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Croydon Queensland [2]

Allington, Rossett, Wrexham [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Cheshire, England [1]

Idle, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire [1]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Swinton Manchester [1]

Whitley Bay, Northumberland [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [67]

Corporal [12]

Driver [6]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

2/66th Punjabis [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Hussars [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

HMS Defence [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Indian Army Transport Corps [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Ordnance Department Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Service

British Army [103]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [133]

Contribution

Military Service [132]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [133] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Croydon Queensland [2] Allington, Rossett, Wrexham [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Cheshire, England [1] Idle, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire [1] Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire [1] Market Drayton, Shropshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Swinton Manchester [1] Whitley Bay, Northumberland [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [67] Corporal [12] Driver [6] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Sapper [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Bombardier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery Transport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 2/66th Punjabis [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Hussars [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] HMS Defence [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Indian Army Transport Corps [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Ordnance Department Royal Engineers [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1]

Service

British Army [103] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [133]

Contribution

Military Service [132] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Thomas Bennion

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 8287 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 200954 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st/4th Battalion

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Thomas Roscoe Bennion

Born 1894

Died 1969

Royal Navy Mersey Z/215 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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William Bennion

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119885

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George Bennion

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3310 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 290839 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arnold Bennion

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89986

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William Henry Bennion

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J25437 Able Seaman HMS Defence

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Bertie Bennion

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army S/10926 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/10926 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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William Harold Bennion

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148433

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Randal Bennion

Died 1916

British Army 29/47 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Bennion

Died 1918

British Army 4922 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 227060 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 227060 Rifleman Monmouthshire Regiment

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Edmund Bennion

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army G/8161 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Bennion

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 8917 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 8917 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Henry William Bennion

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3364 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 3364 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Ernest Bennion

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296193

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Herbert Bennion

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3565 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3565 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Oswald Evan Bennion

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 21684 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Edwin Albert Bennion

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 38808 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 38808 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Bennion

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 14638 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Bennion

Died 1916

British Army 19390 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 19390 Company Serjeant Major Liverpool Regiment 12th Bn.

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Gilbert Edward Bennion

Australian Imperial Force Q24063

Australian Imperial Force 65007

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