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Birmingham, Warwickshire [17]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Islington, London [8]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

London England [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

West Ham, Essex [5]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Cork [4]

Deal, Kent [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Saint Pancras, London [4]

Tottenham, Middlesex [4]

Warwickshire [4]

Birmingham [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Chester [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hoylake, Cheshire, England [3]

Kilburn, London [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Runton [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Wingham New South Wales [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Albany, Western Australia [2]

Apsley Victoria [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bow, London, Middlesex [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bray [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Buckhurst Hill, Essex [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Colchester [2]

Rank

Private [2627]

Gunner [298]

Corporal [238]

Driver [221]

Serjeant [211]

Sapper [187]

Second Lieutenant [128]

Lance Corporal [125]

Captain [63]

Acting Serjeant [45]

Lieutenant [44]

Acting Corporal [41]

Bombardier [37]

Pioneer [31]

Major [24]

Rifleman [16]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Worker [9]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Nurse [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Serjeant [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [351]

Royal Field Artillery [323]

Labour Corps [315]

Army Service Corps [287]

London Regiment [182]

Royal Garrison Artillery [172]

Machine Gun Corps [135]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [116]

Royal Army Medical Corps [115]

Royal Fusiliers [99]

South Staffordshire Regiment [84]

Middlesex Regiment [83]

Suffolk Regiment [76]

Rifle Brigade [72]

Worcestershire Regiment [69]

Devonshire Regiment [62]

Essex Regiment [61]

Norfolk Regiment [61]

Leicestershire Regiment [59]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [58]

Liverpool Regiment [57]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [56]

Bedfordshire Regiment [53]

Cheshire Regiment [53]

Lincolnshire Regiment [52]

The Queen's Regiment [52]

Northamptonshire Regiment [49]

Manchester Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [47]

Northumberland Fusiliers [47]

Gloucestershire Regiment [46]

Welsh Regiment [46]

East Surrey Regiment [45]

Hampshire Regiment [45]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43]

Durham Light Infantry [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Somerset Light Infantry [36]

East Yorkshire Regiment [35]

York and Lancaster Regiment [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [31]

Army Veterinary Corps [30]

Canadian Infantry [30]

East Kent Regiment [29]

Royal Flying Corps [29]

Royal Naval Division [29]

Dorsetshire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [4151]

Royal Navy [404]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [313]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [253]

Australian Imperial Force [192]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [5467]

L [2]

E [1]

F [1]

G [1]

K [1]

M [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5348]

Merchant Navy [81]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [114]

Canada [3]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [17] Sydney New South Wales [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] London, Middlesex, England [10] Islington, London [8] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] London England [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] London, Middlesex [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] West Ham, Essex [5] Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Battersea, London [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Camberwell, London [4] Cork [4] Deal, Kent [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Saint Pancras, London [4] Tottenham, Middlesex [4] Warwickshire [4] Birmingham [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Chester [3] Deptford, London [3] Edinburgh [3] Hackney, London [3] Hoylake, Cheshire, England [3] Kilburn, London [3] Poplar, London [3] Runton [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Wingham New South Wales [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Albany, Western Australia [2] Apsley Victoria [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Bow, London, Middlesex [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bray [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Buckhurst Hill, Essex [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Colchester [2]

Rank

Private [2627] Gunner [298] Corporal [238] Driver [221] Serjeant [211] Sapper [187] Second Lieutenant [128] Lance Corporal [125] Captain [63] Acting Serjeant [45] Lieutenant [44] Acting Corporal [41] Bombardier [37] Pioneer [31] Major [24] Rifleman [16] Acting Bombardier [12] Staff Serjeant [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Worker [9] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Temporary Captain [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Trooper [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Nurse [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Serjeant [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [351] Royal Field Artillery [323] Labour Corps [315] Army Service Corps [287] London Regiment [182] Royal Garrison Artillery [172] Machine Gun Corps [135] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [116] Royal Army Medical Corps [115] Royal Fusiliers [99] South Staffordshire Regiment [84] Middlesex Regiment [83] Suffolk Regiment [76] Rifle Brigade [72] Worcestershire Regiment [69] Devonshire Regiment [62] Essex Regiment [61] Norfolk Regiment [61] Leicestershire Regiment [59] Royal Berkshire Regiment [58] Liverpool Regiment [57] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [56] Bedfordshire Regiment [53] Cheshire Regiment [53] Lincolnshire Regiment [52] The Queen's Regiment [52] Northamptonshire Regiment [49] Manchester Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [47] Northumberland Fusiliers [47] Gloucestershire Regiment [46] Welsh Regiment [46] East Surrey Regiment [45] Hampshire Regiment [45] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43] Durham Light Infantry [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Somerset Light Infantry [36] East Yorkshire Regiment [35] York and Lancaster Regiment [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [31] Army Veterinary Corps [30] Canadian Infantry [30] East Kent Regiment [29] Royal Flying Corps [29] Royal Naval Division [29] Dorsetshire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [4151] Royal Navy [404] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [313] Canadian Expeditionary Force [253] Australian Imperial Force [192] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [5467] L [2] E [1] F [1] G [1] K [1] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5348] Merchant Navy [81] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [114] Canada [3] Germany [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Frank Alvin Bird

Born 1894

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary 2nd Lieutenant (probationary)

British Army 555 Trooper North Somerset Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 165108 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

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Frank Bird

Born 1898

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2406 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Charles Bird

Born 1881

Died 1951

British Army

British Army 70816 Private Royal Welch Fusiliers 17th Service Battalion

British Army 70816 Private Royal Welch Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Cook Bird

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army M/333496 Private Army Service Corps

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William Eli Bird

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 11809 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Harry Bird

Born 1860

Died 1915

British Army 13051 Private Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion

British Army GS/13051 Private Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion

British Army 13051 Private London Regiment 25th battalion, royal fusiliers (city of lond Battalion

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George Grant Bird

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 3584 Private County of London Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 260380 Private County of London Yeomanry (Corps of Hussars) 1/1st Battalion

British Army 260380 Lance Corporal County of London Yeomanry (Corps of Hussars) 1/1st Battalion

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Eustace Noel Bird

Born 1898

British Army 2997 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Henry William John Bird

Born 1877

Died 1947

British Army 3397 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3397 Private London Regiment 2/15th Battalion

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Walter Bird

Born 1877

Died 1923

British Army 15307 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 533783 Private Labour Corps

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Richard Bird

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5707 Private West India Regiment

British Army

British Army 5707 Private West India Regiment

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Reginald Pridmore Bird

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 624125 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

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William Osborne Bird

Born 1879

Died 1942

British Army 450590 Private Labour Corps

British Army 15606 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Percy Bird

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2111 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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John Greville Hobart Bird

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Richard Bird

Born 1891

Died 1984

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901552 193rd Battalion

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Arthur Bird

Born 1898

Died 1957

British Army TR/10/50400 Private Training Reserve

British Army 40780 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 18th (8) Battalion

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David Samuel Bird

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 115186 Petty Officer 1st Class HM Trawler Whooper

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Edward Thomas Bird

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 200243 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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David Bird

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 17296 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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