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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Swanley, Kent [3]

Worthing, Sussex [3]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Eltham, Kent [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Haslemere, Surrey [2]

Hindmarsh South Australia [2]

Lewisham, Kent [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mt Morgan Queensland [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Aramac Queensland [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bexley New South Wales [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham,Warwickshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bowden South Australia [1]

Brackwell, Berkshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Buxted, Sussex [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Cayuga, Haldimand Co., Ontario [1]

Chesterfield [1]

Chipstead, Kent [1]

Cray, Kent [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dormans, Surrey [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunedin [1]

East Preston, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne England [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Fletching, Sussex [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gippsland Victoria [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Rank

Private [416]

Corporal [41]

Gunner [40]

Driver [35]

Serjeant [29]

Sapper [25]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal Private [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Aide de Camps [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Aircraftsman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Driver [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lierutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Station House Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [53]

Royal Field Artillery [53]

Labour Corps [51]

Army Service Corps [48]

Royal Sussex Regiment [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

London Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Kent Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [630]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Last name first letter

B [855]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [839]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Dartford, Kent [3] Swanley, Kent [3] Worthing, Sussex [3] Arundel, Sussex [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Eltham, Kent [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Haslemere, Surrey [2] Hindmarsh South Australia [2] Lewisham, Kent [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mt Morgan Queensland [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Aramac Queensland [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Berkshire [1] Bexley New South Wales [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham,Warwickshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bowden South Australia [1] Brackwell, Berkshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex [1] Buxted, Sussex [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Cayuga, Haldimand Co., Ontario [1] Chesterfield [1] Chipstead, Kent [1] Cray, Kent [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dormans, Surrey [1] Dublin [1] Dunedin [1] East Preston, Sussex [1] Eastbourne England [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Fletching, Sussex [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gippsland Victoria [1] Hackney, London [1] Hammersmith, London [1]

Rank

Private [416] Corporal [41] Gunner [40] Driver [35] Serjeant [29] Sapper [25] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal Private [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Aide de Camps [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Chief Writer [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Aircraftsman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Driver [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lierutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Station House Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [53] Royal Field Artillery [53] Labour Corps [51] Army Service Corps [48] Royal Sussex Regiment [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] London Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Rifle Brigade [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Kent Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Manchester Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [630] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Last name first letter

B [855] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [839] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [1] India [1]

Thomas Booker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190586

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William Frederick Booker

Born 1888

British Army 9225 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 9225 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Booker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G.S/52112 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Stanley Charles Booker

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Maurice Harry Booker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235349

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Frederick Ernest Booker

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 3/4967 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3/4967 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3/4967 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Victor Augustus Booker

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195434

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William Henry Booker

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3310029 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3310029 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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John William Booker

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 203521 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Arthur Booker

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217256

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Walter Reginald Booker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 123309 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sydney Booker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 31814 Private Welsh Regiment

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Harry Booker

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406507

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James Matthews Booker

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81884

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William Booker

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 13637 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Sidney John Booker

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3069 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army G/40162 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Cyril Booker

Died 1915

British Army 15942 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur Booker

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 17/753 Private Yorkshire Regiment 17th west Battalion

British Army 17/753 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Arthur Booker

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 44129 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest Charles Booker

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 13922 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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