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Sydney New South Wales [24]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17]

Belfast, Antrim [13]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Glasgow Scotland [10]

Belfast [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

London England [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Dublin [4]

Fitzroy Victoria [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Auburn Victoria [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Ballymena [3]

Belfast, Down [3]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Colac Victoria [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [3]

Lithgow New South Wales [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Nile Tasmania [3]

Penrith New South Wales [3]

Terang Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Antrim [2]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Ayrshire Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Camperdown Victoria [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Finley New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1395]

Corporal [133]

Second Lieutenant [125]

Serjeant [120]

Gunner [111]

Driver [108]

Sapper [84]

Captain [73]

Lance Corporal [66]

Lieutenant [36]

Acting Corporal [33]

Major [30]

Pioneer [22]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Bombardier [13]

Rifleman [11]

Able Seaman [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Commander [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Nurse [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Sergeant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Chaplain [2]

Acting Sister [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [157]

Royal Field Artillery [149]

Labour Corps [142]

Army Service Corps [134]

Royal Irish Rifles [121]

Highland Light Infantry [98]

Royal Army Medical Corps [88]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [85]

Royal Scots [70]

Royal Garrison Artillery [67]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [66]

Seaforth Highlanders [61]

Scottish Rifles [60]

Machine Gun Corps [58]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [54]

Royal Highlanders [53]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [52]

Northumberland Fusiliers [49]

Cameron Highlanders [46]

Gordon Highlanders [46]

Royal Naval Division [39]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Liverpool Regiment [30]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Royal Irish Regiment [29]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [25]

Canadian Infantry [24]

Royal Army Service Corps [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Scots Guards [18]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

British West Indies Regiment [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Border Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Staff [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2251]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [434]

Australian Imperial Force [282]

Royal Navy [223]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [164]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [110]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [3596]

C [7]

R [4]

E [2]

M [2]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3475]

Merchant Navy [115]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

Ireland [8]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [2]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [24] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [18] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17] Belfast, Antrim [13] Melbourne Victoria [11] Glasgow Scotland [10] Belfast [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] London England [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Dublin [4] Fitzroy Victoria [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Auburn Victoria [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Ballymena [3] Belfast, Down [3] Benalla Victoria [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Colac Victoria [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire [3] Lithgow New South Wales [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Nile Tasmania [3] Penrith New South Wales [3] Terang Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Albany Western Australia [2] Antrim [2] Ararat Victoria [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Ayrshire Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Camperdown Victoria [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Finley New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1395] Corporal [133] Second Lieutenant [125] Serjeant [120] Gunner [111] Driver [108] Sapper [84] Captain [73] Lance Corporal [66] Lieutenant [36] Acting Corporal [33] Major [30] Pioneer [22] Acting Serjeant [20] Bombardier [13] Rifleman [11] Able Seaman [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Commander [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Nurse [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Brigadier General [3] Colonel [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Leading Seaman [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Sergeant [3] Worker [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Chaplain [2] Acting Sister [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [157] Royal Field Artillery [149] Labour Corps [142] Army Service Corps [134] Royal Irish Rifles [121] Highland Light Infantry [98] Royal Army Medical Corps [88] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [85] Royal Scots [70] Royal Garrison Artillery [67] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [66] Seaforth Highlanders [61] Scottish Rifles [60] Machine Gun Corps [58] King's Own Scottish Borderers [54] Royal Highlanders [53] Royal Scots Fusiliers [52] Northumberland Fusiliers [49] Cameron Highlanders [46] Gordon Highlanders [46] Royal Naval Division [39] London Regiment [37] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Durham Light Infantry [32] Liverpool Regiment [30] Cheshire Regiment [29] Royal Irish Regiment [29] Manchester Regiment [26] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [25] Canadian Infantry [24] Royal Army Service Corps [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Rifle Brigade [18] Scots Guards [18] Royal Fusiliers [17] Worcestershire Regiment [16] British West Indies Regiment [14] East Lancashire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [13] Royal Defence Corps [13] Tank Corps [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Border Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] Staff [11] Welsh Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2251] Canadian Expeditionary Force [434] Australian Imperial Force [282] Royal Navy [223] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [164] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [110] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [3596] C [7] R [4] E [2] M [2] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3475] Merchant Navy [115] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [68] Ireland [8] Australia [2] Canada [2] New Zealand [2] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

L B Boyd-Moss

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Commands and Staff

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L B Boyd-Moss

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Brigadier General Staff

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H Boyd-Rochfort

British Army Captain Lancers

British Army Captain General Headquarters Staff

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Lionel Boyd Boyd Moss

British Army Battery Major Royal Flying Corps

British Army Brigadier General 165th Battery Head Quarters

British Army Colonel 165th Battery Head Quarters

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F G Boyd-Parselle

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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H C Rochfort-Boyd

British Army Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Horse Artillery

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H C Rochfort-Boyd

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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H C Rochfort-Boyd

British Army Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Horse Artillery

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Ethel Boyd-Carpenter

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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L B Boyd-Moss

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Staff

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L B Boyd-Moss

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment

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L B Boyd-Moss

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Staff

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