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Atherston, Warwickshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Bridgnorth England [1]

Clayton, Manchester [1]

Craven Arms, Shropshire [1]

Derby [1]

Dumfries Scotland [1]

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Hollywood, Co. Down [1]

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Shropshire England [1]

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Waltham Abbey, Essex [1]

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Private [136]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Driver [9]

Sapper [9]

Captain [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

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Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major (later Lieutenant-General) [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Colonel [1]

Temporary Inspector of Works and Honorary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [20]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Derby Yeomanry [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

London Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

Service

British Army [216]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Royal Navy [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [254]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [252]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Atherston, Warwickshire [1] Belfast [1] Bridgnorth England [1] Clayton, Manchester [1] Craven Arms, Shropshire [1] Derby [1] Dumfries Scotland [1] England [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hereford [1] Hollywood, Co. Down [1] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1] Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Leyton, Essex [1] London [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex [1] Shropshire England [1] Staffordshire [1] Staffordshire England [1] Waltham Abbey, Essex [1] Woolwich [1]

Rank

Private [136] Corporal [13] Gunner [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Driver [9] Sapper [9] Captain [7] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Brevet Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Major (later Lieutenant-General) [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Colonel [1] Temporary Inspector of Works and Honorary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1] Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [20] Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Derby Yeomanry [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] London Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

Service

British Army [216] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Royal Navy [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [254] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [252] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Gerald Blount

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 40901 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Blount

Died 1916

British Army 8080 Private Manchester Regiment 17th manchest Battalion

British Army 8080 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 15 Platoon, "D" Company

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Walter Blount

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 22010 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Sidney Blount

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3334 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Charles Blount

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2975 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325573 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 325573 Private Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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William E Blount

Died 1918

British Army T4/038923 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Albert Blount

Died 1916

British Army 1603 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 200141 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 200141 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Sydney Thomas Blount

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 700628

Canadian Expeditionary Force 700628 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Hillier Blount

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/2 Battalion

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William Henry Blount

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82591

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Edwin Blount

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 16692 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 16692 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Samuel Blount

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army T4/06075 Private Army Service Corps

British Army B/201113 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army B/201113 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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John Blount

Australian Imperial Force 16511

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Harold Blount

Born 1881

Died 1967

Royal Navy Major (later Lieutenant-General) Royal Marines, H.M.S. "New Zealand"

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand

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James William Blount

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer HMS Sappho

Royal Navy 269403 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Good Hope

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William Thomas Blount

Born 1888

Royal Navy 15563 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Henry Robert Blount

Born 1893

Royal Navy 18347 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Edward Blount

Australian Imperial Force 5056

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Arthur Blount

Australian Imperial Force 5658

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Matthew Kerr Blount

Born 1894

Royal Navy K19749

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