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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Old Cleeve, Somerset [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Truro South Australia [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Dandaragan Western Australia [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Illabarook Victoria [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Beeac Victoria [2]

Belfast [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bordertown South Australia [2]

Bristol England [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Buderim Queensland [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dundee [2]

Eastville, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Moss Vale New South Wales [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Roadwater, Somerset [2]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [2]

Stirling South Australia [2]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

Tunbridge Wells [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Wrotham, Kent [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [976]

Gunner [115]

Driver [91]

Corporal [89]

Sapper [81]

Serjeant [73]

Lance Corporal [56]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Captain [36]

Lieutenant [28]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Pioneer [25]

Major [19]

Bombardier [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Sergeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Engineman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Reverend [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Chaplain [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [142]

Royal Engineers [123]

Labour Corps [122]

Army Service Corps [120]

Gordon Highlanders [90]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

London Regiment [47]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Royal Scots [32]

Highland Light Infantry [31]

Royal Highlanders [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [19]

Welsh Regiment [19]

Cameron Highlanders [18]

Scottish Rifles [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1604]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [183]

Royal Navy [180]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [123]

Australian Imperial Force [104]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [2258]

C [2]

D [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2212]

Merchant Navy [32]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

India [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [8] Old Cleeve, Somerset [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Aberdeen [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Truro South Australia [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Dandaragan Western Australia [3] Edinburgh [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Illabarook Victoria [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Aberdeenshire [2] Beeac Victoria [2] Belfast [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bordertown South Australia [2] Bristol England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Buderim Queensland [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Cambridge [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dundee [2] Eastville, Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Moss Vale New South Wales [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Roadwater, Somerset [2] Ryde, Isle of Wight [2] Stirling South Australia [2] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] Tunbridge Wells [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Wrotham, Kent [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [976] Gunner [115] Driver [91] Corporal [89] Sapper [81] Serjeant [73] Lance Corporal [56] Second Lieutenant [37] Captain [36] Lieutenant [28] Acting Serjeant [27] Pioneer [25] Major [19] Bombardier [16] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Acting Corporal [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Sergeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Engineman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer [3] Reverend [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Chaplain [2] Deck Hand [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [142] Royal Engineers [123] Labour Corps [122] Army Service Corps [120] Gordon Highlanders [90] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] London Regiment [47] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Naval Division [33] Royal Scots [32] Highland Light Infantry [31] Royal Highlanders [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] Liverpool Regiment [24] Somerset Light Infantry [23] Devonshire Regiment [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [19] Welsh Regiment [19] Cameron Highlanders [18] Scottish Rifles [18] Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Cheshire Regiment [14] East Lancashire Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1604] Canadian Expeditionary Force [183] Royal Navy [180] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [123] Australian Imperial Force [104] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [2258] C [2] D [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2212] Merchant Navy [32] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [61] India [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Samuel Allen Burnett

Born 1876

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 303602

Canadian Expeditionary Force 303602 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery

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Francis Lacey Burnett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244609

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Gladstone Burnett

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 711 Private Highland Light Infantry 11th highland Battalion

British Army 711 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Fassett Arbouin Burnett

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3010 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 319435 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

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John William Burnett

Born 1886

British Army 36513 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Walter Stewart Burnett

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 410131 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army T301 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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William Josiah Burnett

Born 1891

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy F13 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic III Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F13 Petty Officer Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

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James Burnett

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 541806 Serjeant Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3368

British Army 541806 Sergeant Canadian Engineers

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Charles Burnett

Born 1884

British Army 5590 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Shepherd Burnett

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army T4/232259 Driver Army Service Corps 821st H.T. Coy.

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James Burnett

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 37791 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Burnett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 275360 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 275360 Private Royal Scots

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John Burnett

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 1320 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1320 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Thomas Burnett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300981

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Reginald Burnett

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318084

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Bertie Burnett

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293225

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William Burnett

Died 1915

British Army 3/8104 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/8104 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Stuart Fraser Burnett

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1364 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Ogg Burnett

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 5154 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242196 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 5th battalion gordon highland Battalion

British Army 242196 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Jonathan Burnett

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 18710 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 18710 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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