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Sydney New South Wales [18]

Maidstone, Kent [7]

London England [6]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Fareham, Hampshire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Dorking, Surrey [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bow, London, Middlesex [2]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Egham, Surrey [2]

Frome, Somerset [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Great Oakley, Essex [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Hornsby New South Wales [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [2]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Somerset [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Rank

Private [1231]

Gunner [129]

Driver [115]

Corporal [96]

Serjeant [82]

Sapper [79]

Second Lieutenant [57]

Lance Corporal [51]

Captain [29]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Corporal [25]

Lieutenant [20]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [14]

Rifleman [14]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Temporary Captain [5]

Worker [5]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Driver/Wheeler [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Wheeler Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [172]

Royal Field Artillery [167]

Labour Corps [159]

Army Service Corps [158]

London Regiment [119]

Royal Garrison Artillery [67]

Rifle Brigade [54]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

Devonshire Regiment [47]

Hampshire Regiment [47]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

Worcestershire Regiment [42]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [31]

Dorsetshire Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

East Kent Regiment [22]

South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Welsh Regiment [21]

Wiltshire Regiment [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Grenadier Guards [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Service

British Army [1936]

Royal Navy [226]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [190]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [157]

Australian Imperial Force [101]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [2653]

B [2]

S [2]

H [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2621]

Merchant Navy [28]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Canada [2]

Egypt [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [18] Maidstone, Kent [7] London England [6] Bath, Somerset [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Fareham, Hampshire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Portsea, Hampshire [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Dorking, Surrey [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] London, Middlesex [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bow, London [2] Bow, London, Middlesex [2] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Camberwell, London [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Chelsea, London [2] Colac Victoria [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Edmonton, London [2] Egham, Surrey [2] Frome, Somerset [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Great Oakley, Essex [2] Hackney, London [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Hornsby New South Wales [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Islington, London [2] King's Lynn, Norfolk [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Paddington, London [2] Paddington, London, Middlesex [2] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Somerset [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Rank

Private [1231] Gunner [129] Driver [115] Corporal [96] Serjeant [82] Sapper [79] Second Lieutenant [57] Lance Corporal [51] Captain [29] Pioneer [28] Acting Corporal [25] Lieutenant [20] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [14] Rifleman [14] Staff Serjeant [12] Acting Bombardier [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Able Seaman [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [6] Temporary Captain [5] Worker [5] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Driver/Wheeler [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Wheeler Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [172] Royal Field Artillery [167] Labour Corps [159] Army Service Corps [158] London Regiment [119] Royal Garrison Artillery [67] Rifle Brigade [54] Royal Fusiliers [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Machine Gun Corps [48] Devonshire Regiment [47] Hampshire Regiment [47] Middlesex Regiment [43] Somerset Light Infantry [42] Worcestershire Regiment [42] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] The Queen's Regiment [38] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33] Royal Berkshire Regiment [31] Dorsetshire Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] Suffolk Regiment [24] East Kent Regiment [22] South Staffordshire Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Welsh Regiment [21] Wiltshire Regiment [21] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Durham Light Infantry [20] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18] East Surrey Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [18] Grenadier Guards [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] South Wales Borderers [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Cheshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Manchester Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Service

British Army [1936] Royal Navy [226] Canadian Expeditionary Force [190] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [157] Australian Imperial Force [101] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [2653] B [2] S [2] H [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2621] Merchant Navy [28] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Canada [2] Egypt [1] United States [1]

Cyril Mannering Carpenter

British Army 496396 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T 2039 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 314519 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Carpenter

British Army L/15677 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 5236 Private London Regiment 3/22nd Battalion

British Army 682488 Private London Regiment 3/22nd Battalion

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Walter S Carpenter

British Army 45028 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 66284 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William A N Carpenter

British Army 5333 Middlesex Regiment

British Army 267890 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Francis Irving Carpenter

Born 1895

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Robert Carpenter

British Army 54344 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 578357 Private Labour Corps

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John T Carpenter

British Army 110284 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas G Carpenter

British Army G/51542 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 6913 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 10/40593 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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Charles A Carpenter

British Army TF 1177 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army TF 970883 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 132747 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Francis P Carpenter

British Army 34431 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 106888 Private Labour Corps

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P Carpenter

British Army 474382 Private London Regiment

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Leonard Carpenter

British Army 221844 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Jack Carpenter

British Army 43147 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 47189 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Charles E Carpenter

British Army 1516 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Carpenter

British Army 28230 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William E Carpenter

British Army 4888 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 564395 Private Labour Corps

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John W Carpenter

British Army GS/8906 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/8906 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas N Carpenter

British Army G/27488 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Carpenter

British Army 82854 Filter Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 472489 Private Labour Corps

British Army 472482 Private Labour Corps

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Cecil Carpenter

British Army 124931 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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