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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Adlington, Lancashire [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Herberton Queensland [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Korumburra Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Oatlands Tasmania [2]

Rowanburnfoot, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [2]

Alberta [1]

Bagshot, Surrey, England [1]

Baynton Victoria [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bralton, Yorkshire, England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carndonagh, Donegal [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Cumnock New South Wales [1]

Darlington England [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Durham [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England [1]

Heads Nook, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Hyde Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Lanoch Scotland [1]

Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Myrtleford Victoria [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Regents Park, London [1]

Sale Victoria [1]

Stockton on Tees [1]

Thornton Heath, Surrey [1]

Tunnack Tasmania [1]

Weston-super Mare, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [186]

Corporal [27]

Gunner [17]

Sapper [16]

Driver [15]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Matron [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Drummer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Border Regiment [13]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

London Regiment [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8]

Royal Scots [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

25th Punjabis [2]

8th Royal Scots [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [297]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [97]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [504]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [7] Adlington, Lancashire [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Camberwell, London [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Herberton Queensland [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Korumburra Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Oatlands Tasmania [2] Rowanburnfoot, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [2] Alberta [1] Bagshot, Surrey, England [1] Baynton Victoria [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bralton, Yorkshire, England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carndonagh, Donegal [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Cumnock New South Wales [1] Darlington England [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Durham [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire, England [1] Heads Nook, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Holloway, London [1] Hyde Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright [1] Lancashire England [1] Lanoch Scotland [1] Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Myrtleford Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Regents Park, London [1] Sale Victoria [1] Stockton on Tees [1] Thornton Heath, Surrey [1] Tunnack Tasmania [1] Weston-super Mare, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [186] Corporal [27] Gunner [17] Sapper [16] Driver [15] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Matron [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Drummer [1] Forewoman [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [23] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [19] Border Regiment [13] Highland Light Infantry [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Royal Highlanders [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] London Regiment [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8] Royal Scots [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] 25th Punjabis [2] 8th Royal Scots [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Military Mounted Police [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [297] Canadian Expeditionary Force [97] Australian Imperial Force [32] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [504] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [1]

Henry Stagg Byers

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Bernard Robinson Byers

Died 1918

British Army 30762 East Riding Yeomanry

British Army 29534 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Thomas Joseph Byers

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army SS/2894 Private Army Service Corps army service corps 2nd Labour Company

British Army 299773 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick Byers

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68447

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John Byers

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67346

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Joseph Byers

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167136

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George Frederick Byers

Born 1881

British Army 363 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Richard Byers

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 23835 Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 23835 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Batallion

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Harold Beaumont Byers

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253647

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Thomas Byers

Born 1894

Died 1976

British Army 2122 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

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James Byers

Died 1916

British Army 36219 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alexander Byers

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81209

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James Byers

Born 1884

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208776 Corporal

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William Thomas Byers

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29082

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Joseph Byers

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 15576 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 15576 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert R Byers

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 18994 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Richard Knight Byers

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 8th gloucest Battalion

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George W Byers

Died 1920

British Army 21809 Private Border Regiment

British Army 552550 Private Labour Corps

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James Roland Byers

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 715746

Canadian Expeditionary Force 715746 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Byers

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266865

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