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Private [160]

Driver [17]

Gunner [15]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Labour Corps [23]

Essex Regiment [22]

London Regiment [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

4th Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1]

5th Lancers [1]

7th Hussars [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [226]

Royal Navy [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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B [282]

Contribution

Military Service [280]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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Brighton, Sussex [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Clapton, Middlesex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dalston, East London [1] Dudbury, Essex [1] Enfield, Middlesex, [1] Hackney, London [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Leyton, Essex [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Rugeley, Staffordshire [1] South Croydon, Croydon, Surrey [1] Southwark, London [1] Staines, Middlesex [1] Streatham, London [1] Sudbury, Essex [1] Suffolk [1] Waikouaiti [1] Walthamstow, London [1] West Ham, Essex [1] West Tilbury, Essex [1] Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [160] Driver [17] Gunner [15] Sapper [12] Corporal [11] Serjeant [9] Acting Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Essex Regiment [22] London Regiment [20] Army Service Corps [19] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Field Artillery [15] Suffolk Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 4th Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1] 5th Lancers [1] 7th Hussars [1] 8th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [226] Royal Navy [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [282]

Contribution

Military Service [280] Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [3]

Charles Byford

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 2892 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2892 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370937 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Byford

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army SE 29240 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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William Richard Pretoria Byford

Born 1900

Died 1974

British Army 557356 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

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John Byford

Born 1889

British Army 9727 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 212265 Acting Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 9727 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Herbert Byford

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy K19069 Leading Stoker HMS Goliath

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George Byford

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43282

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Frederick Thomas Byford

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207602

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Thomas Edgar Overbury Byford

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 321779 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 385003 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 385003 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Byford

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279250

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Frank Byford

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121666

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Christopher Henry Byford

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215105

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Frederick George Byford

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226951

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Walter Byford

Died 1917

British Army 27223 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George William Byford

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108665

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Thomas William Byford

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 305030 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 545056 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 545056 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Thomas Byford

Born 1878

Died 1946

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477136

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Samuel J Byford

Died 1916

British Army 19442 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ernest Joseph Byford

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 55170 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Nathaniel Byford

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 78865 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Walter Byford

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5540 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 511869 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 511869 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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