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Plymouth, Devon [4]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Sidmouth, Devon [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Totnes, Devon [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Ayrshire Scotland [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Dublin [1]

Elmore Victoria [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Forton, Salop [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [1]

Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kirkcudbright, Kirk [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Manhattan USA South Australia [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Medway, Kent [1]

New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Normanton, Yorkshire [1]

Piddington, Northamptonshire [1]

Plymouth, Cornwall [1]

Port Augusta South Australia [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Sapper [20]

Gunner [19]

Corporal [15]

Driver [14]

Serjeant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Engineman [2]

Major [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Legionnaire [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Saddler [1]

Seaman [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Labour Corps [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Training Reserve [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [258]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Royal Navy [28]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [362]

Contribution

Military Service [354]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [4] Brixham, Devon [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Sidmouth, Devon [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Totnes, Devon [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Aldershot England [1] Ayrshire Scotland [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Cornwall England [1] Dublin [1] Elmore Victoria [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Forton, Salop [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Inverness, Inverness-shire [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kirkcudbright, Kirk [1] Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Manhattan USA South Australia [1] Marylebone, London [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Medway, Kent [1] New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Normanton, Yorkshire [1] Piddington, Northamptonshire [1] Plymouth, Cornwall [1] Port Augusta South Australia [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [161] Sapper [20] Gunner [19] Corporal [15] Driver [14] Serjeant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [4] Engineman [2] Major [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Serjeant Major [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Legionnaire [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Saddler [1] Seaman [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [25] Labour Corps [18] Army Service Corps [17] Devonshire Regiment [17] Manchester Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Training Reserve [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [258] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Royal Navy [28] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [17] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [362]

Contribution

Military Service [354] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Andrew Burgoyne

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7061 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Devonshire Regiment 1st

British Army Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Burgoyne

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army T3/030457 Driver Army Service Corps

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Roderick Murrie Burgoyne

Born 1875

Died 1937

British Army Captain Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Henry Burgoyne

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7978 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7978 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7978 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Alexander Burgoyne

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13142

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Henry Burgoyne

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150523

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Francis John Burgoyne

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166848

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William James Burgoyne

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10727

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Samuel Burgoyne

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army S/28979 Private Army Service Corps No 6 Field Butchery

British Army S/28979 Private Army Service Corps A Coy.

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Adam Burgoyne

Died 1917

British Army 11237 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 11237 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 11237 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Samuel Albert Burgoyne

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy ES 2295 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2295ES Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Forward III."

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William Burgoyne

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J46014 Ordinary Seaman HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Harold Paige Burgoyne

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221986

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Arthur Burgoyne

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281149

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Alfred Burgoyne

Born 1882

Royal Navy 305170

Royal Navy 305170 Stoker 2nd Class Nelson

Royal Navy 305170 Stoker Royal Sovereign

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Leonard Burgoyne

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225756

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William Thomas Burgoyne

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3611 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3611 Private 7th Lancashire Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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John Burgoyne

Died 1915

British Army 6706 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 6706 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Arthur Burgoyne

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135751

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Harry Burgoyne

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142635

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