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London England [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Camberwell, London [4]

Cambridge [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Nayland, Suffolk [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bullarook Victoria [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Alstonville New South Wales [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Balsham, Cambs [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare [2]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [2]

Glasgow [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hurstpierpoint, Sussex [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Isleworth, Middlesex [2]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [2]

Mapleton Queensland [2]

Middlesex [2]

Sale Victoria [2]

South Norwood, Surrey [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Baldock England [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Balham, London [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballina New South Wales [1]

Balsham [1]

Balsham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bamganie Victoria [1]

Bath, Somersetshire [1]

Bath,Somerset [1]

Batte, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [708]

Gunner [76]

Driver [68]

Corporal 2nd [53]

Serjeant [48]

Sapper [40]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lance Corporal [29]

Corporal [22]

Captain [20]

Acting Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Major [10]

Pioneer [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Rifleman [7]

Bombardier [5]

Guardsman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Ship's Corporal [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acti [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

BOY 1ST CLASS [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Mechanic [1]

Brevet Major Acting Major [1]

Canteen Assistant [1]

Clerk [1]

Commissioned Shipwright [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Royal Engineers [89]

Army Service Corps [88]

Labour Corps [86]

London Regiment [73]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Middlesex Regiment [36]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Gloucestershire Regiment [25]

Welsh Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Service

British Army [1082]

Royal Navy [129]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [78]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [77]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1491]

A [1]

C [1]

M [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1448]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

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London England [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Camberwell, London [4] Cambridge [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Nayland, Suffolk [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bullarook Victoria [3] Kensington, London [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Alstonville New South Wales [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Balsham, Cambs [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare [2] Eastleigh, Hampshire [2] Glasgow [2] Gloucester [2] Hackney, London [2] Hurstpierpoint, Sussex [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Isleworth, Middlesex [2] Kensington, London, Middlesex [2] Mapleton Queensland [2] Middlesex [2] Sale Victoria [2] South Norwood, Surrey [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Baldock England [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Balham, London [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballina New South Wales [1] Balsham [1] Balsham, Cambridgeshire [1] Bamganie Victoria [1] Bath, Somersetshire [1] Bath,Somerset [1] Batte, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [708] Gunner [76] Driver [68] Corporal 2nd [53] Serjeant [48] Sapper [40] Second Lieutenant [32] Lance Corporal [29] Corporal [22] Captain [20] Acting Corporal [13] Lieutenant [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Major [10] Pioneer [10] Able Seaman [8] Rifleman [7] Bombardier [5] Guardsman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Ship's Corporal [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Acti [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] BOY 1ST CLASS [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Mechanic [1] Brevet Major Acting Major [1] Canteen Assistant [1] Clerk [1] Commissioned Shipwright [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [93] Royal Engineers [89] Army Service Corps [88] Labour Corps [86] London Regiment [73] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Middlesex Regiment [36] Rifle Brigade [29] Royal Fusiliers [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Machine Gun Corps [26] Gloucestershire Regiment [25] Welsh Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] Leicestershire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Somerset Light Infantry [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Essex Regiment [14] Suffolk Regiment [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Grenadier Guards [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6]

Service

British Army [1082] Royal Navy [129] Australian Imperial Force [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [78] Canadian Expeditionary Force [77] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1491] A [1] C [1] M [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1448] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Frederick Biggs

Born 1882

Died 1968

British Army 209892 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th London Brigade

British Army Private Royal Engineers :Railway Troops

British Army 209892 Corporal Royal Engineers 4th London Brigade

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Frederick William Biggs

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army 117171 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Thomas Alfred Biggs

Born 1892

British Army

British Army MS/558 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army MS/558 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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William Andrew Biggs

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 228481 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 242066 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2/5th

British Army 228481 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Bernard George Dawson Biggs

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army Major Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Major Durham Light Infantry

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Christopher Edgar Biggs

Born 1860

Died 1920

Royal Navy 97580 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Joseph Ernest Biggs

Born 1894

British Army 4311 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 160853 Private Royal Army Medical Corps No 1st Company

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Walter James Biggs

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5884 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372959 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Victor Biggs

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 20652 Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 320772 Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 320772 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Alphonso Biggs

Born 1887

British Army 20355 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 10/7th Ambulance

British Army 20355 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 10/7th Ambulance

British Army 886 Private Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 10/7th Ambulance

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Richard Osborne Biggs

Born 1894

British Army 2073 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404114 Private

British Army 404114 Private Royal Air Force

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Lionel Edward Biggs

Born 1880

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124028

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Frederick Biggs

Born 1888

British Army 20202 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Albert James Biggs

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army PS./1390 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 16th Battalion

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John Aldborough Mouat Biggs

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment Att 2 BN (In German Hands)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Herbert Benjamin Biggs

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

Royal Navy Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant) Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Ernest Alfred Biggs

Died 1915

British Army 16328 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Harry Biggs

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122539

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Robert Biggs

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3416 Private 19th Hussars

British Army 3416 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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Charles Theodore Biggs

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68905

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