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Sydney New South Wales [27]

London England [20]

Melbourne Victoria [15]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Islington, London [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Fulham, London [5]

Hastings, Sussex [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Nottingham [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Canterbury, Kent [4]

Coventry, Warwickshire [4]

Deptford, London [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Perth Western Australia [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Auckland [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bellerive Tasmania [3]

Bilston, Staffordshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Frankston Victoria [3]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Oakham, Rutland [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Uralla New South Wales [3]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [2]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [2]

Barnard Castle, Durham [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [3063]

Gunner [345]

Corporal [249]

Driver [245]

Serjeant [196]

Sapper [195]

Second Lieutenant [118]

Lance Corporal [106]

Captain [49]

Acting Corporal [46]

Pioneer [43]

Acting Serjeant [42]

Lieutenant [41]

Bombardier [37]

Lance Serjeant [20]

Rifleman [16]

Major [14]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Trooper [8]

Worker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Captain [7]

Guardsman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Boy [3]

Commander [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Nurse [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [409]

Labour Corps [385]

Royal Engineers [370]

Army Service Corps [321]

Royal Garrison Artillery [174]

London Regiment [149]

Royal Army Medical Corps [146]

Machine Gun Corps [143]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [130]

Leicestershire Regiment [103]

Royal Fusiliers [96]

Lincolnshire Regiment [87]

West Yorkshire Regiment [87]

Middlesex Regiment [86]

Durham Light Infantry [78]

Norfolk Regiment [78]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [78]

Northumberland Fusiliers [74]

North Staffordshire Regiment [73]

Rifle Brigade [67]

Royal Army Service Corps [60]

Yorkshire Regiment [60]

York and Lancaster Regiment [59]

Manchester Regiment [58]

Hampshire Regiment [55]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [54]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

Worcestershire Regiment [52]

Liverpool Regiment [51]

Royal Sussex Regiment [51]

South Staffordshire Regiment [51]

Cheshire Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [44]

Northamptonshire Regiment [44]

Lancashire Fusiliers [43]

Wiltshire Regiment [43]

East Yorkshire Regiment [41]

East Surrey Regiment [40]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [40]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40]

Army Ordnance Corps [39]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [38]

Suffolk Regiment [35]

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

East Kent Regiment [34]

Tank Corps [34]

Royal West Kent Regiment [33]

Army Veterinary Corps [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Service

British Army [4626]

Royal Navy [471]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [335]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [311]

Australian Imperial Force [268]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [55]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [6]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [6171]

F [3]

C [2]

D [2]

H [2]

S [2]

Contribution

Military Service [6046]

Merchant Navy [82]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [109]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

Brazil [1]

Egypt [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [27] London England [20] Melbourne Victoria [15] London, Middlesex, England [14] Adelaide South Australia [7] Brisbane Queensland [7] Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] Grantham, Lincolnshire [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Islington, London [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Croydon, Surrey [5] Fulham, London [5] Hastings, Sussex [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Nottingham [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Canterbury, Kent [4] Coventry, Warwickshire [4] Deptford, London [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Perth Western Australia [4] Poplar, London [4] Stockport, Cheshire [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Auckland [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bellerive Tasmania [3] Bilston, Staffordshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Frankston Victoria [3] Kettering, Northamptonshire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Oakham, Rutland [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Uralla New South Wales [3] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [2] Atherstone, Warwickshire [2] Barnard Castle, Durham [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [3063] Gunner [345] Corporal [249] Driver [245] Serjeant [196] Sapper [195] Second Lieutenant [118] Lance Corporal [106] Captain [49] Acting Corporal [46] Pioneer [43] Acting Serjeant [42] Lieutenant [41] Bombardier [37] Lance Serjeant [20] Rifleman [16] Major [14] Staff Serjeant [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Acting Bombardier [11] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Trooper [8] Worker [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Captain [7] Guardsman [7] Sergeant [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Serjeant Major [4] Staff Nurse [4] Temporary Captain [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Boy [3] Commander [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Nurse [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [409] Labour Corps [385] Royal Engineers [370] Army Service Corps [321] Royal Garrison Artillery [174] London Regiment [149] Royal Army Medical Corps [146] Machine Gun Corps [143] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [130] Leicestershire Regiment [103] Royal Fusiliers [96] Lincolnshire Regiment [87] West Yorkshire Regiment [87] Middlesex Regiment [86] Durham Light Infantry [78] Norfolk Regiment [78] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [78] Northumberland Fusiliers [74] North Staffordshire Regiment [73] Rifle Brigade [67] Royal Army Service Corps [60] Yorkshire Regiment [60] York and Lancaster Regiment [59] Manchester Regiment [58] Hampshire Regiment [55] King's Royal Rifle Corps [54] The Queen's Regiment [53] Worcestershire Regiment [52] Liverpool Regiment [51] Royal Sussex Regiment [51] South Staffordshire Regiment [51] Cheshire Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [44] Northamptonshire Regiment [44] Lancashire Fusiliers [43] Wiltshire Regiment [43] East Yorkshire Regiment [41] East Surrey Regiment [40] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [40] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40] Army Ordnance Corps [39] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Yorkshire Light Infantry [38] Suffolk Regiment [35] Bedfordshire Regiment [34] East Kent Regiment [34] Tank Corps [34] Royal West Kent Regiment [33] Army Veterinary Corps [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Service

British Army [4626] Royal Navy [471] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [335] Canadian Expeditionary Force [311] Australian Imperial Force [268] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [55] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [6] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [6171] F [3] C [2] D [2] H [2] S [2]

Contribution

Military Service [6046] Merchant Navy [82] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [109] Canada [3] Australia [1] Brazil [1] Egypt [1] United States [1]

Norman Charles Burton

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army 204624 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 204624 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 41 Reserve Battery, 2c Reserve Brigade

British Army 204624 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 93rd/XCIII Army Brigade

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Thomas Harold Burton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/1649 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 178 Brigade

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Richard Burton

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 4507 Private Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) 2/10 Battalion

British Army 356120 Private Liverpool Regiment 1/10th Battalion

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Moronia George Burton

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 18364 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 18364 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Lewis Marshall Burton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 28886 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Sherwood Foresters

British Army 28886 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Ernest Alfred Burton

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1502 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

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Sydney George Burton

Born 1891

British Army 6253 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sydney Burton

Born 1893

British Army 19285 Private Worcestershire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 19285 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 19285 Private Worcestershire Regiment Depot

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Claude Fitzgerald S Burton

Born 1895

Died 1916

South African Services 1916 Lance Sergeant 1st South African Infantry "D" Company.

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William John Burton

Born 1883

Died 1920

Royal Navy 12208 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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James Burton

Born 1879

British Army T4/058505 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Thomas Burton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2341 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Bn.

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George William Burton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 49387 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 81st. Bty.

British Army 49387 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Stephen John Burton

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army Major Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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Henry Alfred Burton

Born 1896

Died 1956

Royal Navy J47714 Ord. Seaman HMS Lancaster

Royal Navy J47714 Able Seaman HMS Lancaster

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Ernest John Burton

Born 1884

Died 1963

Royal Navy A 6990 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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Frederick Leslie Hammond Burton

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 614886 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 701749 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 614886 Private London Regiment 2nd/19th Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Burton

Born 1879

Died 1921

British Army 6851 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 79524 Private Acting Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 265934 Private Acting Serjeant Labour Corps

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Edward Percy Burton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 77579 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 3163 Army Training Corps

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Alexander Stewart Burton

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 384 Corporal Australian Infantry 7th Battalion

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