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Chesham, Buckinghamshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Grays, Essex [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Birmingham [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Derby [3]

Echuca Victoria [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Wolverhampton [3]

Auburn South Australia [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Cairns Queensland [2]

Canning Town, Essex [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hanwell , Middlesex. [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sandown, Isle of Wight [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Stourport, Worcestershire [2]

Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Wigginton, Hertfordshire [2]

Addington Victoria [1]

Agra [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1437]

Gunner [168]

Driver [131]

Corporal [129]

Serjeant [119]

Sapper [92]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lance Corporal [42]

Lieutenant [36]

Captain [32]

Acting Corporal [30]

Bombardier [21]

Major [21]

Pioneer [19]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Rifleman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Major General [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Major General [2]

Chaplain [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Midshipman [2]

Sister [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [199]

Royal Engineers [189]

Labour Corps [172]

Army Service Corps [164]

Royal Garrison Artillery [102]

Royal Army Medical Corps [65]

Machine Gun Corps [64]

Royal Fusiliers [61]

Liverpool Regiment [55]

South Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Cheshire Regiment [47]

London Regiment [47]

Manchester Regiment [45]

Worcestershire Regiment [41]

North Staffordshire Regiment [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

Lancashire Fusiliers [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [33]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [31]

Hampshire Regiment [30]

East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Essex Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Grenadier Guards [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Royal Artillery [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Service

British Army [2285]

Royal Navy [180]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [155]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [98]

Australian Imperial Force [97]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2895]

L [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2830]

Merchant Navy [55]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Bolton, Lancashire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] London England [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Grays, Essex [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Manchester, Lancashire, England [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Birmingham [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Derby [3] Echuca Victoria [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Wolverhampton [3] Auburn South Australia [2] Battersea, London [2] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Canning Town, Essex [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hanwell , Middlesex. [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Melbourne [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sandown, Isle of Wight [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Stourport, Worcestershire [2] Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Wigginton, Hertfordshire [2] Addington Victoria [1] Agra [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1437] Gunner [168] Driver [131] Corporal [129] Serjeant [119] Sapper [92] Second Lieutenant [67] Lance Corporal [42] Lieutenant [36] Captain [32] Acting Corporal [30] Bombardier [21] Major [21] Pioneer [19] Acting Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Rifleman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Acting Bombardier [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Private Acting Lance Corporal [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Major General [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Major [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Major General [2] Chaplain [2] Commander [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Midshipman [2] Sister [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [199] Royal Engineers [189] Labour Corps [172] Army Service Corps [164] Royal Garrison Artillery [102] Royal Army Medical Corps [65] Machine Gun Corps [64] Royal Fusiliers [61] Liverpool Regiment [55] South Staffordshire Regiment [53] Cheshire Regiment [47] London Regiment [47] Manchester Regiment [45] Worcestershire Regiment [41] North Staffordshire Regiment [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] Lancashire Fusiliers [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [33] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [33] Middlesex Regiment [32] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [31] Hampshire Regiment [30] East Lancashire Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Yorkshire Regiment [29] Leicestershire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] South Lancashire Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] East Surrey Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] Essex Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [18] Grenadier Guards [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] West Riding Regiment [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] Norfolk Regiment [16] Royal Artillery [16] Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Service

British Army [2285] Royal Navy [180] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [155] Canadian Expeditionary Force [98] Australian Imperial Force [97] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2895] L [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2830] Merchant Navy [55] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [66] Canada [2] Australia [1] India [1]

William A Birch

British Army M1/5459 Private 116th Heavy Battery Ammunition Column

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Gibson Birch

British Army 2189 Private 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4091 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Norman Birch

British Army 12718 Private 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 46001 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Fred V Birch

British Army 7252 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7252 Corporal 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 7252 Serjeant 1st Dragoon Guards

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Donald Morgan Birch-Jones

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 272846

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Charles William Birch

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John Henry Birch

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C L Birch

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Harold Birch

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Henry Thomas Birch-Reynardson

Born 1892

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Fraser Birch-Jones

Born 1891

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Hugh Maurice Birch-Jones

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Kathleen Mary Birch

Born 1893

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Helen Lorna Birch

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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W H Birch-Reynardson

British Army Captain Royal Defence Corps

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T C Wyrley-Birch

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Florence J Birch (mrs O'donohoe)

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

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