverton, Devon [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Dover, Kent [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Barnstaple, Devon [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Ilfracombe, Devon [3] Kyneton Victoria [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Totnes, Devon [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Exminster Exeter [2] Folkestone, Kent, England [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Lymington, Hampshire [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Wandsworth, London [2] 31 Hampden Street, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Axmouth, Devon [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barry, South Wales [1] Bembridge Isle of Wight [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bideford England [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Binbrook, Ontario [1] Bow, Middlesex, England [1] Bowral New South Wales [1] Brading Isle of Wight [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brisbane, Australia [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixton [1] Brixton, London [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Buffalo Victoria [1] Bungaree Victoria [1] Cairo, Egypt [1]

Rank

Private [539] Gunner [63] Driver [50] Serjeant [48] Corporal [46] Sapper [45] Second Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Corporal [15] Lieutenant [11] Pioneer [10] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Carrier [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Wheeler Serjeant [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Air Mechanic [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [95] Royal Engineers [81] Army Service Corps [76] Royal Field Artillery [68] Labour Corps [56] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] London Regiment [51] East Kent Regiment [21] Machine Gun Corps [21] Somerset Light Infantry [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Welsh Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Essex Regiment [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Air Force [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Tank Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [4] East Surrey Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [878] Royal Navy [137] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72] Canadian Expeditionary Force [58] Australian Imperial Force [45] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1209] D [20] M [2] S [2] A [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1193] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Jack E De Beer

British Army 647 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

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Beer Singh

British Army 51st Mule Corps

British Army 30411 Driver 51st Mule Corps

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Hendrick J De Beer

British Army 170 Private East African Road Company

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N De Beer

British Army 1278 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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S S De Beer

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Samuel De Beer

British Army MS/1619 Private Army Service Corps Lahore Divisional Signal Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

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B H De-Beer

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 135265 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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W A De Beer

British Army 13451 Private South African Infantry Battalion

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Sorie Beer

British Army Sierra Leone Carrier Corps

British Army 676 Carrier Sierra Leone Carrier Corps

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Bal Beer

British Army 1st Labour Corps

British Army 16855 Naik 1st Labour Corps

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Geoffrey Fritzgray De Beer

British Army South African Field Artillery

British Army 3rd King's African Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd King's African Rifles

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Beer Singh

British Army 51st Mule Corps

British Army 30610 Driver 51st Mule Corps

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Beer Singh

British Army 51st Mule Corps

British Army 30601 Driver 51st Mule Corps

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Leonora Beer (mrs Powell)

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

British Army British Red Cross Society

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Beer Shah Hussain

British Army 10th Lancers

British Army 142 Bearer 10th Lancers

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