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Lisle Tasmania [4]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Devonport Tasmania [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Auckland [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Hayes, Middlesex [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

London England [1]

Nabowla Tasmania [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Railton Tasmania [1]

Sheffield Tasmania [1]

Somers Town, Middlesex [1]

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Private [42]

Serjeant [11]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [6]

Driver [3]

Captain [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

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Colonel temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

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Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenent [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Army Service Corps [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

3rd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Field Artillery Australian Imperial Force Staff [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

GOC 5th Australian Divisional Artillery [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Labour Corps ex Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Shropshire Yeomanry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Special Reserve [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [78]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

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B [113]

Contribution

Military Service [112]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [113] Stories Communities

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Lisle Tasmania [4] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Devonport Tasmania [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Auckland [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Hayes, Middlesex [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] London England [1] Nabowla Tasmania [1] Poplar, London [1] Railton Tasmania [1] Sheffield Tasmania [1] Somers Town, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [42] Serjeant [11] Gunner [10] Corporal [6] Driver [3] Captain [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Colonel [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colonel temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenent [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Field Artillery Australian Imperial Force Staff [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] GOC 5th Australian Divisional Artillery [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Labour Corps ex Worcestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Shropshire Yeomanry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Special Reserve [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [78] Australian Imperial Force [16] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Last name first letter

B [113]

Contribution

Military Service [112] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Alfred Bessell

Died 1915

British Army 15267 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 15267 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Henry Joseph Bessell

British Army 6304 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 549797 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 41590 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Charles Bessell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 15268 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 15268 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Charles Leonard Bessell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286012

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Charles James Bessell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 52263 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Henry Bessell

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 10026 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 10026 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George Thomas Bessell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 38137 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles David Bessell

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 7/10700 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army P11464 Private Military Foot Police Military Police Corps

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Clarence Alfred Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 7

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William Charles Bessell

Died 1915

British Army 7873 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7873 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Robert Bessell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91574

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Herbert Bessell

Died 1916

British Army 17294 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Sydney Bessell

Died 1915

British Army 10694 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Joseph Edgar Bessell

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 128344

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William George Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 1640

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Hubert Leonard Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 612

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John Lindsay Woolford Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 67587

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William Gordon Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 1202

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Frederick Washington George Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 1723

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Henry John Thomas Bessell

Australian Imperial Force 6648

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