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Bath, Somerset [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Chatswood New South Wales [1]

Clanfield, Hampshire [1]

Durham [1]

Hampshire [1]

Potterne Wiltshire [1]

Romsey, Hampshire, England [1]

Saint Georges in the East, London [1]

Saint Paul's Portsmouth [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Swindon Wiltshire [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Wandsworth, Surrey [1]

Warkworth Northants [1]

Wiltshire [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Yapton, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [86]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [8]

Driver [5]

Serjeant [5]

Sapper [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Hampshire Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

5th Battalion West Surrey Regiment [1]

6th Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Grenadier Guards Depot [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS Sparrowhawk [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [126]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Royal Navy [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

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C [153]

Contribution

Military Service [152]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [153] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Chatswood New South Wales [1] Clanfield, Hampshire [1] Durham [1] Hampshire [1] Potterne Wiltshire [1] Romsey, Hampshire, England [1] Saint Georges in the East, London [1] Saint Paul's Portsmouth [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Swindon Wiltshire [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wandsworth, Surrey [1] Warkworth Northants [1] Wiltshire [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Yapton, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [86] Gunner [11] Corporal [8] Driver [5] Serjeant [5] Sapper [4] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Labour Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 5th Battalion West Surrey Regiment [1] 6th Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Grenadier Guards Depot [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS Sparrowhawk [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [126] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Royal Navy [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [153]

Contribution

Military Service [152] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ernest Edward Cannings

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6765 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6765 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edmund George Cannings

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J54790 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J54790 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J/54790 Boy 1st Class HMS King George V

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Henry Septimus Cannings

Born 1882

Died 1970

British Army 10266 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 21331 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Charles Edward Cannings

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278973

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Arthur Charles Cannings

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82504

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Frederick Charles Percy Cannings

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42378

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William Ernest Cannings

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291861

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Albert Edward Cannings

Died 1916

British Army 8110 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Russell Cannings

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 20771 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th oxfordshire and Battalion

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William Cannings

Born 1879

Died 1949

British Army 4328 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 204295 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Ernest Frederick Cannings

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248334

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William Cannings

Died 1917

British Army 18767 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 18767 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 18767 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Henry Phillip Cannings

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9953 Private Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 9953 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Edward Charles Cannings

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9631 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles Henry Cannings

Died 1915

British Army 8380 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Alfred Cannings

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5872 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Victor Cannings

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 122442 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Mornington Henry Cannings

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155844

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John Francis Cannings

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115964

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William George Cannings

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 18247 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS INVINCIBLE

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