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Carlton Victoria [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Bingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Durham [2]

Great Waldingfield, Suffolk [2]

Hackney South Australia [2]

Hull Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

London England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Minyip Victoria [2]

Nelligen New South Wales [2]

Nottingham [2]

Nowra New South Wales [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ulverston, Lancashire [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aysgarth, Yorkshire [1]

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Belfast, Antrim [1]

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Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bridgefoot, Cumberland [1]

Bridgetown, Barbados [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Carnforth, Lancashire, England [1]

Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Cobden Victoria [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Cumberland, England [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Dimboola Victoria [1]

Donaghadee, Down [1]

Dunedin, Otago [1]

Easingwold, Yorkshire [1]

Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Gisbourne England [1]

Rank

Private [397]

Gunner [50]

Corporal [39]

Driver [30]

Serjeant [29]

Sapper [27]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [17]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Bombardier [8]

Major [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major General [5]

Nurse [5]

Pioneer [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain /Temporary [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Civilian Lieutenant [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Doctor [1]

Drummer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Royal Engineers [55]

Labour Corps [46]

Army Service Corps [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [19]

Border Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

West Riding Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Staff [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

20th Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [646]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Royal Navy [49]

Australian Imperial Force [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [873]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [843]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Carlton Victoria [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Bingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Durham [2] Great Waldingfield, Suffolk [2] Hackney South Australia [2] Hull Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Limehouse, London [2] London England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Minyip Victoria [2] Nelligen New South Wales [2] Nottingham [2] Nowra New South Wales [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ulverston, Lancashire [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aysgarth, Yorkshire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bridgefoot, Cumberland [1] Bridgetown, Barbados [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Carnforth, Lancashire, England [1] Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Cobden Victoria [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Cumberland, England [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Donaghadee, Down [1] Dunedin, Otago [1] Easingwold, Yorkshire [1] Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Gisbourne England [1]

Rank

Private [397] Gunner [50] Corporal [39] Driver [30] Serjeant [29] Sapper [27] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [17] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Bombardier [8] Major [8] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major General [5] Nurse [5] Pioneer [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain /Temporary [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Chief Stoker [1] Civilian Lieutenant [1] Colonel [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Doctor [1] Drummer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [57] Royal Engineers [55] Labour Corps [46] Army Service Corps [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Yorkshire Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [19] Border Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] West Riding Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [13] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Staff [12] East Lancashire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Cameron Highlanders [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Military Foot Police [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Tank Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 20th Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [646] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Royal Navy [49] Australian Imperial Force [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [873] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [843] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [25] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Walter Pipon Braithwaite

Born 1865

Died 1945

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Cecil John 'jack' Braithwaite

Born 1882

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1521 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Richard Gilloch Braithwaite

Born 1897

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35817

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Francis Leslie Braithwaite

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 642 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Francis Joseph Braithwaite

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Major Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Mccarthy Braithwaite

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Captain

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 22nd Battalion

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Percy Braithwaite

Born 1900

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269150 Aircraftman 2nd Class

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William Braithwaite

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81571

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Frank Braithwaite

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27894

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Margaret Dorothea Braithwaite

Born 1878

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth

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Valentine Ashworth Braithwaite

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

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James Braithwaite

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276308

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Ernest Braithwaite

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13699 Private Coldstream Guards

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Fenton Waller Braithwaite

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191913

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George Braithwaite

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38054

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Ernest Braithwaite

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army LZ/1719 Ordinary Seaman Naval Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Braithwaite

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 24928 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 24928 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Alec Roy Braithwaite

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 77364 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Heath Braithwaite

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223361

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Harold Walter Braithwaite

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26027 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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