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Devonport, Devon [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Mingenew Western Australia [4]

Brampton, Cumberland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Wantage, Berkshire [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Burslem, Staffordshire [2]

Duloe, Cornwall [2]

Kent [2]

Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

Northfleet, Kent [2]

Pembroke [2]

Staplehurst, Kent [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Tinamba Victoria [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1]

Addington, Kent [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Aylesbury England [1]

Barton Stacey Hampshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Buxton, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camelford, Cornwall [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Chedworth, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Congleton England [1]

Cornwall [1]

Dorset England [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Dunwich, Suffolk [1]

Eccles Scotland [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [395]

Driver [49]

Gunner [42]

Corporal [36]

Serjeant [31]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Sapper [19]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [14]

Lance Corporal [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Major [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pioneer [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Carpenter [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/CPL [1]

Lance Corporal/Transport Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Veterinary Officer) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Major [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Member [1]

Nursing Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [60]

Royal Field Artillery [58]

Army Service Corps [48]

London Regiment [41]

Royal Engineers [38]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Kent Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [620]

Royal Navy [89]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [865]

Contribution

Military Service [840]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Canada [2]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Mingenew Western Australia [4] Brampton, Cumberland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Wantage, Berkshire [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2] Burra South Australia [2] Burslem, Staffordshire [2] Duloe, Cornwall [2] Kent [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] Northfleet, Kent [2] Pembroke [2] Staplehurst, Kent [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Tinamba Victoria [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1] Addington, Kent [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Aylesbury England [1] Barton Stacey Hampshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Buxton, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camelford, Cornwall [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Chedworth, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Congleton England [1] Cornwall [1] Dorset England [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Dunwich, Suffolk [1] Eccles Scotland [1] Footscray Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [395] Driver [49] Gunner [42] Corporal [36] Serjeant [31] Second Lieutenant [27] Sapper [19] Lieutenant [17] Captain [14] Lance Corporal [11] Acting Corporal [8] Able Seaman [6] Major [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pioneer [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Carpenter [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Stoker [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] L/CPL [1] Lance Corporal/Transport Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Veterinary Officer) [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Major [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Member [1] Nursing Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [60] Royal Field Artillery [58] Army Service Corps [48] London Regiment [41] Royal Engineers [38] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Royal Naval Division [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Kent Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Suffolk Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [620] Royal Navy [89] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Australian Imperial Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [865]

Contribution

Military Service [840] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Canada [2] India [1]

Richard Blunsom Broad

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Anti Aircraft Battery

British Army Lieutenant Acting Major Royal Field Artillery Anti Aircraft Battery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery ''U'' Anti-Aircraft Battery

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Percy Douglas Sinclair Broad

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475375 Private 4th Overseas Universities Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475375 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Thomas Harold Broad

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 137th Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 137th Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Central Ontario Regiment 116th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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William Edward Lee Broad

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry Saskatchewan Rgmt, 5th Bn. 137th Battalion

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William Broad

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 12214 L/CPL Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th battalion

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George Broad

Born 1880

British Army 331039 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Charles Broad

Born 1885

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Albert Arthur Broad

Born 1881

Died 1964

British Army 31927 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army

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Thomas Broad

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54245

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James Joseph Broad

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42032

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William Henry Broad

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army SD/288 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion

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Arthur George Broad

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77334

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Reginald Leigh Broad

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army Major Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion attached Royal Engineers

British Army Major General List

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Walter Broad

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 5641 Serjeant Coldstream Guards

British Army 5641 Serjeant Shoemaker Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Frank Broad

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy SA 2216 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Ocean Fisher."

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Annetta Ellen Broad

Born 1897

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17172 Member Women's Royal Air Force No. 1 M.T. Repair Depot

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William Broad

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 179272 Able Seaman HMS Vivid (RFR. DEV. B 1407)

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Fred Broad

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264813

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Richard Alfred Broad

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 373708 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6822 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Clement Broad

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106675

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