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London England [7]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Bairnsdale Victoria [4]

Bunbury Western Australia [4]

Horsham, Sussex [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bow, London [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Islington, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Avoca Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bradwell, Suffolk [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cannock, Staffordshire [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Erith, Kent [2]

Haverhill, Suffolk [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Loddon, Norfolk [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Loughton, Essex [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Wallaroo South Australia [2]

Wentworth New South Wales [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Aldringham, Suffolk [1]

Anvil Creek New South Wales [1]

Apperley Bridge, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Baldork Herts [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bellerive Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [755]

Gunner [86]

Driver [73]

Serjeant [60]

Corporal [54]

Sapper [36]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lance Corporal [32]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Captain [9]

Bombardier [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Major [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Clerk [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Pioneer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Private /Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman (Bandsman) [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Chaplain The Reverend [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Colour Serjeant Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [115]

Royal Field Artillery [113]

Army Service Corps [80]

Royal Engineers [71]

London Regiment [66]

Royal Garrison Artillery [44]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Essex Regiment [35]

Norfolk Regiment [34]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Rifle Brigade [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Military Mounted Police [7]

Service

British Army [1150]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [135]

Royal Navy [135]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103]

Australian Imperial Force [65]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [1623]

P [2]

D [1]

F [1]

L [1]

M [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1593]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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London England [7] London, Middlesex, England [6] Bairnsdale Victoria [4] Bunbury Western Australia [4] Horsham, Sussex [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bow, London [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Islington, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Avoca Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bradwell, Suffolk [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cannock, Staffordshire [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Erith, Kent [2] Haverhill, Suffolk [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Loddon, Norfolk [2] London, Middlesex [2] Loughton, Essex [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Peckham, London [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Strood, Kent [2] Wallaroo South Australia [2] Wentworth New South Wales [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Aldringham, Suffolk [1] Anvil Creek New South Wales [1] Apperley Bridge, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Baldork Herts [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bellerive Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [755] Gunner [86] Driver [73] Serjeant [60] Corporal [54] Sapper [36] Second Lieutenant [35] Lance Corporal [32] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [10] Captain [9] Bombardier [8] Lieutenant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Major [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Clerk [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Pioneer [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Private /Acting Serjeant [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman (Bandsman) [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Chaplain The Reverend [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Colour Serjeant Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [115] Royal Field Artillery [113] Army Service Corps [80] Royal Engineers [71] London Regiment [66] Royal Garrison Artillery [44] Machine Gun Corps [40] Essex Regiment [35] Norfolk Regiment [34] Middlesex Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [29] Rifle Brigade [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] Suffolk Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Border Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Cambridgeshire Regiment [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Military Mounted Police [7]

Service

British Army [1150] Canadian Expeditionary Force [135] Royal Navy [135] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103] Australian Imperial Force [65] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [1623] P [2] D [1] F [1] L [1] M [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1593] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Stanley George Buck

Born 1899

Died 1982

British Army S/37295 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/37295 Rifleman Rifle Brigate

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Charles Percy Buck

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 213603 Sapper Royal Engineers royal engineers 2nd Company

British Army 213603 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy Buck

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 267098 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 267098 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6198 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Thomas Buck

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 10/806 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10/806 Acting Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10/806 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn

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Jesse Buck

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 5/2935 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240751 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Frederick George Buck

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 6729 249th Infantry Brigade

British Army 43757 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Arthur Buck

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101075

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101075 Private Canadian Infantry

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Cyril Bernard Wilson Buck

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army Chaplain The Reverend Leicestershire Regiment 1/5th leicest Battalion

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John Buck

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3/11200 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11200 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Clive Buck

Born 1895

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 571 Australian Infantry 1st Battalion

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Charles W. Buck

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 1352 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

British Army 300485 Private Tank Corps

British Army 300485 Trooper King Edward's Horse a squad, 2nd Battalion

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Harry Buck

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 14955 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 43583 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Charles Buck

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27689

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Samuel Buck

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279805

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George Buck

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291888

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Matthew Thomas Buck

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51910

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John William Buck

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76628

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Russell Buck

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37809

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Patrick Charles Buck

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25723

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William George Buck

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76800

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