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Barking, Essex [6]

Cygnet Tasmania [3]

Beddington, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bromley-by-Bow, London [1]

Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Canada [1]

Carlisle England [1]

Cliffe, Kent [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Colne [1]

Coventry [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Denbury, Essex [1]

Didsbury Manchester [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Lawford, Essex [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manningtree, Essex [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [1]

Scawby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Stockton, Durham [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wingate, Durham [1]

Wormingford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [82]

Driver [11]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [8]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Essex Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cape Mounted Rifles [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [123]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [168]

Contribution

Military Service [165]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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Place of birth

Barking, Essex [6] Cygnet Tasmania [3] Beddington, Croydon, Surrey [1] Bow, London [1] Bromley-by-Bow, London [1] Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Canada [1] Carlisle England [1] Cliffe, Kent [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Colne [1] Coventry [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Denbury, Essex [1] Didsbury Manchester [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Lawford, Essex [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manningtree, Essex [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Ramsgate, Kent, England [1] Scawby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Selby, Yorkshire [1] Stockton, Durham [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wingate, Durham [1] Wormingford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [82] Driver [11] Corporal [10] Gunner [8] Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Major [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Signal Boy [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [15] Essex Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Labour Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] East Kent Regiment [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's African Rifles [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cape Mounted Rifles [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Ganges [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [123] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [168]

Contribution

Military Service [165] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Arthur Meyrick Bones

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles

South African Services Cape Mounted Rifles

South African Services 571 Lieutenant South African Mounted Rifles attd 1st Kings African Rifles

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Frederick Bones

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3966 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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George F Bones

Died 1918

British Army 01279 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 59214 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion

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George Edward Bones

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132470

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John Bones

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211242

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Horace Bones

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45551

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James Bones

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 203 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 23904 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Norman Frank Bones

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222491

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John Stanley Bones

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110684

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William Richard Bones

Died 1917

British Army 5737 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army L/11022 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 5737 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles E Bones

Died 1918

British Army 42865 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Bones

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 16092 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 16092 Private Essex Regiment

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James Bones

Died 1916

British Army 21790 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Maurice Bones

Died 1917

British Army 31460 Private Essex Regiment

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John Bones

Born 1886

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 820336

Canadian Expeditionary Force 820336 Private Canadian Infantry

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Michael Blake Bones

Died 1915

British Army 16771 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 16771 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Charles Bones

Died 1918

British Army 3/2645 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 21900 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Norman Wyles Bones

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 69436

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William Charles Bones

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J14924 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J14924 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J14924 Ordinary Signalman HMS Conqueror

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Clement Oscar Bones

Australian Imperial Force 7956

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