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London, Middlesex, England [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Bermondsey, London [6]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Dover, Kent [5]

London England [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

West Ham, Essex [5]

Fulham, London [4]

Luton, Bedfordshire [4]

Bedford [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Boffin, Galway [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bramshott, Hampshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Donegal [2]

Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Merton, Surrey [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Parkes New South Wales [2]

Plymouth, Devon, England [2]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Alberton Tasmania [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Ardara, Donegal [1]

Babcary, Somerset [1]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1]

Balbriggan, Dublin [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballyedmonduff Sandyford, Dublin [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedwas, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Boggy Creek Victoria [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bramley, Surrey [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley-by-Bow, East London [1]

Rank

Private [738]

Driver [72]

Gunner [60]

Serjeant [59]

Corporal [57]

Sapper [49]

Lance Corporal [33]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Pioneer [13]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Bombardier [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Captain [5]

Major [5]

Worker [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

2nd Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant (Tech) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

CPO Mechanic, grade 2 [1]

CPO Mechanic, grade 3 [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Colonel Sergeant [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Corporal/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Cyclist [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [113]

Royal Engineers [92]

Army Service Corps [87]

Royal Field Artillery [83]

London Regiment [74]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

The Queen's Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Border Regiment [17]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Royal Scots [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Connaught Rangers [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Irish Guards [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1116]

Royal Navy [138]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [84]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

Australian Imperial Force [66]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

C [1527]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1484]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Bermondsey, London [6] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [6] London, Middlesex [6] Dover, Kent [5] London England [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] West Ham, Essex [5] Fulham, London [4] Luton, Bedfordshire [4] Bedford [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Boffin, Galway [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bramshott, Hampshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Donegal [2] Hendon, Middlesex [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Merton, Surrey [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Parkes New South Wales [2] Plymouth, Devon, England [2] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Southwark, London [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Alberton Tasmania [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Ardara, Donegal [1] Babcary, Somerset [1] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1] Balbriggan, Dublin [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballyedmonduff Sandyford, Dublin [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedwas, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Boggy Creek Victoria [1] Bow, London [1] Bramley, Surrey [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley-by-Bow, East London [1]

Rank

Private [738] Driver [72] Gunner [60] Serjeant [59] Corporal [57] Sapper [49] Lance Corporal [33] Second Lieutenant [28] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Pioneer [13] Company Serjeant Major [8] Lieutenant [7] Rifleman [7] Bombardier [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Captain [5] Major [5] Worker [5] Lance Serjeant [4] 2nd Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant (Tech) [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] CPO Mechanic, grade 2 [1] CPO Mechanic, grade 3 [1] Chief Gunner [1] Colonel Sergeant [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Corporal/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Cyclist [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [113] Royal Engineers [92] Army Service Corps [87] Royal Field Artillery [83] London Regiment [74] Machine Gun Corps [37] Middlesex Regiment [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Fusiliers [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] The Queen's Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Liverpool Regiment [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [18] Border Regiment [17] East Surrey Regiment [15] Royal Scots [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [14] Cheshire Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Highland Light Infantry [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Connaught Rangers [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Scottish Rifles [9] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Irish Guards [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1116] Royal Navy [138] Canadian Expeditionary Force [84] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] Australian Imperial Force [66] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

C [1527] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1484] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1]

George William Cannon

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 73321 Private Army Reserve

British Army 73321 Private Training Reserve 88Bn

British Army 73321 Lance Corporal Training Reserve 88th Bn

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Frank Cannon

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14982 Serjeant Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 14982 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 14982 Company Serjeant Major Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Charles Henry Cannon

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2686 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2686 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2686 Acting Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Peregrine Fernie Cannon

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army B/19874 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Henry William Michael Cannon

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 737 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 737 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 737 Acting Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Cannon

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 26174 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Thomas Henry Cannon

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army S/16455 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/16455 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Sydney Ewart Cannon

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20190

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20190 Acting Corporal Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20190 Corporal Royal Air Force 4th Balloon Section

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George John Cannon

Born 1884

Died 1952

Royal Navy F3 CPO Mechanic, grade 3 Pembroke III

Royal Navy F3 CPO Mechanic, grade 3 President II

Royal Navy F3 CPO Mechanic, grade 2 President II (Crystal Palace)

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Robert Nichols Cannon

Born 1889

Died 1945

Royal Navy DA 12826 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Arthur Andrew Cannon

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 174322 Driver Royal Engineers Training Depot

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George Cannon

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 8989 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Cannon

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 6020 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6020 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/10th Battalion

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Bertram Cannon

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17809 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17809 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Horace James Cannon

Born 1895

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4259 Flight Sergeant

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George William Cannon

Died 1915

British Army 55511 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 147th Brigade

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Percy John Cannon

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148264

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Henry Cannon

Died 1918

British Army 10220 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd east Battalion

British Army 10220 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Cannon

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161144

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Sidney George Cannon

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275069

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