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Egham, Surrey [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Surrey [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wandsworth [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Batlow New South Wales [1]

Battersea East, Surrey [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bowden, Cheshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Essex England [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hensington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Ingersoll, Ontario [1]

Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Kilkenny [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Knutsford [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire, England [1]

Leicester [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire [1]

Muttra, India [1]

Neath [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Nicholson Victoria [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Notting Hill Gate, London [1]

Oldham Lancashire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Pullman, United States of America [1]

Rishworth, England [1]

Rank

Private [322]

Gunner [33]

Corporal [26]

Driver [23]

Serjeant [22]

Sapper [18]

Captain [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Nurse [3]

Sister [3]

Worker [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colonel [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Able Seaman R.A.N. [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Engineman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Company Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signaller [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Surgeon [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [51]

Army Service Corps [37]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Royal Engineers [29]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

London Regiment [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Herefordshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [486]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [612]

R [2]

K [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

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Egham, Surrey [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Surrey [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wandsworth [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Batlow New South Wales [1] Battersea East, Surrey [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Birmingham [1] Bowden, Cheshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Clapham, London [1] Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Essex England [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hensington, Oxfordshire [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Ingersoll, Ontario [1] Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Kilkenny [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Knutsford [1] Knutsford, Cheshire, England [1] Leicester [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire [1] Muttra, India [1] Neath [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Nicholson Victoria [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Notting Hill Gate, London [1] Oldham Lancashire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Pullman, United States of America [1] Rishworth, England [1]

Rank

Private [322] Gunner [33] Corporal [26] Driver [23] Serjeant [22] Sapper [18] Captain [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Temporary Captain [4] Lieutenant [3] Nurse [3] Sister [3] Worker [3] Bombardier [2] Colonel [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Able Seaman R.A.N. [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Engineman [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Company Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Signaller [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Surgeon [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [51] Army Service Corps [37] Royal Field Artillery [34] Royal Engineers [29] Manchester Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] London Regiment [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] South Lancashire Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Shropshire Light Infantry [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Herefordshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Border Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [486] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [612] R [2] K [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [601] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1]

George Albert Charles Broome

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440955 Private Canadian Infantry 32nd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440955 Private Canadian Infantry 53rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440955 Private Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) 5th Battalion

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James Broome

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 8842 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 551476 The King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army King's Liverpool Regiment Labour Corps 421st Agricultural Company

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Edward Broome

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15582 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 15582 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 17th Bn

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Arthur G Broome

Born 1885

Died 1977

British Army GS/6914 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Walter Broome

Born 1889

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58445 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Ralph Howard Broome

Born 1889

Died 1985

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Tank Corps 7th Battalion

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Henry James Broome

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army GS/694 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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John Broome

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135092

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Charles Albert Broome

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292029

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Geoffrey Broome

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army TR/10/65765 Private Training Reserve 105th Battalion

British Army 362898 Private Labour Corps

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Harry Broome

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 452563 Private Labour Corps

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Louis George Broome

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Thomas Broome

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161012

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Paul Trethewey Broome

Born 1864

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 527915 Private AMC Base Hospital Military District 2

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Frederick John Broome

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165680

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Frederick John Broome

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37544

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Harry Broome

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166085

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John Broome

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40327

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Wesley George Broome

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406811

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Herbert Broome

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116963

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