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Leicester [4]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Eltham, Kent [2]

Knaphill, Woking, Surrey [2]

London [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Quorn South Australia [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Barnsbury, Middlesex [1]

Basket Range South Australia [1]

Bedford [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blofield Norfolk [1]

Bolivar South Australia [1]

Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Byfleet, Surrey [1]

Camden Town, Middlesex [1]

Coolah New South Wales [1]

Derry Donnelly, Fermanagh [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Elkington, Northants [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Gorleston, Suffolk [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampstead, London, Middlesex [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hoxton, London, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, Middlesex, England [1]

Kent [1]

Kingsland, London, Middlesex [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester , Leicestershire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool, England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Marske, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesex [1]

Montrose Scotland [1]

Mount Gambier South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [276]

Gunner [32]

Corporal [28]

Sapper [26]

Serjeant [24]

Driver [23]

Captain [20]

Lieutenant [20]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [6]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

11th Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Provost Marshall [1]

Canteener [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Mechanic [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [47]

Royal Engineers [44]

Army Service Corps [40]

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

London Regiment [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

1st Dragoon Guards [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

11th Rajputs [2]

12th Lancers [2]

48th Pioneers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [460]

Royal Navy [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [597]

P [2]

Contribution

Military Service [595]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Leicester [4] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Eltham, Kent [2] Knaphill, Woking, Surrey [2] London [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Quorn South Australia [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Basket Range South Australia [1] Bedford [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blofield Norfolk [1] Bolivar South Australia [1] Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Byfleet, Surrey [1] Camden Town, Middlesex [1] Coolah New South Wales [1] Derry Donnelly, Fermanagh [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Edmonton, London [1] Elkington, Northants [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Gorleston, Suffolk [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead, London, Middlesex [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hoxton, London, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, Middlesex, England [1] Kent [1] Kingsland, London, Middlesex [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester , Leicestershire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool, England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Marske, Yorkshire [1] Middlesex [1] Montrose Scotland [1] Mount Gambier South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [276] Gunner [32] Corporal [28] Sapper [26] Serjeant [24] Driver [23] Captain [20] Lieutenant [20] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [6] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 11th Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Provost Marshall [1] Canteener [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Mechanic [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Sub Conductor [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [47] Royal Engineers [44] Army Service Corps [40] Labour Corps [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Royal Field Artillery [23] Machine Gun Corps [19] London Regiment [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Essex Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 1st Dragoon Guards [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 11th Rajputs [2] 12th Lancers [2] 48th Pioneers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Derbyshire Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [460] Royal Navy [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [597] P [2]

Contribution

Military Service [595] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Henry Joseph Burdett

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156044

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Adam Francis Burdett

Born 1882

Died 1918

South African Services Captain South African Service Corps M.T.

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William Francis Burdett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200069

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Frank Burdett

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268957

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Cecil James Burdett

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37567

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Thomas William Burdett

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17676 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Deal Depot

Royal Navy PLY/17676 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry R M Depot Deal

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Sidney Harold Burdett

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59736

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Reginald George Burdett

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216870

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Arthur James Burdett

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/19911 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George F Burdett

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2062 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 43456 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Arthur Cyril Burdett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 202490 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Nelson Burdett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9766

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George Frederick Burdett

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87728

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William Henry Burdett

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army 5333 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 241783 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Burdett

Born 1880

British Army 49351 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 522852 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Burdett

Died 1915

British Army 3166 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200663 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 3555 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st/4th

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James Edward Burdett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221327

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Ernest D Burdett

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19230 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 19230 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Wallace Burdett

Born 1879

Died 1934

British Army 95975 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Burdett

Born 1878

British Army 3513 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant 10th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Acting Captain 10th Hussars

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