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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [42]

Sydney New South Wales [42]

Melbourne Victoria [24]

Liverpool, Lancashire [21]

Manchester, Lancashire [13]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10]

Belfast, Antrim [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Glasgow [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Belfast [6]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Bathurst New South Wales [5]

Down [5]

Gateshead, Durham [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Islington, London [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Deniliquin New South Wales [4]

Galway [4]

Gulgong New South Wales [4]

Katoomba New South Wales [4]

Townsville Queensland [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Christchurch [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Dundalk, Louth [3]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Guildford Western Australia [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Maryborough Victoria [3]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [3]

Mount Cotton Queensland [3]

Prahran Victoria [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Tallangatta Victoria [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Airdrie Scotland [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Barrow, Lancashire [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Beeac Victoria [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [3050]

Gunner [238]

Sapper [225]

Driver [202]

Corporal [200]

Serjeant [149]

Lance Corporal [107]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Pioneer [58]

Lieutenant [39]

Acting Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Company Serjeant Major [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [23]

Captain [22]

Bombardier [18]

Able Seaman [11]

Nursing Sister [10]

Rifleman [10]

Major [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Sergeant [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Sister [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Trooper [5]

Guardsman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Drummer [3]

Nurse [3]

Reverend [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

ALIAS Private [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [413]

Royal Engineers [303]

Royal Field Artillery [273]

Army Service Corps [222]

Highland Light Infantry [159]

Manchester Regiment [128]

Liverpool Regiment [126]

Royal Garrison Artillery [118]

Northumberland Fusiliers [107]

Royal Scots [106]

Royal Army Medical Corps [105]

Machine Gun Corps [103]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [96]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [91]

Scottish Rifles [87]

Durham Light Infantry [84]

Lancashire Fusiliers [80]

Cheshire Regiment [77]

Royal Irish Rifles [73]

Gordon Highlanders [71]

Seaforth Highlanders [71]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [68]

Border Regiment [67]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [67]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65]

London Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Royal Highlanders [61]

Yorkshire Regiment [54]

South Lancashire Regiment [52]

West Yorkshire Regiment [49]

Cameron Highlanders [48]

Canadian Infantry [48]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

Royal Naval Division [45]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

Army Ordnance Corps [42]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [41]

East Lancashire Regiment [38]

Royal Defence Corps [38]

West Riding Regiment [35]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [34]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33]

Royal Irish Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [30]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [4182]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [653]

Australian Imperial Force [452]

Royal Navy [307]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [91]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [6125]

A [1]

F [1]

G [1]

J [1]

K [1]

M [1]

N [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5933]

Merchant Navy [164]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [42] Sydney New South Wales [42] Melbourne Victoria [24] Liverpool, Lancashire [21] Manchester, Lancashire [13] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11] Adelaide South Australia [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10] Belfast, Antrim [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Glasgow [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Belfast [6] Glasgow Scotland [6] Bathurst New South Wales [5] Down [5] Gateshead, Durham [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Islington, London [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Deniliquin New South Wales [4] Galway [4] Gulgong New South Wales [4] Katoomba New South Wales [4] Townsville Queensland [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Christchurch [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Dundalk, Louth [3] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Guildford Western Australia [3] London, Middlesex [3] Maryborough Victoria [3] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [3] Mount Cotton Queensland [3] Prahran Victoria [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Tallangatta Victoria [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Airdrie Scotland [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Barrow, Lancashire [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Beeac Victoria [2] Belfast, Down [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [3050] Gunner [238] Sapper [225] Driver [202] Corporal [200] Serjeant [149] Lance Corporal [107] Second Lieutenant [71] Pioneer [58] Lieutenant [39] Acting Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [24] Company Serjeant Major [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [23] Captain [22] Bombardier [18] Able Seaman [11] Nursing Sister [10] Rifleman [10] Major [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Sergeant [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Sister [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Trooper [5] Guardsman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Bugler [3] Drummer [3] Nurse [3] Reverend [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] ALIAS Private [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [413] Royal Engineers [303] Royal Field Artillery [273] Army Service Corps [222] Highland Light Infantry [159] Manchester Regiment [128] Liverpool Regiment [126] Royal Garrison Artillery [118] Northumberland Fusiliers [107] Royal Scots [106] Royal Army Medical Corps [105] Machine Gun Corps [103] Royal Scots Fusiliers [96] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [91] Scottish Rifles [87] Durham Light Infantry [84] Lancashire Fusiliers [80] Cheshire Regiment [77] Royal Irish Rifles [73] Gordon Highlanders [71] Seaforth Highlanders [71] King's Own Scottish Borderers [68] Border Regiment [67] Royal Irish Fusiliers [67] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65] London Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [63] Royal Highlanders [61] Yorkshire Regiment [54] South Lancashire Regiment [52] West Yorkshire Regiment [49] Cameron Highlanders [48] Canadian Infantry [48] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] Royal Naval Division [45] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] Army Ordnance Corps [42] Royal Lancaster Regiment [41] East Lancashire Regiment [38] Royal Defence Corps [38] West Riding Regiment [35] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [34] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33] Royal Irish Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Worcestershire Regiment [30] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [4182] Canadian Expeditionary Force [653] Australian Imperial Force [452] Royal Navy [307] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [91] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [6125] A [1] F [1] G [1] J [1] K [1] M [1] N [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5933] Merchant Navy [164] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [87] France [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Edward Burns

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279970

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Dennis Burns

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105793

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Thomas Burns

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116746

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John Frederick Burns

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army A/2379 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Robert Burns

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 7173 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George F Burns

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 10429 Lance Sergeant Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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George Burns

Died 1918

British Army 325457 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Scots

British Army 325457 Company Serjeant Major Royal Scots

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Robert Burns

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3196 Private 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 236021 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 279459 Lance Corporal London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

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Robert Burns

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299941

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Stanley Herbert Burns

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80664

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George Wilfred Burns

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103708

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Lionel Edward Burns

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59755

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Williams Burns

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37728

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Robert Burns

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268475

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Frank Burns

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96561

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Charles Burns

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105468

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James Burns

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187575

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William Edwin Burns

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 204904

Royal Navy 204904 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy 204904 Able Seaman

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Felix James Burns

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229457

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William Alfred Burns

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290106

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