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Sydney New South Wales [23]

Manchester, Lancashire [19]

Leeds, Yorkshire [13]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Bolton, Lancashire [8]

Bradford, Yorkshire [8]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Rochdale, Lancashire [6]

Dublin [5]

Forbes New South Wales [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [5]

Ascot Vale Victoria [4]

Barraba New South Wales [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Kempsey New South Wales [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Lancashire [4]

Manchester England [4]

Parramatta New South Wales [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Balmain New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Codnor Park, Derbyshire [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [3]

Glossop, Derbyshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Kiama New South Wales [3]

Runcorn, Cheshire [3]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Rank

Private [3125]

Gunner [368]

Corporal [246]

Driver [230]

Serjeant [202]

Sapper [172]

Second Lieutenant [138]

Lance Corporal [135]

Captain [60]

Acting Corporal [51]

Lieutenant [50]

Pioneer [49]

Acting Serjeant [37]

Bombardier [29]

Staff Serjeant [21]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Major [14]

Rifleman [13]

Sergeant [13]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Worker [7]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Nurse [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Colour Sergeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [398]

Labour Corps [392]

Royal Engineers [340]

Army Service Corps [293]

Manchester Regiment [222]

Royal Garrison Artillery [201]

Royal Army Medical Corps [178]

Machine Gun Corps [145]

West Riding Regiment [138]

Lancashire Fusiliers [135]

Cheshire Regiment [132]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [126]

West Yorkshire Regiment [115]

York and Lancaster Regiment [103]

Liverpool Regiment [102]

Durham Light Infantry [91]

London Regiment [91]

Royal Fusiliers [87]

North Staffordshire Regiment [78]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

East Lancashire Regiment [67]

Yorkshire Regiment [65]

Lincolnshire Regiment [63]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [60]

South Lancashire Regiment [59]

South Staffordshire Regiment [57]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [57]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [50]

East Yorkshire Regiment [49]

Gordon Highlanders [48]

Royal Army Service Corps [48]

Leicestershire Regiment [46]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [44]

Rifle Brigade [41]

Royal Naval Division [41]

Army Ordnance Corps [38]

Middlesex Regiment [38]

Welsh Regiment [38]

Border Regiment [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Royal Defence Corps [32]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [28]

South Wales Borderers [27]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [24]

Royal Air Force [24]

Tank Corps [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

Service

British Army [4719]

Royal Navy [412]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [362]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [271]

Australian Imperial Force [215]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [6137]

S [6]

H [4]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6025]

Merchant Navy [78]

Conscientious Objector [21]

Country

United Kingdom [138]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [23] Manchester, Lancashire [19] Leeds, Yorkshire [13] Sheffield, Yorkshire [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Brisbane Queensland [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Bolton, Lancashire [8] Bradford, Yorkshire [8] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Rochdale, Lancashire [6] Dublin [5] Forbes New South Wales [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Macclesfield, Cheshire [5] Ascot Vale Victoria [4] Barraba New South Wales [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Hackney, London [4] Kempsey New South Wales [4] Lambeth, London [4] Lancashire [4] Manchester England [4] Parramatta New South Wales [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Balmain New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Codnor Park, Derbyshire [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [3] Glossop, Derbyshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Kiama New South Wales [3] Runcorn, Cheshire [3] Wakefield, Yorkshire [3] Aberdeen [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [2] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Bethnal Green, London [2]

Rank

Private [3125] Gunner [368] Corporal [246] Driver [230] Serjeant [202] Sapper [172] Second Lieutenant [138] Lance Corporal [135] Captain [60] Acting Corporal [51] Lieutenant [50] Pioneer [49] Acting Serjeant [37] Bombardier [29] Staff Serjeant [21] Lance Serjeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Major [14] Rifleman [13] Sergeant [13] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Worker [7] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Able Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Nurse [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Brigadier General [3] Colour Sergeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Major [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [398] Labour Corps [392] Royal Engineers [340] Army Service Corps [293] Manchester Regiment [222] Royal Garrison Artillery [201] Royal Army Medical Corps [178] Machine Gun Corps [145] West Riding Regiment [138] Lancashire Fusiliers [135] Cheshire Regiment [132] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [126] West Yorkshire Regiment [115] York and Lancaster Regiment [103] Liverpool Regiment [102] Durham Light Infantry [91] London Regiment [91] Royal Fusiliers [87] North Staffordshire Regiment [78] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] East Lancashire Regiment [67] Yorkshire Regiment [65] Lincolnshire Regiment [63] Royal Lancaster Regiment [60] South Lancashire Regiment [59] South Staffordshire Regiment [57] Yorkshire Light Infantry [57] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [50] East Yorkshire Regiment [49] Gordon Highlanders [48] Royal Army Service Corps [48] Leicestershire Regiment [46] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [44] Rifle Brigade [41] Royal Naval Division [41] Army Ordnance Corps [38] Middlesex Regiment [38] Welsh Regiment [38] Border Regiment [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Royal Defence Corps [32] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [28] South Wales Borderers [27] King's Own Scottish Borderers [24] Royal Air Force [24] Tank Corps [24] Worcestershire Regiment [24] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

Service

British Army [4719] Royal Navy [412] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [362] Canadian Expeditionary Force [271] Australian Imperial Force [215] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [6137] S [6] H [4] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6025] Merchant Navy [78] Conscientious Objector [21]

Country

United Kingdom [138] Australia [2] India [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

John Lionel Calvert Booth

Born 1876

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Charles Booth

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 16246 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16246 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Robinson Booth

Born 1889

Died 1969

British Army Lance Corporal South Notts Hussars

Australian Imperial Force 264 Corporal GHQ MEF 3rd Echelon

Australian Imperial Force 264 Private GHQ MEF 3rd Echelon

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Joseph Booth

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8851 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Booth

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 39320 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39320 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston

Royal Navy PI 39320 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Manston-Dunkirk

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Herbert Gladstone Booth

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 1302 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1302 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Royal Field Artillery

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Alan Booth

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 18057 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18057 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th Battalion

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Mark Booth

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 48687 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 48687 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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Clarence Booth

Born 1896

British Army 1923 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion 44th Provisional Battery

British Army 1923 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion

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Bertie Booth

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5298 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Edwin Booth

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114417 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114417 Private 9th Overseas Canadian Mounted Rifle Regiment

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Frank Booth

Born 1882

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Major Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Lawrence Booth

Born 1896

Died 1950

British Army 16742 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Leslie Booth

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th ( City Of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Harry Booth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 269415 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 228351 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 228351 Corporal London Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Booth

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 156 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 86466 Sapper Royal Engineers 171 Tunnelling Company

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Major William Booth

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 15th Battalion

British Army Private West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion (Leeds Pals)

British Army 136 Sergeant West Yorkshire Regiment

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William Booth

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 7th Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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John James Booth

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 49670 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army Private Cheshire Reserve Battalion

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment 1st/7th Battalion

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Henry Booth

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/1744 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Anson Battalion

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