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Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bude, Cornwall [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Islington, London [2]

Norwich England [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Oakham, Rutland [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Tiverton, Devon [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bampton, Devon [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brundall, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Charlton, Kent, England [1]

Chester [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Clopton, Suffolk [1]

Coburg Victoria [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Devon [1]

Durham [1]

East Battersea, London [1]

Eye, Lincolnshire [1]

Free Church Manse Leuchars Fife [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Grahamstown Falkirk [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Harwich [1]

Heath, Glamorgan [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [374]

Driver [48]

Gunner [47]

Corporal [25]

Sapper [20]

Serjeant [15]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Pioneer [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Bearer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Deck Boy [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Photographer [1]

Private/ Gunner [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Royal Engineers [45]

Labour Corps [41]

Army Service Corps [36]

Somerset Light Infantry [25]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

London Regiment [14]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [563]

Royal Navy [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [722]

Contribution

Military Service [699]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bude, Cornwall [2] Chelsea, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Islington, London [2] Norwich England [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Oakham, Rutland [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Tiverton, Devon [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bampton, Devon [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brundall, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Camberwell, London [1] Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Charlton, Kent, England [1] Chester [1] Clapton, London [1] Clopton, Suffolk [1] Coburg Victoria [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Devon [1] Durham [1] East Battersea, London [1] Eye, Lincolnshire [1] Free Church Manse Leuchars Fife [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Grahamstown Falkirk [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Harwich [1] Heath, Glamorgan [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [374] Driver [48] Gunner [47] Corporal [25] Sapper [20] Serjeant [15] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [8] Pioneer [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Steward [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Deck Boy [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Photographer [1] Private/ Gunner [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59] Royal Engineers [45] Labour Corps [41] Army Service Corps [36] Somerset Light Infantry [25] Devonshire Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] London Regiment [14] Suffolk Regiment [13] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Norfolk Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [563] Royal Navy [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [722]

Contribution

Military Service [699] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

John Richard Broom

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2944 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 2944 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Henry Edward Broom

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9481 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9481 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick John Broom

Born 1886

British Army Private Reserve Cat A

British Army Private Reserve Cat B

British Army 12804 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Stanley Broom

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 22857 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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William James Broom

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army 15577 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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George Broom

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146643

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Ernest Arthur Broom

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 32155 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Sidney Broom

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1522 Private Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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John Broom

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164911

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George Leonard Broom

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280021

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Leonard Samuel Broom

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84693

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William Robert Broom

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81714

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Herbert William Broom

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K7246 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Reginald John Broom

Born 1882

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115761 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal FLying Corps

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John Broom

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1869 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 1869 Corporal Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Walter George Broom

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163439

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James Garfield Broom

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207367

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Harold Broom

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 51619 Corporal Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred George Broom

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2899 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 351177 Private Essex Regiment 9th Btn

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John Thomas Broom

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 7659 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7659S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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