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Newstead Victoria [3]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Narrandera New South Wales [2]

Nottinghamshire [2]

Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Chesterton, Staffordshire [1]

Egremont, Cheshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Near Manchester, Cheshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Streatham, London [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Urana New South Wales [1]

Yorks Peninsula South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [66]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Filter/Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Fitter [1]

Guardsman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

110th Mahrattas [2]

7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

25th Battalion Tank Corps [1]

275th Brigade [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Department [1]

5th Notts Hussars [1]

7th Dragoon Guards Attached [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Machine Gun Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coal Industry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Africa Road Corps; East African Road Company [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Amphion [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry/South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [112]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [139]

Contribution

Military Service [136]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [139] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newstead Victoria [3] Kyneton Victoria [2] Narrandera New South Wales [2] Nottinghamshire [2] Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Chesterton, Staffordshire [1] Egremont, Cheshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Near Manchester, Cheshire [1] Nottingham [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Streatham, London [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Urana New South Wales [1] Yorks Peninsula South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [66] Gunner [10] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Captain [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Filter/Corporal [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Fitter [1] Guardsman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Labour Corps [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] 110th Mahrattas [2] 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 25th Battalion Tank Corps [1] 275th Brigade [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Department [1] 5th Notts Hussars [1] 7th Dragoon Guards Attached [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Machine Gun Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coal Industry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Africa Road Corps; East African Road Company [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment Territorial Force [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Amphion [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Yeomanry/South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [112] Australian Imperial Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [139]

Contribution

Military Service [136] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Arthur Birkin

Born 1903

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Thomas Birkin

Died 1915

British Army 2520 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Edward Birkin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169464

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William Birkin

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109756

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Arthur Birkin

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 177074 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Horace Birkin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57764

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Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin

Born 1896

Died 1933

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

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Walter H Birkin

Died 1916

British Army 34280 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 34280 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

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Joseph Henry Birkin

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 8123 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Birkin

Died 1916

British Army 21744 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 21744 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Joseph Frank Brookes Birkin

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1115 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1115 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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Reg Birkin

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 201597 Fitter Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Cecil Birkin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142908

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Frederick Birkin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161671

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Arthur Birkin

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 1288 Lance Corporal 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 1288 Private 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 1288 Lance Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment

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James William Birkin

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS113017 Stoker 1st Class HMS Amphion

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Frederick George Lockwood Birkin

Australian Imperial Force 2746

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Alfred Birkin

Australian Imperial Force 1155

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Ernest William Birkin

Australian Imperial Force V80611

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Sydney Osmond Birkin

Australian Imperial Force 6371

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