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Brisbane Queensland [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

St Arnaud Victoria [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Barnes, Surrey [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belgrave, London [2]

Ottawa, Ontario [2]

Trentham Victoria [2]

Yass New South Wales [2]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Bowen Queensland [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Colchester, Essex, England [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cooktown Queensland [1]

Dalby Queensland [1]

Dereel Victoria [1]

Dindigul, Madura District, Madras Presidency [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Foster Victoria [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hanover Square, Glamorganshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Katanning Western Australia [1]

Lambeth, South West London [1]

Langford, Bedfordshire [1]

Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Maryborough Queensland [1]

Meifod, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesbrough [1]

Moe Victoria [1]

Newport Victoria [1]

Northampton [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Oxford [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [177]

Corporal [23]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [19]

Driver [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Sapper [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Captain [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Pioneer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Civilian Doctor Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major and Staff Quarter Master [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Private Acting Bombardier [1]

Saddler [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 11 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Labour Corps [24]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Engineers [24]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Medical Service [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

1/1st Gurkha Rifles [2]

20th Hussars [2]

4th Dragoon Guards [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [329]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Royal Navy [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [470]

Contribution

Military Service [461]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Jamaica [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] St Arnaud Victoria [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Barnes, Surrey [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belgrave, London [2] Ottawa, Ontario [2] Trentham Victoria [2] Yass New South Wales [2] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Bowen Queensland [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Colchester, Essex, England [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cooktown Queensland [1] Dalby Queensland [1] Dereel Victoria [1] Dindigul, Madura District, Madras Presidency [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Foster Victoria [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hanover Square, Glamorganshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Katanning Western Australia [1] Lambeth, South West London [1] Langford, Bedfordshire [1] Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Maryborough Queensland [1] Meifod, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesbrough [1] Moe Victoria [1] Newport Victoria [1] Northampton [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Nottingham [1] Oxford [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Perth Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [177] Corporal [23] Gunner [21] Serjeant [19] Driver [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Sapper [12] Lance Corporal [11] Captain [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Lieutenant [7] Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Captain [5] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Pioneer [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Canteener [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Civilian Doctor Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major and Staff Quarter Master [1] Medical Officer [1] Private Acting Bombardier [1] Saddler [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 11 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35] Labour Corps [24] London Regiment [24] Royal Engineers [24] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Medical Service [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] 1/1st Gurkha Rifles [2] 20th Hussars [2] 4th Dragoon Guards [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [329] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Royal Navy [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [470]

Contribution

Military Service [461] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Jamaica [1]

George Augustus Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 5970

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Richard A Bliss

Died 1918

British Army 62110 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 62110 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Bliss

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 42131 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 42131 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Ummond Bliss

Born 1891

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

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Arthur Bliss

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 15468 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick H I Bliss

Died 1916

British Army G/11667 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Ernest Robert Bliss

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 12595 Corporal Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12595 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Reginald Thomas Bliss

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1660 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240093 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick J Bliss

Died 1917

British Army 12480 Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 8971 Middlesex Regiment

British Army 17710 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Owen Bliss

Died 1920

British Army 4815 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Bertram Bishop Bliss

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 8626 Private Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8626 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Matthew Alfred Percy Bliss

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 126415 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred E Bliss

Died 1917

British Army 38053 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Richard William Bliss

Died 1918

British Army 4489 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 571951 Corporal London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 571951 Corporal London Regiment

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Ernest Wilkin Bliss

Died 1917

British Army 6092 Training Reserve 262nd Battalion

British Army 28085 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Robert Frederic Bliss

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 10818 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 10818 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Linnell Houghton (lin) Bliss

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 785164

Canadian Expeditionary Force 785164 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Edwin Bliss

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285272

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William Arthur Bliss

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160233

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Leonard William Bliss

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199628

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