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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [2]

Chudleigh, Devon [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Hinton, Somerset [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Shaftesbury, Dorset [2]

Tea Tree Tasmania [2]

Uffculme, Devon [2]

Allendale Victoria [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Bareilly, North-West Provinces [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bayswater, Middlesex [1]

Bedford [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brighton Tasmania [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Broomehill Western Australia [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cardiff [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Colyton, Devon [1]

Coxley, Somerset [1]

Crediton [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Cudal New South Wales [1]

Custom House, Essex, England [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Durham [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [254]

Sapper [32]

Gunner [30]

Corporal [26]

Serjeant [24]

Driver [15]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bugler [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Captain [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Saddler [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

SecondLieutenant [1]

Stoker 1c [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [47]

Army Service Corps [33]

Labour Corps [27]

London Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

25th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

3rd Hussars [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Service

British Army [406]

Royal Navy [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [566]

F [2]

Contribution

Military Service [558]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [2] Chudleigh, Devon [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Hinton, Somerset [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Shaftesbury, Dorset [2] Tea Tree Tasmania [2] Uffculme, Devon [2] Allendale Victoria [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Bareilly, North-West Provinces [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea, London [1] Bayswater, Middlesex [1] Bedford [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Broomehill Western Australia [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cardiff [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Colyton, Devon [1] Coxley, Somerset [1] Crediton [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Cudal New South Wales [1] Custom House, Essex, England [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Durham [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [254] Sapper [32] Gunner [30] Corporal [26] Serjeant [24] Driver [15] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Major [5] Pioneer [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Worker [3] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bugler [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Honorary Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Captain [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Saddler [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1] SecondLieutenant [1] Stoker 1c [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [47] Army Service Corps [33] Labour Corps [27] London Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Hampshire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Welsh Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] 25th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] 3rd Hussars [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Service

British Army [406] Royal Navy [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Australian Imperial Force [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [566] F [2]

Contribution

Military Service [558] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

George Frederick J. Burridge

Died 1918

British Army 533744 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 318275 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 7121 London Regiment 5th (city of lond Battalion

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William Burridge

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6492 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Burridge

Born 1890

British Army 9882 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9882 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry Gardiner Burridge

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

Indian Army SecondLieutenant 15th Ludhlana Sikhs

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 107th Pioneers Indian Army

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Albert Edward Thomas Burridge

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army T1/3257 Driver Army Service Corps

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Walter Jack Burridge

Born 1901

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158497 Boy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158497 Private Royal Air Force

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George Burridge

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army PS/10884 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Lawrence Walter Burridge

Died 1916

British Army 371596 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 371596 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3850 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Richard George Burridge

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 552444 Lance Corporal London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

British Army 5466 Private London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

British Army 552444 Private London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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George William Burridge

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132001

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Mark John Burridge

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262655

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Tom Eustace Burridge

Born 1881

Died 1965

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Veterinary Corps

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Edmund John Burridge

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64404

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William Herbert Burridge

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139945

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Frederick Burridge

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103830

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William George Burridge

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198445

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William Victor Burridge

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34582

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Percival Charles Burridge

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167232

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Samuel Ross Burridge

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221436

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Charles Edward Burridge

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army G/2217 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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