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Melbourne Victoria [30]

Sydney New South Wales [30]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Burnley, Lancashire [12]

Colchester, Essex [11]

London England [10]

Bradford, Yorkshire [8]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Ipswich, Suffolk [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

West Ham, Essex [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Chorley, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Islington, London [5]

Taunton, Somerset [5]

Winchester, Hampshire [5]

Woodstock, Oxfordshire [5]

Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Colne, Lancashire [4]

Dover, Kent [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Kindred Tasmania [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Canterbury England [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Banana Queensland [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birregurra Victoria [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Boaz Island [2]

Rank

Private [2869]

Gunner [320]

Driver [245]

Corporal [230]

Serjeant [218]

Sapper [148]

Lance Corporal [111]

Second Lieutenant [103]

Acting Corporal [47]

Captain [47]

Pioneer [45]

Acting Serjeant [41]

Lieutenant [40]

Bombardier [34]

Rifleman [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Colour Serjeant [14]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Major [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Worker [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Sister [6]

Trooper [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Guardsman [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Nurse [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [382]

Royal Field Artillery [377]

Royal Engineers [310]

Army Service Corps [309]

Royal Garrison Artillery [195]

Manchester Regiment [152]

Royal Army Medical Corps [148]

London Regiment [147]

Machine Gun Corps [119]

Lancashire Fusiliers [112]

Liverpool Regiment [90]

Royal Fusiliers [90]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [76]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [72]

Rifle Brigade [68]

Middlesex Regiment [67]

Devonshire Regiment [64]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [63]

West Yorkshire Regiment [63]

West Riding Regiment [60]

Cheshire Regiment [57]

Durham Light Infantry [56]

South Lancashire Regiment [56]

East Lancashire Regiment [53]

Essex Regiment [52]

The Queen's Regiment [49]

Somerset Light Infantry [46]

Suffolk Regiment [45]

Welsh Regiment [45]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [44]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [44]

Gloucestershire Regiment [43]

Hampshire Regiment [43]

Royal Army Service Corps [43]

Northumberland Fusiliers [42]

Highland Light Infantry [41]

York and Lancaster Regiment [40]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [39]

Worcestershire Regiment [39]

Army Ordnance Corps [38]

Leicestershire Regiment [38]

Royal West Kent Regiment [38]

Royal Sussex Regiment [37]

Border Regiment [36]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Canadian Infantry [35]

Royal Naval Division [35]

South Wales Borderers [33]

Royal Defence Corps [32]

Royal Scots [30]

Service

British Army [4301]

Royal Navy [449]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [359]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [343]

Australian Imperial Force [235]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [66]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [5846]

D [13]

A [5]

L [2]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5735]

Merchant Navy [86]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [110]

Ireland [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [30] Sydney New South Wales [30] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Burnley, Lancashire [12] Colchester, Essex [11] London England [10] Bradford, Yorkshire [8] Brisbane Queensland [8] Ipswich, Suffolk [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] West Ham, Essex [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Hobart Tasmania [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Bolton, Lancashire [6] Chorley, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Islington, London [5] Taunton, Somerset [5] Winchester, Hampshire [5] Woodstock, Oxfordshire [5] Aldershot, Hampshire [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Colne, Lancashire [4] Dover, Kent [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Kindred Tasmania [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Battersea, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Canterbury England [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Lambeth, London [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Rochester, Kent [3] Yorkshire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Banana Queensland [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham [2] Birregurra Victoria [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Boaz Island [2]

Rank

Private [2869] Gunner [320] Driver [245] Corporal [230] Serjeant [218] Sapper [148] Lance Corporal [111] Second Lieutenant [103] Acting Corporal [47] Captain [47] Pioneer [45] Acting Serjeant [41] Lieutenant [40] Bombardier [34] Rifleman [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Colour Serjeant [14] Lance Serjeant [14] Major [13] Able Seaman [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Worker [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Sister [6] Trooper [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Guardsman [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Deck Hand [4] Nurse [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Bugler [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [382] Royal Field Artillery [377] Royal Engineers [310] Army Service Corps [309] Royal Garrison Artillery [195] Manchester Regiment [152] Royal Army Medical Corps [148] London Regiment [147] Machine Gun Corps [119] Lancashire Fusiliers [112] Liverpool Regiment [90] Royal Fusiliers [90] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [76] King's Royal Rifle Corps [72] Rifle Brigade [68] Middlesex Regiment [67] Devonshire Regiment [64] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [63] West Yorkshire Regiment [63] West Riding Regiment [60] Cheshire Regiment [57] Durham Light Infantry [56] South Lancashire Regiment [56] East Lancashire Regiment [53] Essex Regiment [52] The Queen's Regiment [49] Somerset Light Infantry [46] Suffolk Regiment [45] Welsh Regiment [45] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [44] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [44] Gloucestershire Regiment [43] Hampshire Regiment [43] Royal Army Service Corps [43] Northumberland Fusiliers [42] Highland Light Infantry [41] York and Lancaster Regiment [40] Royal Lancaster Regiment [39] Worcestershire Regiment [39] Army Ordnance Corps [38] Leicestershire Regiment [38] Royal West Kent Regiment [38] Royal Sussex Regiment [37] Border Regiment [36] Yorkshire Regiment [36] Canadian Infantry [35] Royal Naval Division [35] South Wales Borderers [33] Royal Defence Corps [32] Royal Scots [30]

Service

British Army [4301] Royal Navy [449] Canadian Expeditionary Force [359] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [343] Australian Imperial Force [235] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [66] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [5846] D [13] A [5] L [2] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5735] Merchant Navy [86] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [110] Ireland [3] Australia [2] Canada [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas Alfred Berry

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army T/22899 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 283088 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army WR/289908 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Rennie Berry

Born 1876

British Army 2733 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 25462 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 569154 Private Labour Corps

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Richard Hugh Berry

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 346 Private Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 346 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur J Berry

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3378 Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 250959 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Walter Berry

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 18815 Company Serjeant Major Manchester Regiment

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James Berry

British Army Private Royal Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 722282 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 302nd (Fife) Battery

British Army 635675 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 256 Brigade

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Harry Berry

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12748 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241996 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241996 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st./5th. Battalion

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Richard Ashworth Berry

Died 1916

British Army 55557 RGA

British Army 20117 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Granville Berry

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9312 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 358932 The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Stanley Berry

Born 1896

British Army 52946 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 52946 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sidney Charles Berry

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G/32 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/32 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Henry George Berry

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 466765 Sapper Royal Engineers Anti Air Coy

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Andrew Reginald Berry

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Frederick Arthur Berry

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216072

Royal Navy F16072

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Joseph Berry

Born 1883

Died 1928

British Army 66614 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 66614 Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion Territorial Force

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James Berry

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 7567 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Alexander Berry

Born 1888

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/23rd lond Battalion

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Charles Frederick Berry

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 29 Private 7th Australian Infantry Brigade 25th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 29 Lance Corporal Australian Machine Gun Corps 7th Company

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Thomas Berry

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 7253 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Berry

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 21639 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36282 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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