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Perth Western Australia [3]

Chelsea, London [2]

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Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

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Stoke, Staffordshire [1]

Sussex England [1]

Tuners Hill, West Sussex [1]

Turners Hill, Sussex [1]

Wolstanton, Staffordshire [1]

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Private [163]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Serjeant [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Musician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sailor [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

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Labour Corps [23]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [249]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Royal Navy [25]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [380]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Jamaica [1]

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Perth Western Australia [3] Chelsea, London [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London England [2] Avenel Victoria [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Bodle Street, Sussex [1] Brighton England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burton, Staffordshire [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Christchurch, Leicestershire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] East Ham, London [1] Edgeley, Cheshire [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Herstmonceux [1] Hertfordshire [1] Hillfarrance, Somerset [1] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Market Harborough, Leics [1] Marylebone, London [1] Midhurst, Sussex [1] NOTTINGHAMSHIRE [1] Northam Western Australia [1] Northumberland [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Peckham, London [1] Pingelly Western Australia [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Redhill, Surrey [1] Shrivenham, Berkshire, England [1] Stoke, Staffordshire [1] Sussex England [1] Tuners Hill, West Sussex [1] Turners Hill, Sussex [1] Wolstanton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [163] Gunner [22] Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Serjeant [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [6] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Musician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sailor [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Field Artillery [18] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] London Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Army Service Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Essex Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Military Foot Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [249] Canadian Expeditionary Force [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Royal Navy [25] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [380]

Contribution

Military Service [376] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Jamaica [1]

Albert Edward Billings

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5569 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 615051 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 612021 Private London Regiment 1st/19th Bn

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Thomas Billings

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241748

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William Billings

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 17833 Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Hugh Percy Billings

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238197

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Alfred Billings

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279237

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Alfred H. A. Billings

Died 1916

British Army G/11926 Private Middlesex Regiment middlesex regiment 17th Battalion

British Army G/11926 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Arnold Billings

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405194

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405194 Private Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion

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Frederick Winfield Billings

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army 681 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 91728 Private Tank Corps

British Army 681 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Ernest Billings

Died 1917

British Army 10817 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd east Battalion

British Army 10817 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edwin Billings

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 14231 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Joseph Billings

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246815

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James Valentyne Billings

Australian Imperial Force 1896

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Albert Billings

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 80756 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Edward Billings

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237157

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James Billings

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 8074

Canadian Expeditionary Force 8074 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Thomas Billings

Died 1916

British Army 4769 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 4769 Private London Regiment

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Thomas Frederick Billings

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250139

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Richard H Billings

Died 1917

British Army L/30598 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Clarence Henry Billings

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152766

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Thomas Brown Billings

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 16246 Private Hampshire Regiment

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