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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [19]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Reading, Berkshire [9]

Ipswich, Suffolk [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Wentworth New South Wales [7]

Islington, London [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Braintree, Essex [5]

Chichester, Sussex [4]

Inglewood Victoria [4]

London England [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Essex [3]

Gawler South Australia [3]

Guildford, Surrey [3]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [3]

Lewisham, Kent [3]

Sandown, Isle of Wight [3]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Armadale Western Australia [2]

Balham, Surrey [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Berrigan New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Blakeney, Gloucestershire [2]

Blean, Kent [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Chingford, Essex [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Dunwich, Suffolk [2]

Dursley, Gloucestershire [2]

East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Esher, Surrey, England [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Halstead, Essex [2]

Hartfield, Sussex [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1494]

Gunner [184]

Driver [150]

Corporal [133]

Serjeant [98]

Sapper [80]

Second Lieutenant [56]

Lance Corporal [52]

Acting Corporal [29]

Lieutenant [29]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Captain [24]

Rifleman [13]

Bombardier [12]

Able Seaman [9]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Canteener [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Reverend [2]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [202]

Royal Field Artillery [189]

Royal Engineers [178]

Labour Corps [174]

London Regiment [115]

Royal Garrison Artillery [100]

Essex Regiment [79]

Suffolk Regiment [77]

Royal Army Medical Corps [67]

Machine Gun Corps [62]

Royal Fusiliers [59]

Middlesex Regiment [52]

The Queen's Regiment [52]

East Kent Regiment [48]

Royal Sussex Regiment [44]

Hampshire Regiment [39]

Rifle Brigade [39]

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

Norfolk Regiment [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [32]

Dorsetshire Regiment [29]

Royal Army Service Corps [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Army Veterinary Corps [25]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

Wiltshire Regiment [25]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2301]

Royal Navy [296]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182]

Australian Imperial Force [115]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [95]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3064]

G [4]

D [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3004]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [71]

Canada [2]

India [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [19] London, Middlesex, England [13] Reading, Berkshire [9] Ipswich, Suffolk [7] London, Middlesex [7] Wentworth New South Wales [7] Islington, London [6] Battersea, London [5] Braintree, Essex [5] Chichester, Sussex [4] Inglewood Victoria [4] London England [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ashford, Kent [3] Essex [3] Gawler South Australia [3] Guildford, Surrey [3] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [3] Lewisham, Kent [3] Sandown, Isle of Wight [3] Acton, Middlesex [2] Armadale Western Australia [2] Balham, Surrey [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Berrigan New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Blakeney, Gloucestershire [2] Blean, Kent [2] Bow, London [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Chingford, Essex [2] Clapham, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Dunwich, Suffolk [2] Dursley, Gloucestershire [2] East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Esher, Surrey, England [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Halstead, Essex [2] Hartfield, Sussex [2] Hay New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1494] Gunner [184] Driver [150] Corporal [133] Serjeant [98] Sapper [80] Second Lieutenant [56] Lance Corporal [52] Acting Corporal [29] Lieutenant [29] Pioneer [28] Acting Serjeant [25] Captain [24] Rifleman [13] Bombardier [12] Able Seaman [9] Ordinary Seaman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bugler [2] Canteener [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] Reverend [2] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [202] Royal Field Artillery [189] Royal Engineers [178] Labour Corps [174] London Regiment [115] Royal Garrison Artillery [100] Essex Regiment [79] Suffolk Regiment [77] Royal Army Medical Corps [67] Machine Gun Corps [62] Royal Fusiliers [59] Middlesex Regiment [52] The Queen's Regiment [52] East Kent Regiment [48] Royal Sussex Regiment [44] Hampshire Regiment [39] Rifle Brigade [39] Bedfordshire Regiment [34] Norfolk Regiment [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [32] Dorsetshire Regiment [29] Royal Army Service Corps [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] Army Veterinary Corps [25] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] Wiltshire Regiment [25] Devonshire Regiment [24] Royal Berkshire Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] Manchester Regiment [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Welsh Regiment [17] Royal Horse Artillery [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2301] Royal Navy [296] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182] Australian Imperial Force [115] Canadian Expeditionary Force [95] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3064] G [4] D [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3004] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [71] Canada [2] India [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1]

William Butcher

British Army 3777 Private Middlesex Regiment 4/10th Battalion

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Arthur Butcher

British Army 7907 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4/5198 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 202063 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John J Butcher

British Army S/290921 Private Army Service Corps

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George R Butcher

British Army 2532 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 187257 Private Labour Corps

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Harry Butcher

British Army 98473 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bertram Butcher

British Army 35888 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 67741 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Herbert Butcher

British Army 2385 Acting Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 200763 Acting Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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William Butcher

British Army 29077 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Butcher

British Army 11560 Private 15th Battalion Royal Defence Corps

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Ernest G Butcher

British Army G/1512 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Butcher

British Army 132902 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Butcher

British Army 56309 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 80996 Private Corps of Hussars

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Stanley G Butcher

British Army 45834 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 64309 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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James H Butcher

British Army M2/180782 Private Army Service Corps

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Leonard Charles Butcher

British Army 14696 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Bert A Butcher

British Army 203532 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 931850 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest S Butcher

British Army 58002 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred G Butcher

British Army 220693 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James W Butcher

British Army 61308 Driver 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 639733 Driver Labour Corps

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D J Butcher

British Army 5/18007 Private South Wales Borderers

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