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Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [4]

Mornington Victoria [4]

Cullompton, Devon [3]

London England [3]

Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Axbridge, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardiff [2]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Schull [2]

Ardglass [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Durham [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Exford, Somerset [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Grange South Australia [1]

Granville New South Wales [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Hindmarsh South Australia [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kadina South Australia [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Kingston England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Malta [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Milverton, Somerset [1]

Newton, Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [190]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [18]

Driver [15]

Sapper [15]

Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Captain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

ACM II [1]

AM I [1]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Motor Engineer [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Temporary Serjeant [1]

Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1]

Mate [1]

Mender [1]

Midshipman [1]

Orderly [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Force 4th Class [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Army Service Corps [23]

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

36th Sikhs [2]

Army Chaplains Department [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [294]

Royal Navy [40]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [416]

Contribution

Military Service [398]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Kenya [1]

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Place of birth

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [4] Mornington Victoria [4] Cullompton, Devon [3] London England [3] Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Axbridge, Somerset [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardiff [2] Kyneton Victoria [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Schull [2] Ardglass [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedminster, Bristol [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheshire England [1] Dulwich, London [1] Dulwich, Surrey [1] Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] Exford, Somerset [1] Finsbury, London [1] Grange South Australia [1] Granville New South Wales [1] Hertfordshire [1] Hindmarsh South Australia [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Islington, London [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Kilburn, London [1] Kingston England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Malta [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Milverton, Somerset [1] Newton, Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1] Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [190] Serjeant [20] Gunner [18] Driver [15] Sapper [15] Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Captain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Nurse [2] ACM II [1] AM I [1] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Motor Engineer [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Temporary Serjeant [1] Gunner Lance Bombardier [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1] Mate [1] Mender [1] Midshipman [1] Orderly [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Force 4th Class [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Army Service Corps [23] Labour Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Welsh Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 36th Sikhs [2] Army Chaplains Department [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [294] Royal Navy [40] Australian Imperial Force [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [416]

Contribution

Military Service [398] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Kenya [1]

Richard Wallace Burnell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 47009 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 41773 Lance Corporal Royal Welch 23rd Service Battalion

British Army 47009 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred George Burnell

Born 1875

Died 1950

Royal Navy F29989 ACM II RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229989 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F29989 AM I RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

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Louis Burnell

Born 1899

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Trimmer S.S. "Bulgarian" (Glasgow) Mercantile Marine

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Gwendoline Burnell

Born 1886

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5949

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Robert Burnell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90092

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Arthur William Burnell

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 180018 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy Thomas George Burnell

Born 1895

Died 1961

British Army 27689 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 01033 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Arthur Edward Burnell

Born 1898

Died 1920

Royal Navy 19174 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/19174 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Arthur Burnell

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 18773 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/18773 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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James Burnell

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy M10987

Royal Navy M/10987 Senior Reserve Attendant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Robert Norman Burnell

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225627

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Rolland Alister Burnell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1688 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165708 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Francis William Burnell

Born 1892

Died 1955

British Army 565 Corporal Royal North Devon Hussars

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James Jago Burnell

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 208272

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Acting Mate

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Robert Stewart Burnell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107919

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Sydney Charles Burnell

Born 1895

Died 1968

British Army 290402 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 235502 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Charles Desborough Burnell

Born 1876

British Army Honorary Major London Regiment 1/5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 1/5th lond Battalion

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George Richard Burnell

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191821

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Sidney Thomas Burnell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214417

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Ernest George Burnell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 25796 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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