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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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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]

Henry Augustin Boyd

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 298 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Dopping Boyd

Born 1886

British Army Brevet Major Royal Queens Regiment (West Surrey)

British Army Brigade Major Royal Queens Regiment (West Surrey)

British Army Major Royal Queens Regiment (West Surrey)

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Robert Boyd

Born 1896

British Army 1796 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 200368 Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Battalion

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Timothy Alexander Boyd

Born 1882

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 6828 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 8116 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Owen Tudor Boyd

Born 1889

Died 1944

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 5th Cavalry

Indian Army Lieutenant 5th Cavalry

Indian Army Captain

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John Boyd

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 16046 Private Highland Light Infantry 17th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion attached 1st Battalion.

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Harold Alexander Boyd

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Andrew Boyd

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 46 Private Australian Infantry, 18th Bn.

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Thomas Boyd

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 653 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 653 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

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Daniel Boyd

Born 1881

British Army 19957 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 19957 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Boyd

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 6453 Corporal Irish Guards

British Army 6453 Lance Serjeant Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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John Boyd

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1842 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240238 Private Scottish Rifles 5/6th Battalion

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John Hogg Boyd

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3119 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Walter Boyd

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 27057 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Moses Boyd

Born 1893

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6628 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Newman Charles Boyd

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2362 Bombadier N.Z. F.A. 5th Battery

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2362 Corporal N.Z..F.A. 5th Battery

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Stanley Ernest Boyd

Born 1896

British Army 2610 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Charles Frederick Boyd

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 863 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Morrison Boyd

Born 1876

Died 1924

British Army 330524 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 16690 Private ALIAS King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Brian Boyd

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 14/17296 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion

British Army 14/17296 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion

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