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Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Balmain, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales [1]

Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Chatham [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Great Wakering, Essex [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Macquarie Plains Tasmania [1]

Oatlands Tasmania [1]

Penn Yan, New York [1]

Stanford-le-Hope, Essex [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Driver [8]

Gunner [7]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Major [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guard [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Major [1]

Medical Orderly [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

108th US Infantry Regiment [1]

11/5th Lancashire Regiment [1]

1st Infantry Brigade [1]

47th Company Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards 28th Battalion [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

General List/New Armies [1]

General Officer List [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Service

British Army [76]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [113]

Contribution

Military Service [112]

Country

Australia [1]

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People [113] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Balmain, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales [1] Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Chatham [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Great Wakering, Essex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Macquarie Plains Tasmania [1] Oatlands Tasmania [1] Penn Yan, New York [1] Stanford-le-Hope, Essex [1] Thanet, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [41] Driver [8] Gunner [7] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Temporary Major [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Guard [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Major [1] Medical Orderly [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1] 108th US Infantry Regiment [1] 11/5th Lancashire Regiment [1] 1st Infantry Brigade [1] 47th Company Royal Garrison Artillery [1] American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Australian Infantry [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards 28th Battalion [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1] General List/New Armies [1] General Officer List [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Service

British Army [76] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [113]

Contribution

Military Service [112]

Country

Australia [1]

Henry Carrick Burrill

Born 1887

British Army 54907 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 54971 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR250382 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy Harrison Burrill

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1033088

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Edgar Ormond Burrill

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3311085

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Guy Douglas Burrill

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1285457

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Thomas Frank Burrill

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Hector Burrill

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Francis Burrill

Born 1892

Royal Navy J69096

Royal Navy DA 16117 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Thomas George Theodore Burrill

Born 1900

Royal Navy F43179

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Charles William Burrill

Born 1867

Royal Navy 230677

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Roy R Burrill

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force A473

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Alfred Monroe Holland Burrill

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3292389

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Lawrence Burrill

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4061954

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Emerson L Burrill

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2098948

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Carroll Watson Burrill

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1075023

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James Burrill

Born 1871

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2323417

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John Newton Burrill

Born 1881

Canadian Expeditionary Force 524207

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Henry Burrill

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 734396

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Luther Radcliff Burrill

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3034887

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Glencoe Burrill

Born 1899

Royal Navy J48924

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Wesley Hugh Burrill

Born 1891

Royal Navy J67617

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