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Melbourne Victoria [19]

Sydney New South Wales [14]

Brisbane Queensland [10]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Goole, Yorkshire [6]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Broken Hill New South Wales [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Dublin [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Bolam, Northumberland [2]

Boston, Massachusetts [2]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Cornwall England [2]

Croydon, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Heighington, County Durham [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Milton, Staffordshire [2]

Neath, Glamorganshire [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Snowtown South Australia [2]

Westbury Tasmania [2]

Worthing, Sussex [2]

Yass New South Wales [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Adelaide, Australia [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [917]

Corporal [96]

Gunner [88]

Serjeant [84]

Driver [82]

Sapper [53]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Lance Corporal [35]

Acting Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [28]

Captain [26]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Pioneer [11]

Bombardier [10]

Major [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Worker [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Admiral [1]

Assistant Principal [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [123]

Labour Corps [118]

Army Service Corps [111]

Royal Field Artillery [105]

Royal Garrison Artillery [59]

London Regiment [51]

Durham Light Infantry [42]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Devonshire Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [24]

British West Indies Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

West Riding Regiment [20]

Highland Light Infantry [19]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Service

British Army [1465]

Royal Navy [175]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [153]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [93]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [2085]

D [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2038]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Canada [3]

Barbados [2]

United States [2]

Ireland [1]

Netherlands [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [19] Sydney New South Wales [14] Brisbane Queensland [10] Adelaide South Australia [8] Goole, Yorkshire [6] Brighton, Sussex [5] Broken Hill New South Wales [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Belfast, Antrim [3] Dublin [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warks [2] Bolam, Northumberland [2] Boston, Massachusetts [2] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Cornwall England [2] Croydon, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Heighington, County Durham [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Milton, Staffordshire [2] Neath, Glamorganshire [2] Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Snowtown South Australia [2] Westbury Tasmania [2] Worthing, Sussex [2] Yass New South Wales [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Adelaide, Australia [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Antony, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [917] Corporal [96] Gunner [88] Serjeant [84] Driver [82] Sapper [53] Second Lieutenant [53] Lance Corporal [35] Acting Corporal [32] Lieutenant [28] Captain [26] Acting Serjeant [14] Pioneer [11] Bombardier [10] Major [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Private Lance Corporal [5] Worker [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sister [1] Admiral [1] Assistant Principal [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [123] Labour Corps [118] Army Service Corps [111] Royal Field Artillery [105] Royal Garrison Artillery [59] London Regiment [51] Durham Light Infantry [42] Machine Gun Corps [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Royal Fusiliers [34] Devonshire Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [26] Somerset Light Infantry [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Yorkshire Regiment [24] British West Indies Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Royal Irish Rifles [21] The Queen's Regiment [21] Hampshire Regiment [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] West Riding Regiment [20] Highland Light Infantry [19] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Manchester Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Wiltshire Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Royal Irish Fusiliers [13] Essex Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Service

British Army [1465] Royal Navy [175] Canadian Expeditionary Force [153] Australian Imperial Force [122] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [93] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [2085] D [1] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2038] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Canada [3] Barbados [2] United States [2] Ireland [1] Netherlands [1] New Zealand [1]

Nellie Best

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Charles Clement Best-Gardner

Born 1885

Royal Navy F2245

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Cecil Douglas Duncan-Best

Born 1893

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Try Best

British Army Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army 307 Private Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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D M O'brien

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nur

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A H Best-Permein

British Army 4652 Volunteer Indian Defence Force

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Johan Nicolaas Best Or Van Beest

Born 1891

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D M Best Now O'brien

British Army Acting Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service General Hospital

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