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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]

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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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People [1177] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

H R M Brooke-Popham

British Army Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Flying Corps

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G L Brooke-Hunt

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Engineers

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B N Sergison-Brooke

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Grenadier Guards/Commands and Staff

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B N Sergison-Brooke

British Army Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards

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G L Brooke-Hunt

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Hussars

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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B N Sergison-Brooke

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Brigadier General Grenadier Guards

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards

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Winifred Brooke-Lees

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/181

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Herbert Clifford Brooke-Taylor

British Army Captain Sherwood Foresters

British Army Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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B N Sergison-Brooke

British Army Major Grenadier Guards/Staff

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B N Sergison-Brooke

British Army Major/Temporary Brigadier General Grenadier Guards/Staff

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Adela Brooke

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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H R M Brooke-Popham

British Army Major/Temporary Brigadier General Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Major/Temporary Brigadier General Australian Forces Royal Flying Corps

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G L Brooke-Hunt

British Army Temporary Captain Reserve of Officers/Royal Engineers

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Harold Brooke-Vertue

British Army Private Honourable Artillery Company Artillery

British Army Captain No1 Battalion Transport Depot

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G L Brooke-Hunt

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army attached 19th Hussars

British Army Captain and Quarter Master Royal Engineers

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Adela Stones Now Brooke

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Elfrida Marjorie Brooke The Lady

British Army Red Cross Stores

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