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Hobart Tasmania [7]

Bristol [3]

Eskdale Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Biddulph, Staffordshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Calcutta [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [2]

Middlesex [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Walpole st andrews, Norfolk [2]

Westbury Tasmania [2]

46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1]

Appledore, Kent [1]

Aspley Guise Bedfordshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Berghers Hill, Wooburn, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Berrow, Somerset [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bracknell Tasmania [1]

Brewarrina New South Wales [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Caterham, Surrey [1]

Cleethorpes [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Corton, Suffolk [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Denton, Lancashire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Desborough, Northants [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

East Greenwich, London [1]

Exeter England [1]

Exeter, Devon, England [1]

Gloucester [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Gundagai New South Wales [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Harwich [1]

Rank

Private [396]

Gunner [44]

Driver [33]

Corporal [30]

Serjeant [19]

Sapper [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [48]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Engineers [40]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [579]

Royal Navy [41]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [737]

G [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [721]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [7] Bristol [3] Eskdale Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Biddulph, Staffordshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Calcutta [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Kempston, Bedfordshire [2] Middlesex [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Walpole st andrews, Norfolk [2] Westbury Tasmania [2] 46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1] Appledore, Kent [1] Aspley Guise Bedfordshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Berghers Hill, Wooburn, Buckinghamshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Berrow, Somerset [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bracknell Tasmania [1] Brewarrina New South Wales [1] Camberwell, London [1] Caterham, Surrey [1] Cleethorpes [1] Cornwall England [1] Corton, Suffolk [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Denton, Lancashire [1] Derbyshire [1] Desborough, Northants [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] East Greenwich, London [1] Exeter England [1] Exeter, Devon, England [1] Gloucester [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Gundagai New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Harwich [1]

Rank

Private [396] Gunner [44] Driver [33] Corporal [30] Serjeant [19] Sapper [18] Lance Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Private [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [48] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Engineers [40] London Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Machine Gun Corps [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Suffolk Regiment [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] South Wales Borderers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [579] Royal Navy [41] Australian Imperial Force [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [737] G [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [721] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Singapore [1]

Frederick Boon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3782 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1/4th Bn.

British Army 200821 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn.

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Herbert Harold Boon

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 1987 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 325459 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1987 / 325459 Private E Company 1st Battalian

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William George Boon

Born 1882

British Army T4/263038 Driver Army Service Corps

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Alfred John Boon

Born 1889

British Army Z488 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Z488 Acting Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army Z/488 Rifle Brigade

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William George Boon

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2244 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 240602 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2244 Private Devon Regiment 1/5th Territorial

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Frank Boon

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 12807 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 12807 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas William Boon

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army 7358 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7358 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7358 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Frank Boon

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 16411 Private Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

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George William Boon

Born 1866

Died 1916

Royal Navy DA 5346 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5346/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Drifter Recompense

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John Alfred Boon

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 47869 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 47869 L/Cpl Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 27854 RCR 3rd

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John William Henry Boon

Born 1897

Died 1990

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52288 Royal Flying Corps

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John Boon

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3943 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 200401 Acting Lance Sergeant Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Arthur Boon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3028 Manchester Regiment 2/7th Bn

British Army 3028 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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John Boon

Born 1890

British Army 43861 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 4498 Private Suffolk Regiment 3/5th

British Army 43861 Unpaid Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th

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William Harvey Boon

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army Corporal Essex Regiment 5th Essex battalion

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George Ernest Boon

Born 1881

Died 1960

British Army 235217, 194057 Private Royal Field Artillery No 4th Depot

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John Charles Boon

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 45153 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45153 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Boon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 483 Acting Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 61782 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps No. 4 Squadron

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Charles William Boon

Died 1916

British Army 24629 Private Essex Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Thomas Boon

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 102125 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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