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London England [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Exmouth, Devon [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Homerton, London [4]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Birmingham England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Exmouth, Devon, England [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Knaresborough, Yorkshire [2]

Leominster, Herefordshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Mornington Victoria [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Prittlewell, Essex [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Saffron Walden, Essex [2]

Shepparton Victoria [2]

3 Church Road, Ingrave, Brentwwod, Essex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ajmeer Rajputana [1]

Ajmere [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Antrim [1]

Ardingley, Sussex [1]

Arlington [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Ash, Martock, Somerset [1]

Ashbourne South Australia [1]

Ashburton [1]

Auckland [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barkston, Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Baverstock, Wiltshire [1]

Beager New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [754]

Corporal [53]

Serjeant [51]

Gunner [50]

Driver [43]

Sapper [38]

Lance Corporal [33]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Gunner Gunner [29]

Captain [18]

Acting Corporal [16]

Pioneer [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Rifleman [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Captain [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Gunner Bombardier [3]

Gunner Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Midshipman [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Colonel [2]

Worker [2]

AM I (E) [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Corporal [1]

Acting/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Assistant Constable [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [96]

Labour Corps [84]

Royal Engineers [77]

Army Service Corps [73]

London Regiment [59]

Royal Garrison Artillery [46]

Royal Army Medical Corps [43]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [14]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1143]

Royal Navy [142]

Australian Imperial Force [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [90]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1582]

D [1]

E [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1547]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

India [1]

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Place of birth

London England [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Exmouth, Devon [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Homerton, London [4] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Birmingham England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Clapham, London [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Euroa Victoria [2] Exmouth, Devon, England [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Knaresborough, Yorkshire [2] Leominster, Herefordshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Mornington Victoria [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Prittlewell, Essex [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Saffron Walden, Essex [2] Shepparton Victoria [2] 3 Church Road, Ingrave, Brentwwod, Essex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ajmeer Rajputana [1] Ajmere [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Antrim [1] Ardingley, Sussex [1] Arlington [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Ash, Martock, Somerset [1] Ashbourne South Australia [1] Ashburton [1] Auckland [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barkston, Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Baverstock, Wiltshire [1] Beager New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [754] Corporal [53] Serjeant [51] Gunner [50] Driver [43] Sapper [38] Lance Corporal [33] Second Lieutenant [33] Gunner Gunner [29] Captain [18] Acting Corporal [16] Pioneer [13] Lieutenant [12] Rifleman [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Staff Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Captain [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Gunner Bombardier [3] Gunner Corporal [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Midshipman [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Colonel [2] Worker [2] AM I (E) [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Corporal [1] Acting/Lieutenant Colonel [1] Assistant Constable [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [96] Labour Corps [84] Royal Engineers [77] Army Service Corps [73] London Regiment [59] Royal Garrison Artillery [46] Royal Army Medical Corps [43] Devonshire Regiment [36] Machine Gun Corps [32] Royal Fusiliers [30] Rifle Brigade [29] Middlesex Regiment [28] Leicestershire Regiment [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [14] East Surrey Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11] Coldstream Guards [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] East Kent Regiment [8] Highland Light Infantry [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1143] Royal Navy [142] Australian Imperial Force [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [90] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1582] D [1] E [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1547] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [48] India [1]

Herbert J Bradford

Died 1918

British Army 152231 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Henry Bradford

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 49253 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 401131 Private Essex Regiment

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Albert H G Bradford

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10683 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 10683 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frank Bradford

Died 1916

British Army 18402 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Samuel George Bradford

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army L/11512 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army L/11512 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Joseph Bradford

Died 1916

British Army 16787 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Bradford

Died 1915

British Army 6893 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6893 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Henry Bradford

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 241977 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 241977 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Bradford

Died 1916

British Army 52464 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 52464 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Samuel Bradford

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 12718 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 12718 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Harry Bradford

Died 1918

British Army 11612 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 11612 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 11612 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Christopher Bradford

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 26805 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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George Bradford

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army R/32303 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/32303 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Thomas Bradford

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8983 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8983 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8983 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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Thomas Bradford

Died 1916

British Army 23264 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 23264 Private Grenadier Guards

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John W H Bradford

Died 1918

British Army 50066 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 6805 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 328118 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Frederick W Bradford

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3544 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/256111 Private Army Service Corps

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Reuben Bradford

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 26710 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Percival Richard Bradford

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/89318 Private Middlesex Regiment

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James Bradford

Died 1915

British Army 2593 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2593 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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