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Sydney New South Wales [11]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Islington, London [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

London England [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Coventry, Warwickshire [5]

Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Cullompton, Devon [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Bordertown South Australia [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

Southport Queensland [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Beeston, Nottinghamshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Lancaster, Lancashire, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middlesex [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1612]

Gunner [196]

Driver [158]

Corporal [132]

Sapper [115]

Serjeant [110]

Lance Corporal [55]

Second Lieutenant [47]

Captain [26]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Acting Corporal [23]

Pioneer [22]

Lieutenant [21]

Bombardier [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Major [8]

Rifleman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Forewoman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Nurse [2]

Orderly [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [214]

Labour Corps [177]

Royal Engineers [174]

Army Service Corps [173]

Royal Army Medical Corps [94]

Royal Garrison Artillery [87]

Machine Gun Corps [71]

Manchester Regiment [71]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

London Regiment [63]

Liverpool Regiment [51]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [47]

Essex Regiment [42]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

South Lancashire Regiment [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

Army Ordnance Corps [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Leicestershire Regiment [34]

The Queen's Regiment [34]

Worcestershire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30]

Norfolk Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Devonshire Regiment [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

East Lancashire Regiment [23]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [23]

South Wales Borderers [23]

Welsh Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

Northamptonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Grenadier Guards [18]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

West Riding Regiment [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2403]

Royal Navy [255]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [173]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [164]

Australian Imperial Force [132]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [3223]

A [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3148]

Merchant Navy [59]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

New Zealand [3]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Singapore [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] London, Middlesex, England [10] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Islington, London [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] London England [6] Battersea, London [5] Coventry, Warwickshire [5] Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Cullompton, Devon [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Bordertown South Australia [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Richmond Victoria [3] Southport Queensland [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Beeston, Nottinghamshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Camberwell, London [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Lancaster, Lancashire, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2] Manchester [2] Manchester England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middlesex [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1612] Gunner [196] Driver [158] Corporal [132] Sapper [115] Serjeant [110] Lance Corporal [55] Second Lieutenant [47] Captain [26] Acting Serjeant [25] Acting Corporal [23] Pioneer [22] Lieutenant [21] Bombardier [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Major [8] Rifleman [7] Sergeant [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Guardsman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Commander [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Forewoman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Nurse [2] Orderly [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [214] Labour Corps [177] Royal Engineers [174] Army Service Corps [173] Royal Army Medical Corps [94] Royal Garrison Artillery [87] Machine Gun Corps [71] Manchester Regiment [71] Royal Fusiliers [69] London Regiment [63] Liverpool Regiment [51] Middlesex Regiment [49] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [47] Essex Regiment [42] Cheshire Regiment [40] South Lancashire Regiment [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] Suffolk Regiment [36] Army Ordnance Corps [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Leicestershire Regiment [34] The Queen's Regiment [34] Worcestershire Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30] Norfolk Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Devonshire Regiment [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [24] Somerset Light Infantry [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] East Lancashire Regiment [23] Royal Berkshire Regiment [23] South Wales Borderers [23] Welsh Regiment [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [21] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19] Northamptonshire Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [18] Grenadier Guards [18] Hampshire Regiment [18] West Riding Regiment [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2403] Royal Navy [255] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [173] Canadian Expeditionary Force [164] Australian Imperial Force [132] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [3223] A [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3148] Merchant Navy [59] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [57] New Zealand [3] India [1] Jamaica [1] Singapore [1]

Robert William Burrows

Born 1881

Died 1954

British Army T4/210408 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T4/210408 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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James Kitchen Hastie Burrows

Born 1885

Died 1955

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/987 Private Otago Infantry Battalion

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James Henry Burrows

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army 1920 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3/6th Cyclist Battalion

British Army 1920 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/6th Cyclist Battalion

British Army 266196 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Reserve battalion

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William Henry Burrows

Born 1890

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/500 Driver New Zealand Field Artillery 1st Battery

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Harvey Burrows

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 64499 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur James Burrows

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 3/9376 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3/9376 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Henry Burrows

Born 1887

British Army L/10765 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 129817 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 10765 Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 1st

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Fred Burrows

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8 Battalion

British Army G/1438 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Richard Burrows

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15561 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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John Thomas Burrows

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 6072 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 6072 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Burrows

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 51136 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 51136 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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George Burrows

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army RMA/4327 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.Q. (Eastney)

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James C Burrows

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2960 Private 4th West Riding Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Arthur Cecil Burrows

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 8th Battalion.

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Hermann Burrows

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army 16/1383 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/1383 Acting Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/1383 West Yorkshire Regiment 16th(service) Battalion

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Charles Burrows

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 268893 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Joseph Frank Burrows

Born 1881

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 46516 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edwin Burrows

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 290684 Private Welsh Regiment 18th Battalion

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John Francis Burrows

Born 1898

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Private Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 340204 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 69th Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 340204 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Battalion

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Stephen Burrows

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13887 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 13887 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS Thunderer

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