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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Gundagai New South Wales [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

London England [3]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Dublin [2]

Fermanagh Northern Ireland [2]

London [2]

Peckham, Surrey [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Rugby, Warwickshire [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Yoxford, Suffolk [2]

53 Eaton Square, London [1]

Aberdeenshire,Scotland. [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Aldershot [1]

Ardeen, Co. Wicklow [1]

Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Boddington House, Northamptonshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Brampton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Broadbottom, Cheshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Burton Salmon, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Clapton, Hackney [1]

Colebrooke, Brookeborough, N Ireland [1]

Countesswells Aberdeenshire [1]

Crewe England [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

East Bergholt [1]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Rank

Private [510]

Captain [75]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Gunner [61]

Lieutenant [39]

Corporal [37]

Driver [36]

Serjeant [33]

Major [32]

Sapper [28]

Lieutenant Colonel [23]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Commander [6]

Brigadier General [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Nurse [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [3]

Lieutenant-Commander [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Matron [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant Captain [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [62]

Labour Corps [61]

Army Service Corps [55]

Royal Field Artillery [55]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

West Riding Regiment [34]

London Regiment [30]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [21]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

Staff [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Commands and Staff [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Service

British Army [926]

Royal Navy [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1167]

S [7]

C [1]

H [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1152]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

Uganda [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Gundagai New South Wales [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] London England [3] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Dublin [2] Fermanagh Northern Ireland [2] London [2] Peckham, Surrey [2] Poplar, London [2] Rugby, Warwickshire [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Warwickshire [2] Yoxford, Suffolk [2] 53 Eaton Square, London [1] Aberdeenshire,Scotland. [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Aldershot [1] Ardeen, Co. Wicklow [1] Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Boddington House, Northamptonshire [1] Bradford [1] Brampton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Broadbottom, Cheshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Burton Salmon, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Clapton, Hackney [1] Colebrooke, Brookeborough, N Ireland [1] Countesswells Aberdeenshire [1] Crewe England [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Dulwich, London [1] East Bergholt [1] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Fulham, London [1]

Rank

Private [510] Captain [75] Second Lieutenant [63] Gunner [61] Lieutenant [39] Corporal [37] Driver [36] Serjeant [33] Major [32] Sapper [28] Lieutenant Colonel [23] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Commander [6] Brigadier General [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Nurse [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Colonel [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [3] Lieutenant-Commander [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Brevet Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Matron [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant Captain [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [62] Labour Corps [61] Army Service Corps [55] Royal Field Artillery [55] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] West Riding Regiment [34] London Regiment [30] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Fusiliers [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] Yorkshire Light Infantry [21] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Suffolk Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Hampshire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Manchester Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Essex Regiment [10] Staff [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Gordon Highlanders [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Naval Division [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Commands and Staff [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] South Wales Borderers [5]

Service

British Army [926] Royal Navy [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Australian Imperial Force [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1167] S [7] C [1] H [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1152] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [2] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] Uganda [1]

James John Brooke

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293902

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Henry John Brooke

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 16718 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 16718 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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George Miller Brooke

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 7th west Battalion

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

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James Brammall Brooke

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 20784 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charlesl Berjew Brooke

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment attached Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Gerald Douglas Brooke

Died 1916

British Army 18959 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

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Patrick Harry Brooke

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant H.M.S. "Courageous."

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Victor James Brooke

Born 1899

Died 1976

Australian Imperial Force 20010

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George William Brooke

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300914

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Richard Christopher Brooke

Born 1888

Died 1981

British Army Lieutenant Scots Guards Special Reserve

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Edward Brooke

Born 1885

Died 1919

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Strongbow

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George Brooke

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25818

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Charles Henry Brooke

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48873

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Arthur Brooke

Born 1886

Died 1952

British Army Lieutenant 15 Lancers Indian Army Attached 4th Hussars

British Army Captain 18th King Georges Own Lancers

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Henry Hastings Brooke

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion

British Army Major Connaught Rangers 4th Battalion

British Army Major Connaught Rangers 4th Battalion

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Herbert Waite Brooke

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army GS/59319 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 59319 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Richard Reginald Maude Brooke

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Harry Herbert Brooke

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 7057 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 41303 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest Brooke

Died 1918

British Army 8109 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8109 Acting Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8109 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Wickham Brooke

Died 1917

British Army 1798 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

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