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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Grantham [2]

Kent England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Southsea, Hampshire [2]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [2]

Woodend Victoria [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bo'ness Scotland [1]

Bradenstoke, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brailes, Warwickshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bromley [1]

Byfield, Warwickshire [1]

CHURBORNE, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Corunna, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Darleston, Staffordshire [1]

Deal, Kent, England [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dorset [1]

Dunston, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Durham [1]

EAST STOUR, DORSET [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Gainsborough, Nottinghamshire [1]

Gatton Queensland [1]

Godshill Isle of Wight [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [498]

Gunner [71]

Driver [47]

Serjeant [43]

Sapper [39]

Corporal [29]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [7]

Pioneer [6]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Mechanician [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy (Second Class) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Signaller [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Gunner and Signaller [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Engineers [54]

Army Service Corps [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [44]

Dorsetshire Regiment [34]

London Regiment [30]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

East Kent Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

British Army [765]

Royal Navy [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [978]

Contribution

Military Service [958]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Belgium [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ashford, Kent [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Euroa Victoria [2] Grantham [2] Kent England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Southsea, Hampshire [2] Wimborne Minster, Dorset [2] Woodend Victoria [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bo'ness Scotland [1] Bradenstoke, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brailes, Warwickshire [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol England [1] Bromley [1] Byfield, Warwickshire [1] CHURBORNE, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Corunna, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Darleston, Staffordshire [1] Deal, Kent, England [1] Deptford, London [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dorset [1] Dunston, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Durham [1] EAST STOUR, DORSET [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Gainsborough, Nottinghamshire [1] Gatton Queensland [1] Godshill Isle of Wight [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1] Greenwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [498] Gunner [71] Driver [47] Serjeant [43] Sapper [39] Corporal [29] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [7] Pioneer [6] Rifleman [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Mechanician [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Major [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy (Second Class) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Captain [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Writer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Signaller [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Gunner and Signaller [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72] Labour Corps [54] Royal Engineers [54] Army Service Corps [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [44] Dorsetshire Regiment [34] London Regiment [30] Machine Gun Corps [28] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Hampshire Regiment [25] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] East Kent Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Wiltshire Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Tank Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Essex Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

British Army [765] Royal Navy [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [978]

Contribution

Military Service [958] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Belgium [1] India [1]

William Frederick Burden

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 6275 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 6275 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Christopher Burden

Born 1885

British Army SD/2134 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (2nd Southdowns) Battalion

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Joseph Burden

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13410

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George William Burden

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129517

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William Stephen Burden

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army S4/109937 Private Army Service Corps

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Percy Burden

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 17752 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Edgar Burden

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10335 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10335 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 10335 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Thomas Burden

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/18145 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/18145 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Frederick J Burden

Died 1918

British Army 19050 Private Coldstream Guards

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Alfred William Percy Burden

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/679 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Gordon Burden

Died 1917

British Army 3089 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 240732 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Edward Harley Burden

Died 1916

British Army 2290 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Burden

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 23472 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Burden

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 36144 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 47130 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Clement Victor Burden

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/17068 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Burden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4646 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Joseph Burden

Died 1917

British Army 31656 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Charles Burden

Died 1916

British Army 8086 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8086 Private Norfolk Regiment

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John Thomas Burden

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 9/13270 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 59903 Private Welsh Regiment

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Thomas John Burden

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10879 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 10879 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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