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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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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]

William Arthur Alexander Boon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62243

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Frank Boon

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228118

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Raymond Owen Hudson Boon

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army 825308 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 1395

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James Boon

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 43779 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Boon

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5015 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 266880 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ronald Hudson Boon

Born 1898

Died 1959

British Army 38673 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frederick Boon

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298498

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Walter Boon

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3675 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Boon

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16995 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 16995 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Boon

Died 1916

British Army 482 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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George Edgar Boon

Born 1879

British Army L/7641 Colour Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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William Boon

Died 1915

British Army 3/7361 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/7361 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Boon

Died 1918

British Army 44388 Private Royal Scots

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John Benjamin Boon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13830 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Richard Boon

Died 1915

British Army 18287 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Boon

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/9108 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/9108 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/9108 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Henry Boon

Died 1917

British Army 19137 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Boon

Died 1918

British Army 3121 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 200118 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 200118 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William H Boon

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 40528 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ysdale Boon

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645362

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645362 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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