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Sydney New South Wales [25]

Melbourne Victoria [21]

London England [13]

Norwich, Norfolk [12]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Launceston Tasmania [7]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Northcote Victoria [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Cork [3]

Fitzroy Victoria [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Tamworth New South Wales [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

Armadale Victoria [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Brasted, Kent [2]

Bristol England [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Caulfield Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Chatswood New South Wales [2]

Dalveen Queensland [2]

Dublin [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Goole [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

NSW New South Wales [2]

Nottingham [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Petersburg South Australia [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

South Walsham, Norfolk [2]

Taroom Queensland [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Wexford [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Rank

Private [772]

Second Lieutenant [117]

Captain [115]

Lieutenant [115]

Corporal [96]

Gunner [85]

Major [67]

Serjeant [52]

Driver [45]

Sapper [41]

Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Lance Corporal [23]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Colonel [12]

Bombardier [11]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Rifleman [10]

Temporary Captain [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Commander [7]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Trooper [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [6]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Major [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Pioneer [5]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Chaplain [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Brevet Major [3]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Unit

Army Service Corps [120]

Royal Field Artillery [120]

Royal Army Medical Corps [96]

Royal Engineers [89]

Labour Corps [74]

London Regiment [60]

Royal Garrison Artillery [59]

Norfolk Regiment [50]

Royal Army Service Corps [34]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Essex Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Royal Irish Rifles [27]

Royal Irish Regiment [25]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [19]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [18]

Staff [18]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Irish Guards [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Connaught Rangers [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

British West Indies Regiment [10]

Coldstream Guards [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Indian Defence Force [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Army Medical Service [9]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1579]

Australian Imperial Force [252]

Royal Navy [172]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [147]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [69]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

B [2410]

C [14]

G [14]

M [9]

W [9]

S [5]

H [3]

O [3]

I [2]

P [2]

D [1]

E [1]

J [1]

L [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2395]

Merchant Navy [60]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Ireland [3]

Barbados [1]

Jersey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [25] Melbourne Victoria [21] London England [13] Norwich, Norfolk [12] London, Middlesex, England [10] Launceston Tasmania [7] Hobart Tasmania [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Northcote Victoria [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Cork [3] Fitzroy Victoria [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Tamworth New South Wales [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] Armadale Victoria [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Brasted, Kent [2] Bristol England [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Caulfield Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Chatswood New South Wales [2] Dalveen Queensland [2] Dublin [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Goole [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] NSW New South Wales [2] Nottingham [2] Peckham, London [2] Petersburg South Australia [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] South Walsham, Norfolk [2] Taroom Queensland [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Wexford [2] Aghada, Cork [1]

Rank

Private [772] Second Lieutenant [117] Captain [115] Lieutenant [115] Corporal [96] Gunner [85] Major [67] Serjeant [52] Driver [45] Sapper [41] Lieutenant Colonel [29] Lance Corporal [23] Acting Serjeant [20] Colonel [12] Bombardier [11] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [10] Rifleman [10] Temporary Captain [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Acting Corporal [7] Commander [7] Lieutenant Acting Captain [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Trooper [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [6] Acting Bombardier [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Major [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Pioneer [5] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Worker [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Brigadier General [4] Chaplain [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Brevet Major [3] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [3] Nursing Sister [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3]

Unit

Army Service Corps [120] Royal Field Artillery [120] Royal Army Medical Corps [96] Royal Engineers [89] Labour Corps [74] London Regiment [60] Royal Garrison Artillery [59] Norfolk Regiment [50] Royal Army Service Corps [34] Machine Gun Corps [33] Royal Fusiliers [31] Essex Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [29] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28] Rifle Brigade [27] Royal Irish Rifles [27] Royal Irish Regiment [25] Liverpool Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [20] Suffolk Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [19] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Irish Fusiliers [18] Staff [18] Royal Munster Fusiliers [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] East Surrey Regiment [15] Irish Guards [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Connaught Rangers [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] British West Indies Regiment [10] Coldstream Guards [10] East Kent Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Indian Defence Force [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Army Medical Service [9] Durham Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1579] Australian Imperial Force [252] Royal Navy [172] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170] Canadian Expeditionary Force [147] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [69] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

B [2410] C [14] G [14] M [9] W [9] S [5] H [3] O [3] I [2] P [2] D [1] E [1] J [1] L [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2395] Merchant Navy [60] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Ireland [3] Barbados [1] Jersey [1]

Francis Patrick Mary Browne

Born 1880

Died 1960

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Reverend (Chaplain) Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Chaplain Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Francis Adolphus Hamilton Browne

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 139593 Gunner Royal Field Artillery No.7 (Territorial) Artillery Training School

British Army 109511 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 182nd Heavy Battery

British Army 109511 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 114th Heavy Battery

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Andrew Duncan Montague Browne

Born 1878

Died 1969

British Army Major 18th Division Third Army

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 18th Division Third Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 18th Division Third Army

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Abraham Frank Browne

Born 1885

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3067 Private Australian Infantry 12 Battalion

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Michael Browne

Born 1896

Died 1955

British Army 14845 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 14845 Private King's Liverpool 14th Battalion

British Army 14845 Private King's Liverpool 14th Batt

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Henry Alfred Forde Browne

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 7103 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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George Deane Browne

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 931246 Private No.2 Construction Battalion

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Alfred Lewis Browne

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6622 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533366 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion. attached 2nd/6th Bn.

British Army 533366 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Gordon Stewart Browne

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Thomas Browne

Born 1879

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park

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Claude Frank Stanley Browne

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 53662 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Frederick Browne

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 43220 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Harold Vernon Browne

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Dorsetshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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John Hazell Browne

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 12th Battalion attached 9th Battalion

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Hugh Swinton Browne

Born 1890

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Major Royal Field Artillery B Battery 86th Brigade

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Victor Arthur Lewis Browne

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 930561 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Joseph Browne

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 374298 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8348 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Woodthorpe Grayfoot Browne

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet Royal Air Force

British Army 768568 Private London Regiment 2/28th london regiment (artist Battalion

British Army 768568 Private London Regiment 2/28th london regiment (artist Battalion

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Gordon Albert Browne

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3035 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 331014 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edgar Robert Browne

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army M2/201161 Private Royal Army Service Corps. Horse Transport

British Army G/42978 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Bn.

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