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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Mile End, London [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

St Helena, Warwickshire, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne, Victoria [2]

Napier [2]

Napier, New Zealand [2]

Southport Queensland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bombay [1]

Bowen Queensland [1]

Bridgewater NS [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Earsham , Norfolk [1]

Emsbury, Dorset [1]

Essex [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greenwich London, Kent [1]

Haggerston, East London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Horndon, Essex [1]

Ince Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Jarrow, Durham, England [1]

Kilburn, London, Middlesex [1]

Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Leicester [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [1]

Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Paddington London [1]

Roma Queensland [1]

South Kensington, London [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1]

Suva [1]

Sydney [1]

Tonypandy, Glamorganshire [1]

Toronto [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Warsaw [1]

Welton, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [236]

Gunner [24]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Driver [15]

Corporal [9]

Captain [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bearer [2]

Clerk [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stretcher Bearer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Dresser [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal Bombardier [1]

Lance Naik [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Motor Driver [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sepoy [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Officer and Orderly [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

British West Indies Regiment [19]

London Regiment [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Indian Defence Force [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

9th Army Bearer Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nigerian Motor Transport Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West India Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [342]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Royal Navy [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [504]

C [1]

D [1]

J [1]

P [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Sydney New South Wales [9] Melbourne Victoria [6] Mile End, London [4] Charters Towers Queensland [3] St Helena, Warwickshire, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne, Victoria [2] Napier [2] Napier, New Zealand [2] Southport Queensland [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bombay [1] Bowen Queensland [1] Bridgewater NS [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burham, Kent [1] Deptford, London [1] Earsham , Norfolk [1] Emsbury, Dorset [1] Essex [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greenwich London, Kent [1] Haggerston, East London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Horndon, Essex [1] Ince Wigan, Lancashire [1] Jarrow, Durham, England [1] Kilburn, London, Middlesex [1] Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Leicester [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mile End, London, Middlesex [1] Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1] Old Ford, London [1] Paddington London [1] Roma Queensland [1] South Kensington, London [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1] Suva [1] Sydney [1] Tonypandy, Glamorganshire [1] Toronto [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Warsaw [1] Welton, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [236] Gunner [24] Second Lieutenant [18] Driver [15] Corporal [9] Captain [6] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bearer [2] Clerk [2] Rifleman [2] Stretcher Bearer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Cook [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Dresser [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal Bombardier [1] Lance Naik [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Motor Driver [1] Nursing Sister [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sepoy [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Officer and Orderly [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24] Royal Fusiliers [20] British West Indies Regiment [19] London Regiment [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Indian Defence Force [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Engineers [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] 9th Army Bearer Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nigerian Motor Transport Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] West India Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [342] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [34] Royal Navy [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [504] C [1] D [1] J [1] P [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

George John Benjamin

Australian Imperial Force 37310

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Felix Westbourne Benjamin

Australian Imperial Force Q20004

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William H Benjamin

Died 1916

British Army 15779 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Benjamin

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 15028 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edmund John Benjamin

Died 1917

British Army 4749 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201480 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 204089 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Cornelius Benjamin

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 6018 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 54429 Private Welsh Regiment

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Harry Benjamin

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 20480 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 20480 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Arthur Benjamin

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916179

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916179 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 2nd Battalion

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William Benjamin

Born 1881

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446589

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446589 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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David Benjamin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24468

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Morris Benjamin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45565

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Charles Benjamin

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151768

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Mark Lewis Benjamin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177479

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Jack Elkin Benjamin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178306

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Henry Thomas Benjamin

Born 1880

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 18950 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Benjamin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56887

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Edward Richard Benjamin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84369

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Coleman Benjamin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 8/1326 Private Devonshire Regiment Training Reserve

British Army 30903 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Charles William Benjamin

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 99449 Driver Royal Engineers

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Arthur Leslie Benjamin

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 32nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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