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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]

Royal West Kent Regiment [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]

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]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [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] Royal West Kent Regiment [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] 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] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [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]

Arthur Hilton Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 2565

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Joseph Bliss

Died 1916

British Army 4714 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 391671 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 4714 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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George Augustus Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 5970

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Thomas William Bliss

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 31745 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 57550 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Lawrence Bliss

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56196

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Thomas Bliss

Born 1876

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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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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Ernest Wilkin Bliss

Died 1917

British Army 6092 Training Reserve 262nd Battalion

British Army 28085 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Thomas Bliss

Died 1916

British Army MD/049627 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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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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George Bliss

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409343

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Charles Alexander Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 2577

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Henry Newman Bliss

Born 1883

Royal Navy 12091 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Arthur Herbert Vidgen Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 127

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Percy Edgar Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 14549

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William James Bliss

Died 1916

British Army 73372 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 73372 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Arthur Rupert Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 2559

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Alfred George Lovell Bliss

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/1410 New Zealand Field Artillery

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Lionel Percy Bliss

Australian Imperial Force 5653

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