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Sydney New South Wales [22]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [7]

London [7]

Oldham, Lancashire [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Lancashire [4]

Manchester England [4]

Nelson, Lancashire [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Shoreditch, London [4]

Shoreditch, London, Middlesex [4]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

London England [3]

Londonderry (Derry) [3]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Worcestershire [3]

York, Yorkshire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackburn [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire, England [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Cheshire England [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [3264]

Driver [289]

Corporal [239]

Gunner [217]

Serjeant [214]

Sapper [171]

Lance Corporal [120]

Second Lieutenant [103]

Gunner Gunner [83]

Pioneer [53]

Acting Corporal [43]

Bombardier [42]

Captain [38]

Lieutenant [29]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Rifleman [19]

Staff Serjeant [16]

Major [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Worker [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Private Lance Corporal [9]

Nursing Sister [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Guardsman [4]

Gunner Private [4]

Gunner Serjeant [4]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Gunner Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Reverend [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [422]

Labour Corps [408]

Royal Engineers [344]

Army Service Corps [308]

Royal Garrison Artillery [179]

Royal Army Medical Corps [157]

Manchester Regiment [136]

London Regiment [119]

Machine Gun Corps [117]

West Yorkshire Regiment [114]

Liverpool Regiment [99]

Northumberland Fusiliers [99]

West Riding Regiment [94]

Cheshire Regiment [90]

Yorkshire Regiment [90]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [87]

Lincolnshire Regiment [85]

South Staffordshire Regiment [78]

Durham Light Infantry [77]

Royal Fusiliers [76]

Worcestershire Regiment [76]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [74]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [66]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65]

Lancashire Fusiliers [60]

York and Lancaster Regiment [56]

East Lancashire Regiment [54]

Royal Army Service Corps [53]

East Yorkshire Regiment [52]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [51]

Rifle Brigade [50]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [49]

Leicestershire Regiment [49]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

Royal Defence Corps [47]

The Queen's Regiment [47]

Middlesex Regiment [45]

Royal Naval Division [44]

Gloucestershire Regiment [43]

Army Ordnance Corps [42]

North Staffordshire Regiment [41]

South Lancashire Regiment [40]

Border Regiment [36]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [35]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [35]

Royal Scots [34]

Royal West Kent Regiment [34]

Canadian Infantry [33]

Service

British Army [4814]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [428]

Royal Navy [378]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [341]

Australian Imperial Force [191]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [6334]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6197]

Merchant Navy [105]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [126]

Ireland [2]

Brazil [1]

China [1]

India [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [22] Birmingham, Warwickshire [15] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Adelaide South Australia [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Hobart Tasmania [7] Hull, Yorkshire, England [7] London [7] Oldham, Lancashire [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Lancashire [4] Manchester England [4] Nelson, Lancashire [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Shoreditch, London [4] Shoreditch, London, Middlesex [4] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Dudley, Worcestershire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] London England [3] Londonderry (Derry) [3] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Worcestershire [3] York, Yorkshire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham [2] Blackburn [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire, England [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Cheshire England [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [3264] Driver [289] Corporal [239] Gunner [217] Serjeant [214] Sapper [171] Lance Corporal [120] Second Lieutenant [103] Gunner Gunner [83] Pioneer [53] Acting Corporal [43] Bombardier [42] Captain [38] Lieutenant [29] Acting Serjeant [25] Rifleman [19] Staff Serjeant [16] Major [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Worker [10] Able Seaman [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Private Lance Corporal [9] Nursing Sister [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Guardsman [4] Gunner Private [4] Gunner Serjeant [4] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Gunner Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Reverend [3] Sister [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [422] Labour Corps [408] Royal Engineers [344] Army Service Corps [308] Royal Garrison Artillery [179] Royal Army Medical Corps [157] Manchester Regiment [136] London Regiment [119] Machine Gun Corps [117] West Yorkshire Regiment [114] Liverpool Regiment [99] Northumberland Fusiliers [99] West Riding Regiment [94] Cheshire Regiment [90] Yorkshire Regiment [90] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [87] Lincolnshire Regiment [85] South Staffordshire Regiment [78] Durham Light Infantry [77] Royal Fusiliers [76] Worcestershire Regiment [76] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [74] King's Royal Rifle Corps [66] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65] Lancashire Fusiliers [60] York and Lancaster Regiment [56] East Lancashire Regiment [54] Royal Army Service Corps [53] East Yorkshire Regiment [52] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Royal Irish Fusiliers [51] Rifle Brigade [50] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [49] Leicestershire Regiment [49] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] Royal Defence Corps [47] The Queen's Regiment [47] Middlesex Regiment [45] Royal Naval Division [44] Gloucestershire Regiment [43] Army Ordnance Corps [42] North Staffordshire Regiment [41] South Lancashire Regiment [40] Border Regiment [36] Devonshire Regiment [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [35] Yorkshire Light Infantry [35] Royal Scots [34] Royal West Kent Regiment [34] Canadian Infantry [33]

Service

British Army [4814] Canadian Expeditionary Force [428] Royal Navy [378] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [341] Australian Imperial Force [191] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [6334] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6197] Merchant Navy [105] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [126] Ireland [2] Brazil [1] China [1] India [1]

Arthur John Bradley

Born 1884

Died 1942

British Army 11757 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 11757 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 11757 Private Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Edgar Bradley

Born 1888

British Army 3539 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 3539 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 3539 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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William Bradley

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 90831 Driver Royal Field Artillery 4th Brigade

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Anthony Henry Bradley

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 79220 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 79220 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 79220 Gunner Gunner Royal Field Artillery 81st Brigade

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Thomas Hardman Bradley

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 14/795 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley)

British Army 112658 Sapper Royal Engineers 174 Tunnelling Company

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Walter Bradley

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 1332 Private Herefordshire Regiment 1st/1st Battalion

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Jabez Bradley

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 52680 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Heavy Battery

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James Bradley

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 17094 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Peter Bradley

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 5719 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5719 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Bradley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 37978 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50226 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

British Army 50226 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Charles Walter Raymond Bradley

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve "Drake" Battalion

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John Bradley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 47141 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Siege Bty.

British Army 47141 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Fort Rowner, Gosport

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Alfred Bradley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4036 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/13089 Private Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army 4036 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 54th Company

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Harry Benjamin Bradley

Born 1899

Died 1944

British Army M/303720 Private Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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William Herbert Bradley

Born 1864

Died 1918

British Army 315 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 315 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2915 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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John Bradley

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 10511 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1stBattalion

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Arthur Bradley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 354 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battallion

British Army 240022 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion

British Army 240022 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion

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James David Bradley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12671 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 12671 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Bradley

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 12545 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st Company, 10th Service Battalion

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Joseph Bradley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3609 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3609 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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