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Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

York, Yorkshire [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Northampton [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

Acomb, York, Yorkshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alexander, Manitoba [1]

Appleton-on-Wiske, Yorkshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Auchinleck, Scotland [1]

Barnet England [1]

Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brafield on the Green, Northamptonshire [1]

Brayfield, Northampton [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brookton Western Australia [1]

Brucefield, Ontario [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lancashire [1]

Grahamstown New South Wales [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hansbledon, Hampshire [1]

Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Hull [1]

Jarrow, Durham [1]

Kidlington, Oxfordshire [1]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1]

Krugersdorp, Transvaal [1]

Kullarjing Western Australia [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leeds [1]

Rank

Private [367]

Gunner [36]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [31]

Sapper [30]

Driver [23]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [15]

Pioneer [13]

Lieutenant [8]

Waggoner [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Reverend [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

CorporalActing Serjeant [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Sapper Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [65]

Army Service Corps [48]

Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

London Regiment [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Tank Corps [3]

9th Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [566]

Royal Navy [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [761]

Contribution

Military Service [741]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] York, Yorkshire [4] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Hartlepool, Durham, England [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Northampton [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] Acomb, York, Yorkshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alexander, Manitoba [1] Appleton-on-Wiske, Yorkshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Auchinleck, Scotland [1] Barnet England [1] Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brafield on the Green, Northamptonshire [1] Brayfield, Northampton [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brookton Western Australia [1] Brucefield, Ontario [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lancashire [1] Grahamstown New South Wales [1] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1] Hansbledon, Hampshire [1] Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Hull [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] Kidlington, Oxfordshire [1] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1] Krugersdorp, Transvaal [1] Kullarjing Western Australia [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leeds [1]

Rank

Private [367] Gunner [36] Serjeant [33] Corporal [31] Sapper [30] Driver [23] Second Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [15] Pioneer [13] Lieutenant [8] Waggoner [7] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Reverend [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] CorporalActing Serjeant [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Sapper Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [65] Army Service Corps [48] Yorkshire Regiment [39] Labour Corps [32] Royal Field Artillery [28] Machine Gun Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] London Regiment [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Hampshire Regiment [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Gordon Highlanders [9] Highland Light Infantry [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Scots [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] West Riding Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Tank Corps [3] 9th Royal Scots [2]

Service

British Army [566] Royal Navy [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Australian Imperial Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [761]

Contribution

Military Service [741] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Herbert Arthur Boyes

Born 1885

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42524 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Percy J Boyes

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 145691 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 145691 Sapper Royal Engineers 93rd Field Company

British Army 145691 Sapper Royal Engineers 93rd Field Company

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Thomas Boyes

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15908 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15908 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion.

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Alwyn Thomas Boyes

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 204507 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Boyes

Born 1892

Died 1975

British Army 6115 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army 76147 Private Tank Corps

British Army 76143 Private Machine Gun Corps HB

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Walter Boyes

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10145 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 10145 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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James Arthur Boyes

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1764 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 265163 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 265163 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Edward Boyes

Born 1888

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72370

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Roland Amos Boyes

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 23584 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 543725 Private Labour Corps

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William Boyes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304596

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William Boyes

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92280

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William Ernest Boyes

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83363

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Frank Boyes

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26922

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Thomas Harold Boyes

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187452

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John William Boyes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148719

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Thomas Boyes

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283773

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Albert Boyes

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 3/4408 Private Hampshire Regiment "D" Coy. 2nd Bn

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Harry Boyes

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2580 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34859 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 34859 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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David Boyes

Died 1918

British Army M2/182371 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred Barker Boyes

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy Z/1878 Chief Petty Officer Royal Naval Division 2nd Reserve Battalion

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