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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]

Thomas W Bignell

British Army 58324 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 306067 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 615915 Private Royal Engineers

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Archibald E Bignell

British Army 322897 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leslie Fred Bignell

British Army G/60533 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Percy W Bignell

British Army 532123 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 365 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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Walter Bignell

British Army 43636 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Gilbert R Bignell

British Army 1608 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 106824 Serjeant Labour Corps

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George P Bignell

British Army SS/11441 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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C S Bignell

British Army 1411353 Bombardier Royal Artillery

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David Bignell

British Army T4/109648 Driver Army Service Corps

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Conway Hayden Bignell

British Army 256170 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bertrand Harold Bignell

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1/9th Gurkhas

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Charles Bignell

British Army 40868 Private 7th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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William J Bignell

British Army 655 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 5th General Hospital

British Army 655 2nd Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 5th General Hospital

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G N Bignell

British Army Major 29th Punjabis

British Army Brigade Major Alexandra Brigade

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G Bignell

British Army 61877 Private 11th Company Labour Corps

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Alfred Bignell

British Army 52161 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 52161 Private 1st Reserve Garrison Battalion

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George H Bignell

British Army 4386 Private 3rd Hussars

British Army 4386 Private 10th Hussars

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