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Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Kensington, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Aberdeen New South Wales [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bollington, Cheshire [1]

Bradford Moor, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

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Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Haverigg, Cumberland [1]

Hounslow [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Maryborough Queensland [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mirboo North Victoria [1]

Mirboo Victoria [1]

Newcastle - upon - Tyne Northumberland [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield,Yorkshire [1]

St Leonards Tasmania [1]

Stella Maris Sherna, Malta [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Whitley, Yorkshire [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [189]

Serjeant [23]

Corporal [17]

Driver [15]

Sapper [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [10]

Gunner [10]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Border Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

British West Indies Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

1st South African Infantry [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Military Staff Clerks [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [285]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [373]

Contribution

Military Service [366]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Guyana [1]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Hendon, Middlesex [2] Kensington, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Aberdeen New South Wales [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Berkshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bollington, Cheshire [1] Bradford Moor, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cork [1] Cranford, Middlesex [1] East Retford [1] Hackney, London [1] Halifax England [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Haverigg, Cumberland [1] Hounslow [1] Islington, London [1] Kilburn, London [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Maryborough Queensland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mirboo North Victoria [1] Mirboo Victoria [1] Newcastle - upon - Tyne Northumberland [1] Peckham, London [1] Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Sheffield,Yorkshire [1] St Leonards Tasmania [1] Stella Maris Sherna, Malta [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Whitley, Yorkshire [1] Woolwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [189] Serjeant [23] Corporal [17] Driver [15] Sapper [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [10] Gunner [10] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Commodore [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Group Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pilot Officer [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [19] London Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [12] Machine Gun Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Border Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] British West Indies Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 1st South African Infantry [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Corps of Military Staff Clerks [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [285] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [373]

Contribution

Military Service [366] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Guyana [1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]

George Benn

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/12413 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Edward Benn

Died 1916

British Army 13655 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 13655 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Harry Benn

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 61831 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 61831 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Benn

Died 1917

British Army 29199 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 29199 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Albert Benn

Died 1916

British Army 12/392 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Miller Benn

Died 1917

British Army 21187 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Albert Benn

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 10442 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 202047 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Benn

Died 1918

British Army 9514 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 9514 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Tom Benn

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5817 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202725 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202725 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Samuel Benn

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4374 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frank Edward Benn

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army SR/341 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army SR/341 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Benn

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 6681 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307710 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307710 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Ernest Benn

Born 1888

Died 1918

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William Charles Benn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135851

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Leonard Benn

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3085

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William Benn

Died 1915

British Army 1880 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Henry Benn

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235874

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Morley Delbert Benn

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 273080

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John Piercy Benn

Born 1879

Died 1969

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)

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Cyril Benn

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19526 Private 7th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 19526 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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