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Plymouth, Devon [4]

Dungog New South Wales [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Swanscombe, Kent [3]

Bexhill, Sussex [2]

Coomera Queensland [2]

East Wickham, Kent [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Minlaton South Australia [2]

Mountsorrel, Leicestershire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Weybridge, Surrey [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bellerive Tasmania [1]

Boogantungan Queensland [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Box, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Croki New South Wales [1]

Cundletown New South Wales [1]

Cunnamulla Queensland [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Donald Victoria [1]

Dunottar, Kincardineshire [1]

Emsworth England [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Herberton Queensland [1]

Horndean, Hampshire [1]

Hyde Park Western Australia [1]

Isisford Queensland [1]

Islington, London [1]

Jones Island New South Wales [1]

Lansdowne New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Long Newton, Wiltshire [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Manning River New South Wales [1]

Mitcham South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [198]

Driver [21]

Gunner [18]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [9]

Captain [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pte [1]

Reverend [1]

Signaller [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [16]

London Regiment [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

1/41st Dogras [2]

29th Punjabis [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [301]

Royal Navy [45]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [437]

Contribution

Military Service [433]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [4] Dungog New South Wales [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Swanscombe, Kent [3] Bexhill, Sussex [2] Coomera Queensland [2] East Wickham, Kent [2] Eastbourne [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Minlaton South Australia [2] Mountsorrel, Leicestershire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Weybridge, Surrey [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bellerive Tasmania [1] Boogantungan Queensland [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Box, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Croki New South Wales [1] Cundletown New South Wales [1] Cunnamulla Queensland [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Donald Victoria [1] Dunottar, Kincardineshire [1] Emsworth England [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Herberton Queensland [1] Horndean, Hampshire [1] Hyde Park Western Australia [1] Isisford Queensland [1] Islington, London [1] Jones Island New South Wales [1] Lansdowne New South Wales [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Long Newton, Wiltshire [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Manning River New South Wales [1] Mitcham South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [198] Driver [21] Gunner [18] Serjeant [17] Sapper [9] Captain [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Corporal [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Bombardier [4] Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brigade Major [1] Bugler [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pte [1] Reverend [1] Signaller [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [16] London Regiment [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [4] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 1/41st Dogras [2] 29th Punjabis [2] Border Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Kent Cyclist Battalion [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [301] Royal Navy [45] Australian Imperial Force [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [437]

Contribution

Military Service [433] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

William Harry - Aka Harry William Bignell

Born 1897

Died 1959

Royal Navy Z/4049 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division 1st Reserve Battalion

Royal Navy Z/4049 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy Z/4049 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

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George Frederick Bignell

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 10037 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 10037 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick Bignell

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 18697 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Bignell

Born 1889

Died 1926

British Army TF/241961 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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Robert William Bignell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 30446 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 202362 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 202362 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 114th Anti-Aircraft Section

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Leonard Thomas Bignell

Born 1898

Died 1936

British Army 7807320 Private Royal Tank Corps

British Army 18714 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 9011 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Henry Bignell

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army SD/2611 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/2611 Company Serjeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Cecil Gordon Bignell

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army A/3049 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps 36th Comoany (Weedon)

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Frederick Bignell

Born 1883

Died 1961

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116144 Lance-Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles 11th Battalion

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Sidney Bignell

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 11086 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles Henry Bignell

Died 1916

British Army SD/5033 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 5033 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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C A Bignell

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 13th Rajputs

British Army Captain 1/4th Rajputs

British Army Captain Indian Army

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Herbert Stansfield Bignell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11796

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Frederick James Bignell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68378

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William Bignell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78116

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Harry Langworthy Bignell

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy K8430 Chief Stoker HMS Goliath

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Harry Wallace Bignell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44772

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James Bignell

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275105

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Thomas Albert Bignell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217317

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Edwin Bignell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 39781 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 311501 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 311501 Sapper Royal Engineers

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