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Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bagnereode Bigarre, France [1]

Baringhup Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnstaple England [1]

Belleisle, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bowral New South Wales [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Clifton New South Wales [1]

Devon [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Halidax Nova Scotia [1]

Heywood, Lancashire [1]

Hillston New South Wales [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Kingston Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Leigh, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Manchester [1]

Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [1]

Newton Solney, Derbyshire [1]

Newton le Willows, Lancashire [1]

Northampton St Andrews [1]

Saint Johns Wood, London [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Salford England [1]

Saxmundham England [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Spennymoor, Durham [1]

St John'S Wood, London, Middlesex [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Stow, Suffolk [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [1]

Walkden Lancashire [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [243]

Gunner [32]

Driver [24]

Sapper [17]

Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

A. Mech. 3 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Hon Capt [1]

L/Serjeant [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private 2 [1]

Private/ Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Reverend Chaplain [1]

Sargeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Royal Engineers [34]

Labour Corps [28]

Army Service Corps [26]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

British West Indies Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

West India Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [380]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [57]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [542]

Contribution

Military Service [525]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [4] Stockport, Cheshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Marylebone, London [3] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bagnereode Bigarre, France [1] Baringhup Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnstaple England [1] Belleisle, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bowral New South Wales [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Clifton New South Wales [1] Devon [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Halidax Nova Scotia [1] Heywood, Lancashire [1] Hillston New South Wales [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Kingston Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Leigh, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Manchester [1] Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [1] Newton Solney, Derbyshire [1] Newton le Willows, Lancashire [1] Northampton St Andrews [1] Saint Johns Wood, London [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Salford England [1] Saxmundham England [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Spennymoor, Durham [1] St John'S Wood, London, Middlesex [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Stow, Suffolk [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [1] Walkden Lancashire [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [243] Gunner [32] Driver [24] Sapper [17] Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Commander [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant Major [2] A. Mech. 3 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bandsman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Hon Capt [1] L/Serjeant [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private 2 [1] Private/ Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rear Admiral [1] Reverend Chaplain [1] Sargeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36] Royal Engineers [34] Labour Corps [28] Army Service Corps [26] Manchester Regiment [20] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] British West Indies Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] Border Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] West India Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [380] Canadian Expeditionary Force [57] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [542]

Contribution

Military Service [525] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Francis Bent

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194608

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Nathaniel Bent

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123498

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Frederick G Bent

Died 1916

British Army 1644 Private London Regiment 1/13th lond Battalion

British Army 1644 Private London Regiment

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Frederick Bent

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3131 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 405600 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 260268 Private Border Regiment

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Arthur Bent

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2703 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240719 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240719 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Joseph Bent

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5066 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 36866 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Bent

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 186450 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Bent

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army S/11617 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/11617 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Alfred Bent

Died 1917

British Army 26965 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 43014 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Richard John Woolman Bent

Died 1918

British Army 25076 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas W Bent

Died 1917

British Army 554407 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T 3801 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Charles Bent

Died 1918

British Army 325189 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 325189 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Reuben Bent

Died 1918

British Army 85103 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army TR/5/66992 Private Graduate Battalion

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Arthur Bent

Died 1916

British Army 8826 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Bent

Died 1916

British Army 20592 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th east Battalion

British Army 20592 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Bent

Died 1916

British Army 1492 Private Manchester Regiment

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Leverette Holden Bent

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 734568

Canadian Expeditionary Force 734568 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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John Albert Bent

Born 1882

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 120698

Canadian Expeditionary Force 120698 Private Canadian Infantry

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Nathaniel Bent

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703535

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703535 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Bent

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 128341

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