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Hobart Tasmania [4]

Claverley, Shropshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk [2]

Gloucester [2]

Leamington, Warwickshire [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bombala New South Wales [1]

Boorowa New South Wales [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bruthen Victoria [1]

Chalford [1]

Chilhon Victoria [1]

Chiltern Victoria [1]

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Dunfaughy, Donegal [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Essex England [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Glasgow, Dumbartonshire [1]

Guernsey, Channel Isles [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Kidderminster, Worscestershire [1]

Ladybank, Fifeshire [1]

Leith [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Lincoln [1]

Llanwarne, Herefordshire [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1]

Maesteg, Glamorgan Wales. [1]

Middlesex, England [1]

Ponders End, London [1]

Quebec [1]

Richmond South Australia [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [192]

Corporal [26]

Gunner [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Sapper [14]

Captain [13]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Private Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergent [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Volunteer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34]

Canadian Infantry [21]

Labour Corps [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Indian Medical Department [2]

King Edward's Horse [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

New Zealand Engineers [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [377]

British Army [308]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Royal Navy [33]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [810]

Contribution

Military Service [801]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [4] Claverley, Shropshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk [2] Gloucester [2] Leamington, Warwickshire [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bombala New South Wales [1] Boorowa New South Wales [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bruthen Victoria [1] Chalford [1] Chilhon Victoria [1] Chiltern Victoria [1] Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Dunfaughy, Donegal [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Essex England [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Glasgow, Dumbartonshire [1] Guernsey, Channel Isles [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Kidderminster, Worscestershire [1] Ladybank, Fifeshire [1] Leith [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Lewisham, London [1] Lincoln [1] Llanwarne, Herefordshire [1] London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1] Maesteg, Glamorgan Wales. [1] Middlesex, England [1] Ponders End, London [1] Quebec [1] Richmond South Australia [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [192] Corporal [26] Gunner [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [14] Sapper [14] Captain [13] Driver [13] Serjeant [11] Pioneer [9] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Private /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Private Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rear Admiral [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Sergent [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Volunteer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34] Canadian Infantry [21] Labour Corps [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Welsh Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Indian Medical Department [2] King Edward's Horse [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] New Zealand Engineers [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [377] British Army [308] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Royal Navy [33] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [810]

Contribution

Military Service [801] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

Harold Boucher

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 28912 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 307883 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Tank Corps

British Army 307883 Private Tank Corps

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John Thomas Boucher

Died 1915

British Army 19632 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Montague George Boucher

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1158 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

British Army 302859 Lance Corporal Tank Corps

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Frederick Boucher

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 17102 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 17102 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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G E Boucher

Died 1919

British Army 223320 Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Air Force

British Army 223320 Serjeant Royal Air Force

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Sidney J Boucher

Died 1918

British Army 7076 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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Francis W. Boucher

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 265311 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 227637 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Joseph Arthur Boucher

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 646219

Canadian Expeditionary Force 646219 Private Canadian Infantry

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Patrick Lawrence Boucher

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 249537

Canadian Expeditionary Force 249537 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Boucher

Born 1876

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154356

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154356 Pioneer Canadian Pioneers

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William David Boucher

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 745335

Canadian Expeditionary Force 745335 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Boucher

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 453180

Canadian Expeditionary Force 453180 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Alexander Boucher

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 145852

Canadian Expeditionary Force 145852 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Boucher

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 847526

Canadian Expeditionary Force 847526 Private Canadian Infantry

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Lucien Boucher

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 23105

Canadian Expeditionary Force 23105 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Boucher

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 660721

Canadian Expeditionary Force 660721 Private Canadian Infantry

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Orville Hubert Boucher

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 790724

Canadian Expeditionary Force 790724 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Boucher

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 445497

Canadian Expeditionary Force 445497 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Alderic Boucher

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 61214

Canadian Expeditionary Force 61214 Private Canadian Infantry

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Milford Medsker Boucher

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174769

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