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Brighton, Sussex [7]

Chichester, Sussex [4]

London England [4]

Midhurst, Sussex [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Guildford, Surrey [3]

Lewes, Sussex [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bromley Kent [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Chiswick, Middlesex [2]

Eltham, Kent, England [2]

Guildford England [2]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Hurstpierpoint, Sussex [2]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Petworth, Sussex [2]

Surrey [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

West Norwood, Surrey [2]

Worthing, Sussex [2]

11 Bevington Road, Kensington [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alverstoke, Hants [1]

Ashton-on-Mersey [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedham, Fittleworth, Sussex [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Brighton [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Bushill Park, Middlesex [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chertsey, London [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Cosham, Hampshire, England [1]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Cowra New South Wales [1]

Cranleigh, Surrey [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dorking, Sussex [1]

Elham England [1]

Enfield, Middx [1]

Eudunda South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [325]

Gunner [35]

Driver [33]

Corporal [27]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [15]

Lance Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Captain [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [2]

Musician [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Master Gunner /Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Pioneer Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [52]

Army Service Corps [50]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

London Regiment [41]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

The Queen's Regiment [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

20th Hussars [2]

28th Punjabis [2]

2nd Life Guards [2]

3rd Tank Group [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Household Battalion [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Service

British Army [513]

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [684]

Contribution

Military Service [672]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Brighton, Sussex [7] Chichester, Sussex [4] London England [4] Midhurst, Sussex [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Croydon, Surrey [3] Guildford, Surrey [3] Lewes, Sussex [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bromley Kent [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Chiswick, Middlesex [2] Eltham, Kent, England [2] Guildford England [2] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Hoxton, London [2] Hurstpierpoint, Sussex [2] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Petworth, Sussex [2] Surrey [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] West Norwood, Surrey [2] Worthing, Sussex [2] 11 Bevington Road, Kensington [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alverstoke, Hants [1] Ashton-on-Mersey [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedham, Fittleworth, Sussex [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Brighton [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Bushill Park, Middlesex [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chertsey, London [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Cosham, Hampshire, England [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Cowra New South Wales [1] Cranleigh, Surrey [1] Deptford, London [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dorking, Sussex [1] Elham England [1] Enfield, Middx [1] Eudunda South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [325] Gunner [35] Driver [33] Corporal [27] Serjeant [20] Sapper [15] Lance Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [9] Captain [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Quarter Master [2] Musician [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Master Gunner /Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Pioneer Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [52] Army Service Corps [50] Royal Field Artillery [47] London Regiment [41] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] The Queen's Regiment [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Engineers [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] East Surrey Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Hampshire Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Tank Corps [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Kent Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] 20th Hussars [2] 28th Punjabis [2] 2nd Life Guards [2] 3rd Tank Group [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Household Battalion [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Service

British Army [513] Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Australian Imperial Force [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [684]

Contribution

Military Service [672] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Alfred Boxall

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 9857 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Boxall

Died 1916

British Army G/8328 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Albert H Boxall

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 93073 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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F Boxall

Died 1919

British Army 18220 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Boxall

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2830 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 650832 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 650832 Corporal London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Walter Henry Boxall

Died 1917

British Army G/11744 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Boxall

Died 1917

British Army 226836 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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H Boxall

Died 1917

British Army 3258 Private Essex Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 35327 Private Essex Regiment

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Ernest B Boxall

Died 1917

British Army 2138 Trooper Household Battalion

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Leonard Arthur Boxall

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army G/5542 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5542 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Arthur William Boxall

Died 1917

British Army 13467 Corporal Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 13467 Serjeant Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 13467 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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Harry Boxall

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army F/2679 Acting Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/2679 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Ben Boxall

Died 1917

British Army S/6873 Lance Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army S/6873 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army S/6873 Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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George T Y Boxall

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 30344 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Stephen Boxall

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3911 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army 701238 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army 701238 Private London Regiment

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Ernest Boxall

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9104 Lance Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

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F G Boxall

Died 1918

British Army 30539 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Boxall

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10420 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 10420 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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William E Boxall

Died 1919

British Army 546813 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T 3907 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Josiah Boxall

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 24635 Private South Wales Borderers

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