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Bunbury Western Australia [5]

Nannup Western Australia [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Frodsham, Cheshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Launceston, Cornwall [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birtley [1]

Carlisle [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carno, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Cromer, Norfolk [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Durham, England. [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Essex England [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Great Snoring Norfolk [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, England [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Landwade, Suffolk [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Lower Blackwood Western Australia [1]

Mansfield [1]

Mansfield England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newmarket England [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Servan, France [1]

Scottsdale Tasmania [1]

Selby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Selkirk, Scotland [1]

Sheringham, Norfolk [1]

Stockport [1]

Surrey, Sutton [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Talymain, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Talywain, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Tyne Dock, Durham, England [1]

Rank

Private [323]

Gunner [40]

Corporal [37]

Serjeant [36]

Driver [32]

Lance Corporal [15]

Sapper [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier/ Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Forewoman [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant Instructor [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [46]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Royal Engineers [32]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Military Foot Police [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [522]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [658]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [641]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Bunbury Western Australia [5] Nannup Western Australia [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Frodsham, Cheshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Launceston, Cornwall [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birtley [1] Carlisle [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carno, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Cromer, Norfolk [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Durham, England. [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Essex England [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Great Snoring Norfolk [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, England [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Landwade, Suffolk [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool England [1] Lower Blackwood Western Australia [1] Mansfield [1] Mansfield England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newmarket England [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Saint Servan, France [1] Scottsdale Tasmania [1] Selby, Yorkshire, England [1] Selkirk, Scotland [1] Sheringham, Norfolk [1] Stockport [1] Surrey, Sutton [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Talymain, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Talywain, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Tyne Dock, Durham, England [1]

Rank

Private [323] Gunner [40] Corporal [37] Serjeant [36] Driver [32] Lance Corporal [15] Sapper [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [7] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier/ Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Forewoman [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant Instructor [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [46] Royal Field Artillery [45] Royal Engineers [32] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Royal Fusiliers [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [11] Border Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Military Foot Police [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Scots [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [522] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [658] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [641] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

William George Blythe

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6245 Private Coldstream Guards

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William Charles Blythe

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11349 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Albert Edward Blythe

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 13363 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 13363 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Percy Blythe

Died 1917

British Army 152310 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Blythe

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 16856 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harry Blythe

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24053

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Ernest Blythe

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314487

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Basil Blythe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43087

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Frederick Blythe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48726

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Clarence Blythe

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170853

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Eric Alfred Blythe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175372

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Frederick Blythe

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60821

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Thomas Blythe

British Army 9154 Private 1st West Riding Regiment

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Patrick Blythe

Died 1917

British Army 19657 Private 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19657 Acting Corporal 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19657 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Walter Blythe

Australian Imperial Force 16794

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Percy Blythe

Australian Imperial Force 3457

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Arthur Herbert Blythe

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8293 Private 18th Hussars

British Army 8293 Private 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Horace Blythe

Australian Imperial Force 3198

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Harold Blythe

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Joseph Blythe

Died 1915

British Army 2675 Private Durham Light Infantry

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