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Hobart Tasmania [3]

Morwell Victoria [3]

St. Monans, Fifeshire [3]

Kempton Tasmania [2]

Stafford [2]

Taroona Tasmania [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alveston, Derbyshire [1]

Ansall, Staffordshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Cobden Victoria [1]

Coote Crossing New South Wales [1]

Derby [1]

Devonport England [1]

Diapur Victoria [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Exeter England [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Faversham England [1]

Felixstowe, Suffolk [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Hoe East Dereham Norfolk [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Lindenow Victoria [1]

Lismore Victoria [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

Pittenweem [1]

Pittenweem, Fife [1]

Pittenweem, Fifeshire [1]

Putney, Surrey [1]

Redcar, Yorkshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Stawell Victoria [1]

Sunderland [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

Violet Town Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [169]

Gunner [20]

Sapper [18]

Corporal [15]

Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Bombardier [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Second Hand [2]

A.B. [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (A) [1]

Lieutenant (on Probation) [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Lt- Colonel (Hon. Brigadier) [1]

Lt-Colonel [1]

Lt-Colonel (supernumary) [1]

Major [1]

Orderly [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Temporay Second Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Labour Corps [24]

Army Service Corps [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

London Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

12th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

13th Hussars [1]

13th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [259]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Royal Navy [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [361]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [361] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [3] Morwell Victoria [3] St. Monans, Fifeshire [3] Kempton Tasmania [2] Stafford [2] Taroona Tasmania [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Alveston, Derbyshire [1] Ansall, Staffordshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Cobden Victoria [1] Coote Crossing New South Wales [1] Derby [1] Devonport England [1] Diapur Victoria [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Exeter England [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Faversham England [1] Felixstowe, Suffolk [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Hoe East Dereham Norfolk [1] Hornsey, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Lindenow Victoria [1] Lismore Victoria [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Pittenweem [1] Pittenweem, Fife [1] Pittenweem, Fifeshire [1] Putney, Surrey [1] Redcar, Yorkshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Stawell Victoria [1] Sunderland [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] Violet Town Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [169] Gunner [20] Sapper [18] Corporal [15] Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [8] Bombardier [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Second Hand [2] A.B. [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (A) [1] Lieutenant (on Probation) [1] Lt Colonel [1] Lt- Colonel (Hon. Brigadier) [1] Lt-Colonel [1] Lt-Colonel (supernumary) [1] Major [1] Orderly [1] Pilot Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Temporay Second Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [25] Labour Corps [24] Army Service Corps [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] London Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Scots [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] 13th Hussars [1] 13th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [259] Australian Imperial Force [33] Royal Navy [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [361]

Contribution

Military Service [349] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

John Harlow Butters

Born 1896

Died 1970

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant RNVR 63rd (RN) Division

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant RNVR 2nd Reserve Battalion

Royal Navy LZ/1131 A.B. Public Schools Battalion

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Raymond Cheswardine Butters

Born 1894

Died 1977

British Army 40676 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Temporay Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Philip Percy Butters

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army 4111 Private Artists Rifles Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Butters

Born 1859

Died 1917

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John Kim Butters

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 20/313 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Thomas Butters

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163896

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George Henry Butters

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102887

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Charles Butters

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130300

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Arthur Butters

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103396

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William Butters

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 16928 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 16928 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion.

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William J Butters

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army 1359 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 1359 Private London Regiment

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William Henry Butters

Died 1918

British Army 34469 Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 36503 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Patterson Butters

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy SA 1312 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1312/SA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Nairn."

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William A Butters

Died 1918

British Army 9259 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 33184 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Butters

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8779 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8779 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Butters

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 26728 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert V Butters

Died 1917

British Army L/827 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Butters

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 5927 Private Scots Guards

British Army 5927 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

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George Augustus Butters

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 62812 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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A Butters

Died 1917

British Army 13062 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 13062 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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