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Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

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Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Nottingham [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Saint George's Bristol [1]

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Private [46]

Sapper [9]

Corporal [6]

Driver [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Assistant Forewoman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant-Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

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Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Sherwood Foresters [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1/7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached Columns Operating in Togoland [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [91]

Royal Navy [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [110]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Nottingham [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Saint George's Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [46] Sapper [9] Corporal [6] Driver [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Assistant Forewoman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant-Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Labour Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Army Service Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Sherwood Foresters [2] Tank Corps [2] 1/7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached Columns Operating in Togoland [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marines Medical Unit [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [91] Royal Navy [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [112]

Contribution

Military Service [110] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Charles Hugh Brittan

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 58 Brigade

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Leonard Frank Brittan

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 678537 Corporal Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 678537 Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment

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Alexander Brittan

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241682

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Frank Brittan

Australian Imperial Force 2384A

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Henry Bertram Brittan

Born 1888

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/942 Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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Jack Reginald Brittan

Born 1897

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters

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Harold Rolleston Brittan

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41213 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Edward Guise Brittan

Born 1891

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/495 Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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Henry Brittan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38127

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Oliver William Frank Brittan

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 1331 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330183 Private Hampshire Regiment

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James Alfred Brittan

Born 1892

Royal Navy 3990 Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Leonard Frank Brittan

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 678537

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George Brittan

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 760075

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Alexander Brittan

Born 1899

Royal Navy F41682

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William Edward Brittan

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29647

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Edward P Brittan

British Army SR8028 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 283028 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Brittan

Born 1888

Royal Navy 228640

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Albert Brittan

Born 1897

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Colin Brittan

British Army 9759 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Brittan

Born 1878

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437736

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