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Bristol, Gloucestershire [16]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [7]

Bristol [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Bognor, Sussex [3]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Dublin [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Walgett New South Wales [3]

Birmingham [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brentwood, Essex [2]

Bridgwater England [2]

Chislehurst, Kent [2]

Devonshire England [2]

Eastwood, Renfrewshire [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Goondiwindi Queensland [2]

Hanham, Gloucestershire [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

King's Cliffe, Northants [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Penzance, Cornwall [2]

Somerset England [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Yackandandah Victoria [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Beaminster, Somerset [1]

Bear Park, Durham [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Berksley, Gloucestershire [1]

Bersted, Sussex [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brenting Ford, Hertfordshire [1]

Brentwood, Berkshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bristol,Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar, London [1]

Rank

Private [710]

Gunner [78]

Corporal [65]

Driver [61]

Serjeant [42]

Lance Corporal [36]

Sapper [35]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Bombardier [11]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Captain [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Private [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery Acting Lieutenant Colonel and hief Inspector [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Corporal /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [83]

Royal Field Artillery [81]

Army Service Corps [72]

Royal Engineers [72]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Essex Regiment [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

Welsh Regiment [23]

London Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Border Regiment [12]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Training Reserve [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1058]

Royal Navy [130]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [101]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1408]

C [2]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1371]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [16] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [7] Bristol [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Bognor, Sussex [3] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Dublin [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Walgett New South Wales [3] Birmingham [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brentwood, Essex [2] Bridgwater England [2] Chislehurst, Kent [2] Devonshire England [2] Eastwood, Renfrewshire [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Goondiwindi Queensland [2] Hanham, Gloucestershire [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] King's Cliffe, Northants [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester England [2] Penzance, Cornwall [2] Somerset England [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Yackandandah Victoria [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Beaminster, Somerset [1] Bear Park, Durham [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Berksley, Gloucestershire [1] Bersted, Sussex [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brenting Ford, Hertfordshire [1] Brentwood, Berkshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bristol,Gloucestershire [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar, London [1]

Rank

Private [710] Gunner [78] Corporal [65] Driver [61] Serjeant [42] Lance Corporal [36] Sapper [35] Second Lieutenant [15] Bombardier [11] Pioneer [11] Acting Corporal [10] Captain [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Private [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery Acting Lieutenant Colonel and hief Inspector [1] Chief Gunner [1] Corporal /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Flying Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [83] Royal Field Artillery [81] Army Service Corps [72] Royal Engineers [72] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Machine Gun Corps [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] Devonshire Regiment [24] Essex Regiment [24] Somerset Light Infantry [23] Welsh Regiment [23] London Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [21] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Manchester Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] South Wales Borderers [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Norfolk Regiment [13] Border Regiment [12] East Surrey Regiment [12] Training Reserve [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Grenadier Guards [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1058] Royal Navy [130] Canadian Expeditionary Force [101] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Australian Imperial Force [34] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1408] C [2] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1371] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Herbert Britton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229646

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Samuel Wesley Britton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232124

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Robert J Britton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 21147 Private Border Regiment

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Richard Ernest King Britton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111051

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Jack Augustus Britton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58619

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David Britton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 7026 Guardsman Guards Machine Gun Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 171 Private Welsh Guards

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Charles Britton

Born 1886

Died 1946

British Army G-37277 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G-21931 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G-21931 Private "The Queen's Own" Royal West Kent Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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John Alfred Britton

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9286

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9286 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Andrew Britton

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 745936

Canadian Expeditionary Force 745936 Private Canadian Infantry

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Lewis Fraser Britton

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769119

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769119 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Herbert James Edwin Britton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215983

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Joseph Leslie Britton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223632

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Cyril Frank Britton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16854 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Britton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 158412 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Britton

Died 1914

British Army 8167 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8167 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Leonard Britton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 17522 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 17522 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Britton

Died 1918

British Army 35473 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Irvin Britton

Died 1916

British Army 19673 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19673 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Charles Britton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army M2/035275 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/035275 Private Army Service Corps

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Clifford F Britton

Died 1918

British Army 45837 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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