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Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Tunstall, Lancashire [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bundaberg Qld [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Calne England [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Cheriton Fitzpaine,Devon [1]

Colaton Raleigh, Ottery St Mary, Devon [1]

Devon [1]

Durham Queensland [1]

East Greenwich, Kent [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Haverthwaite, Lancashire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Leeds [1]

Liverpool [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Manchester England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Northampton England [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [1]

Plymouth, [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Veryan, Cornwall [1]

West Derby district, Lancashire [1]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Worcester [1]

Wrayton, Lunedale, lancashire [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [183]

Serjeant [23]

Gunner [21]

Corporal [19]

Driver [14]

Sapper [10]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colonel Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Honorary Serjeant Major [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Nurse [1]

Reverend Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Army Service Corps [19]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Border Regiment [13]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [293]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [381]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Tunstall, Lancashire [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bundaberg Qld [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Calne England [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Cheriton Fitzpaine,Devon [1] Colaton Raleigh, Ottery St Mary, Devon [1] Devon [1] Durham Queensland [1] East Greenwich, Kent [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greenhithe, Kent [1] Haverthwaite, Lancashire [1] Islington, London [1] Leeds [1] Liverpool [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon [1] Manchester England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Northampton England [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [1] Plymouth, [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Veryan, Cornwall [1] West Derby district, Lancashire [1] Whitehaven, Cumberland [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Worcester [1] Wrayton, Lunedale, lancashire [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [183] Serjeant [23] Gunner [21] Corporal [19] Driver [14] Sapper [10] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colonel Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Flying Officer [1] Forewoman [1] Gunner Lance Bombardier [1] Honorary Serjeant Major [1] Leading Seaman [1] Nurse [1] Reverend Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [29] Army Service Corps [19] Labour Corps [18] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Border Regiment [13] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] West Riding Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [293] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [381] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

David Saville Burrow

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 229480 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3A Reserve Brigade

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Reginald Robert Burrow

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2363 Trooper 1st Household Battalion

British Army 22557 Private Coldstream Guards

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Sydney Burrow

Died 1915

British Army S/7132 Private Rifle Brigade 1 Battalion

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Frederick Burrow

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 19067 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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James Burrow

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283244

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Thomas Burrow

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army T5/1512 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1512 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st / 5th Battalion

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Tom Burrow

Died 1914

British Army 1946 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harold Sydney Burrow

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2635

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Archibald Burrow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207089

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George James Burrow

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239488

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John Henry Burrow

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135666

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Francis John Burrow

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302298

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Albert Ernest Burrow

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 1452 Corporal Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army M/280754 Corporal Army Service Corps 1st Reserve Mechanical Transport Company

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William Burrow

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290719

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William Henry Burrow

Born 1895

British Army 2037 Corporal Russian Relief Force

Australian Imperial Force 2073 Private 4th A.I.F. Division 4th Pioneer Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2073 Lance Corporal 4th A.I.F. Division 4th Pioneer Battalion

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George Alexander Burrow

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142342

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George D'arcy Burrow

Born 1877

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16408

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16408 Private Canadian Infantry

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Geoffrey Burrow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18646

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James William Burrow

Died 1917

British Army 34680 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34680 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Burrow

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1617 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 6031 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 242090 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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