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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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Place of birth

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]

Sydney Burrows

British Army 67113 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 214847 Corporal 302nd Company Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Burrows

British Army L/5057 Private 16th Lancers

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Joseph Burrows

British Army 2007 Sergeant 1st Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 225570 Sergeant 1st Monmouthshire Regiment

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George Burrows

British Army 14038 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Stanley Burrows

British Army 1354 Lance Corporal 9th Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Royal Scots

British Army Captain 13th Royal Scots

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H J Burrows

British Army 4909 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 504649 Private Labour Corps

British Army T/42318 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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F Burrows

British Army 3208 Private 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment

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Albert Burrows

British Army L/5782 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/5782 Acting Corporal 16th Lancers

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Arthur Burrows

British Army 2834 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 265781 Private 1/6th West Riding Regiment

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Tom Burrows

British Army GS/14790 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/15091 Private Corps of Dragoons

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Albert Edward Burrows

British Army 1545 Staff Serjeant 6th Corps Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Burrows

British Army 29807 Private 14th Royal Defence Corps

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George Burrows

British Army 200493 Private 1/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 77683 Private Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

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Ernest Edward Burrows

British Army 42287 Private 10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Samuel Burrows

British Army 23992 Private 17th Lancers

British Army 105187 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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W Burrows

British Army Private 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment

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Alec James Burrows

British Army 89204 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 4th Depot

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Bertie J Burrows

British Army 10983 Corporal 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 10983 Warrant Officer Class 2 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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William O Burrows

British Army 1407 Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 265057 Company Quarter Master Serjeant 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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George Archibald

Died 1915

British Army 5789 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army DG/5789 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5789 Private 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards

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