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Sydney New South Wales [25]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [18]

Brisbane Queensland [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Gateshead, Durham [12]

Newcastle, Northumberland [12]

Adelaide South Australia [11]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Durham [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Geelong Victoria [6]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [6]

Hackney, London [6]

South Shields, Durham, England [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Sunderland [5]

Walcha New South Wales [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Durham, Durham [4]

Mudgee New South Wales [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Southsea, Hampshire [4]

Sussex England [4]

Toorak Victoria [4]

Albany Western Australia [3]

Alnwick, Northumberland [3]

Auckland [3]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Dovercourt, Essex, England [3]

Durham England [3]

Halifax Queensland [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Wallsend New South Wales [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Barnsley [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Rank

Private [2537]

Gunner [303]

Driver [224]

Corporal [192]

Serjeant [182]

Sapper [136]

Second Lieutenant [107]

Lance Corporal [84]

Captain [70]

Acting Corporal [51]

Lieutenant [41]

Pioneer [35]

Major [27]

Bombardier [24]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Rifleman [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Sergeant [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colonel [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Transport Corporal [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [341]

Labour Corps [315]

Royal Engineers [285]

Army Service Corps [262]

Northumberland Fusiliers [199]

Royal Garrison Artillery [171]

Durham Light Infantry [162]

London Regiment [113]

Royal Army Medical Corps [109]

Machine Gun Corps [106]

Liverpool Regiment [101]

West Yorkshire Regiment [83]

Yorkshire Regiment [81]

Manchester Regiment [79]

Royal Fusiliers [67]

Lancashire Fusiliers [62]

York and Lancaster Regiment [58]

Border Regiment [53]

Royal Naval Division [51]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

East Yorkshire Regiment [45]

Cheshire Regiment [39]

Lincolnshire Regiment [35]

North Staffordshire Regiment [35]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Defence Corps [34]

West Riding Regiment [34]

Leicestershire Regiment [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Highland Light Infantry [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [32]

Essex Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

South Lancashire Regiment [31]

The Queen's Regiment [31]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [30]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Norfolk Regiment [27]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [27]

East Lancashire Regiment [26]

Royal Highlanders [26]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [26]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [26]

Welsh Regiment [25]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [25]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [24]

Service

British Army [3900]

Royal Navy [373]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [357]

Australian Imperial Force [287]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [283]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

C [5393]

B [4]

G [3]

M [2]

A [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5243]

Merchant Navy [123]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [118]

Ireland [3]

Canada [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [25] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [18] Brisbane Queensland [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Gateshead, Durham [12] Newcastle, Northumberland [12] Adelaide South Australia [11] Melbourne Victoria [10] Durham [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Geelong Victoria [6] Goole, Yorkshire, England [6] Hackney, London [6] South Shields, Durham, England [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Leicester, Leicestershire [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Sunderland [5] Walcha New South Wales [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Durham, Durham [4] Mudgee New South Wales [4] Poplar, London [4] Southsea, Hampshire [4] Sussex England [4] Toorak Victoria [4] Albany Western Australia [3] Alnwick, Northumberland [3] Auckland [3] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Dovercourt, Essex, England [3] Durham England [3] Halifax Queensland [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Wallsend New South Wales [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Barnsley [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bow, London [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Rank

Private [2537] Gunner [303] Driver [224] Corporal [192] Serjeant [182] Sapper [136] Second Lieutenant [107] Lance Corporal [84] Captain [70] Acting Corporal [51] Lieutenant [41] Pioneer [35] Major [27] Bombardier [24] Acting Serjeant [23] Lance Serjeant [13] Rifleman [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Staff Serjeant [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Temporary Second Lieutenant [10] Able Seaman [8] Temporary Captain [8] Sergeant [7] Worker [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colonel [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Temporary Major [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Leading Seaman [4] Nursing Sister [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Nurse [3] Transport Corporal [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [341] Labour Corps [315] Royal Engineers [285] Army Service Corps [262] Northumberland Fusiliers [199] Royal Garrison Artillery [171] Durham Light Infantry [162] London Regiment [113] Royal Army Medical Corps [109] Machine Gun Corps [106] Liverpool Regiment [101] West Yorkshire Regiment [83] Yorkshire Regiment [81] Manchester Regiment [79] Royal Fusiliers [67] Lancashire Fusiliers [62] York and Lancaster Regiment [58] Border Regiment [53] Royal Naval Division [51] Middlesex Regiment [49] East Yorkshire Regiment [45] Cheshire Regiment [39] Lincolnshire Regiment [35] North Staffordshire Regiment [35] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Royal Defence Corps [34] West Riding Regiment [34] Leicestershire Regiment [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Highland Light Infantry [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [32] Essex Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Rifle Brigade [31] Royal Army Service Corps [31] South Lancashire Regiment [31] The Queen's Regiment [31] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [30] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Norfolk Regiment [27] Royal Lancaster Regiment [27] East Lancashire Regiment [26] Royal Highlanders [26] Royal Scots Fusiliers [26] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26] Seaforth Highlanders [26] Welsh Regiment [25] Yorkshire Light Infantry [25] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [24]

Service

British Army [3900] Royal Navy [373] Canadian Expeditionary Force [357] Australian Imperial Force [287] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [283] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

C [5393] B [4] G [3] M [2] A [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5243] Merchant Navy [123] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [118] Ireland [3] Canada [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Hugh Carr

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3244 Trooper Household Cavalry 1st Life Guards C Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 172 Tunnelling Company

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Richard Carr

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 8708 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8708 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

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George Wilson Carr

Born 1887

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Canadian Expeditionary Force

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William Carr

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 104230 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 104230 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 36759 Loyal North Lancs

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Harold Leslie Carr

Born 1890

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 5070 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Albert Carr

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 11179 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11179 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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George Shadwell Quartana Carr

Born 1866

Died 1905

Royal Navy Cadet HMS Dapper [Dartmouth, Devon]

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Fred Carr

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 33054 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 616418 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 30534 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 3

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Edward James Thomas Carr

Born 1879

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108566

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Fred Herbert Carr

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84099 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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John James Carr

Born 1895

Died 1927

British Army L/2815 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/2815 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Evans Carr

Born 1894

Died 1953

British Army 3278 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 550880 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

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Albert Carr

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 8459 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8459 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8459 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Parsons Carr

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5224 Private London Regiment 9th battalion lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Horace Osmond Carr

Born 1892

British Army 2474 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army 2474 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Battalion

British Army 2474 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Harold Carr

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 66232 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 16551 Private Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 7th Battalion

British Army 16551 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Douglas Gerald Carr

Born 1895

British Army Lieutenant Suffollk Regiment

British Army 2309 Private London Regiment 1/16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 22nd (Service) Battalion

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Martin Raymond Carr

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Carr

Born 1892

Died 1965

Royal Navy J4932 Ordinary Seaman

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John William Carr

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 28073 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 28073 Acting Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion

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