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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Singleton New South Wales [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Kempton Tasmania [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Auckland [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Kurri Kurri New South Wales [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Northamptonshire England [2]

Polegate [2]

Reading [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barrow-in-Furness [1]

Barton End, Horsley, Nailsworth [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Beckenham, London [1]

Beech Pike, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Boat Harbour Tasmania [1]

Boughton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Bradford, near Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Croydon [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Denbigh, Wales [1]

Derby [1]

Dulverton, Somerset [1]

Dundee [1]

Duxford, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [703]

Gunner [75]

Sapper [57]

Corporal [52]

Driver [52]

Serjeant [41]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [15]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [10]

Major [8]

Rifleman [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Signaller [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

8th Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

CPL [1]

Captain Honourable Major [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [103]

Royal Field Artillery [92]

Labour Corps [75]

Army Service Corps [68]

London Regiment [51]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Gloucestershire Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Service

British Army [1070]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [88]

Royal Navy [87]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

Australian Imperial Force [60]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1404]

G [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1391]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Canada [2]

China [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [6] Singleton New South Wales [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Camberwell, London [3] Kempton Tasmania [3] Lambeth, London [3] Auckland [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Kurri Kurri New South Wales [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London England [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Northamptonshire England [2] Polegate [2] Reading [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Warwickshire [2] Wolverhampton [2] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barrow-in-Furness [1] Barton End, Horsley, Nailsworth [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Beckenham, London [1] Beech Pike, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Boat Harbour Tasmania [1] Boughton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Bradford, near Manchester, Lancashire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Croydon [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Denbigh, Wales [1] Derby [1] Dulverton, Somerset [1] Dundee [1] Duxford, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [703] Gunner [75] Sapper [57] Corporal [52] Driver [52] Serjeant [41] Second Lieutenant [30] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [15] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Lieutenant [13] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [10] Major [8] Rifleman [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Signaller [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 8th Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] CPL [1] Captain Honourable Major [1] Chief Gunner [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [103] Royal Field Artillery [92] Labour Corps [75] Army Service Corps [68] London Regiment [51] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [32] Gloucestershire Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27] Royal Fusiliers [26] Middlesex Regiment [21] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Essex Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Royal Berkshire Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Suffolk Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [7]

Service

British Army [1070] Canadian Expeditionary Force [88] Royal Navy [87] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] Australian Imperial Force [60] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1404] G [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1391] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Canada [2] China [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Sidney Albert Blackwell

Born 1891

Died 1982

British Army M2/034889 Sergeant Army Service Corps

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Daniel Blackwell

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 19321 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd

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Victor Harold Blackwell

Born 1899

British Army 32106 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 5/17164 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 353658 Private Royal Engineers

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Arthur Frederick Blackwell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 374262 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8312 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Thomas Blackwell

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5790 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372877 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George John Rowland Blackwell

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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John Eldon Blackwell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 22540 Private South Wales Borderers 11th Battalion

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Griffith Allen Blackwell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army R/1170 Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 54324 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 54324 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Cyril Blackwell

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 16th Battalion

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Robert Alun Blackwell

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 18628 Corporal 11th South Wales Borderers

British Army 18628 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 11th Battalion

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Ernest George James Blackwell

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 18276 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles Alfred Henry Blackwell

Born 1879

Died 1954

British Army A/293940 Private Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteen

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George Blackwell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298635

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298635 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force 6th Stores Depot

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Martin William. Blackwell

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 29319 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Lawrence Arthur Blackwell

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 60175 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alfred Blackwell

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 893 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Peter Henry Blackwell

Died 1916

British Army 20532 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 20532 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 20532 CPL Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Alfred Blackwell

Died 1914

British Army 1214 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1214 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1214 Private 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

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Thomas Geoffrey Blackwell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91110 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Charles Henry Blackwell

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2178320

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2178320 Private Canadian Infantry - Manitoba Regiment 27th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2178320 Private Canadian Infantry

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