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Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kent [2]

Long Wittenham, Berkshire [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Streatham, Surrey [2]

Walworth, Surrey [2]

Whitstable, Kent, England [2]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Copeland New South Wales [1]

Cowper New South Wales [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dungarvan, Waterford [1]

Fermanagh Co [1]

Gazelley, Suffolk [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Halstow, Kent [1]

Hartlepool [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Huntingdon [1]

Huntingdonshire [1]

Jarrahdale Western Australia [1]

Kildwick [1]

Leeds England [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lower Halstone, Kent [1]

Manchester England [1]

Mexico [1]

Midland Western Australia [1]

Milton, Cambs [1]

Mount Egerton Victoria [1]

Nerang Queensland [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [205]

Gunner [29]

Driver [17]

Corporal [13]

Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Sapper [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Engineer [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Nurse [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Supervisor, Telephones [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [25]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

London Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [297]

Royal Navy [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [434]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [419]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [435] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kent [2] Long Wittenham, Berkshire [2] Margate, Kent [2] Streatham, Surrey [2] Walworth, Surrey [2] Whitstable, Kent, England [2] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Copeland New South Wales [1] Cowper New South Wales [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dungarvan, Waterford [1] Fermanagh Co [1] Gazelley, Suffolk [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Halstow, Kent [1] Hartlepool [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Huntingdon [1] Huntingdonshire [1] Jarrahdale Western Australia [1] Kildwick [1] Leeds England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Limehouse, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lower Halstone, Kent [1] Manchester England [1] Mexico [1] Midland Western Australia [1] Milton, Cambs [1] Mount Egerton Victoria [1] Nerang Queensland [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [205] Gunner [29] Driver [17] Corporal [13] Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Engineer [1] Major [1] Nursing Nurse [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Supervisor, Telephones [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [25] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Durham Light Infantry [8] London Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Scottish Rifles [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [297] Royal Navy [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Australian Imperial Force [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [434] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [419] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Joseph Carlton

Died 1917

British Army 21993 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 21993 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Claude Gray Carlton

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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John William Carlton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 27971 Private Royal Scots

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Archie Carlton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 33707 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William Carlton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 37401 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Herbert Carlton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 31709 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Alexander Carlton

Died 1916

British Army 13053 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 13053 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Carlton

Died 1916

British Army 5223 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 5223 Acting Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 5223 Corporal Cameron Highlanders

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Howard Carlton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307551

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Percy Carlton

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36170

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Harry Carlton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47710

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David Carlton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69650

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William Ambrose Carlton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100712

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Louisa Margaret Carlton

Born 1890

Other Empire Force Supervisor, Telephones Margate Telephone Exchange

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Thomas Carlton

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J30577 Ordinary Seaman HMS DEFENCE

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Thomas Carlton

Australian Imperial Force 59714

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John Carlton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11269 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 11269 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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W S Carlton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1987 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 206104 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army 206104 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Carlton

Died 1916

British Army 12108 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 12108 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Edwin Arthur Carlton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6501 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 6501 Private London Regiment 1/14 lond Battalion

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