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Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3]

Swan Hill Victoria [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

St Kilda Victoria [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Wigan England [2]

Yorkshire England [2]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boiluea Victoria [1]

Boort Victoria [1]

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bridgetown [1]

Colchester, Essex, England [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster, South Yorkshire [1]

Dudley [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

East London [1]

Eaton Locon, Bedfordshire [1]

Fishergate, Sussex [1]

Fishers Gate, Sussex [1]

Fulton England [1]

Glendon [1]

Great Bromley, Essex [1]

Great Tey, Colchester, Essex [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Hastings [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Hereford [1]

High Road West Halifax [1]

Holywell, Wales [1]

Howden England [1]

Kent England [1]

Rank

Private [371]

Corporal [36]

Serjeant [36]

Gunner [35]

Driver [34]

Sapper [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Captain [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Major [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Rifleman [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Adjutant/Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant / Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper Acting Corporal [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Serjeant/Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [55]

Labour Corps [54]

Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Engineers [37]

London Regiment [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [574]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Canadian Navy [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [743]

Contribution

Military Service [725]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3] Swan Hill Victoria [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] Tottenham, London [2] Wigan England [2] Yorkshire England [2] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boiluea Victoria [1] Boort Victoria [1] Bourne End, Buckinghamshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bridgetown [1] Colchester, Essex, England [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, South Yorkshire [1] Dudley [1] East Ham, Essex [1] East London [1] Eaton Locon, Bedfordshire [1] Fishergate, Sussex [1] Fishers Gate, Sussex [1] Fulton England [1] Glendon [1] Great Bromley, Essex [1] Great Tey, Colchester, Essex [1] Greenwich, London [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Hastings [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hereford [1] High Road West Halifax [1] Holywell, Wales [1] Howden England [1] Kent England [1]

Rank

Private [371] Corporal [36] Serjeant [36] Gunner [35] Driver [34] Sapper [16] Lance Corporal [14] Captain [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Major [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Rifleman [4] Lieutenant [3] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Adjutant/Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant / Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Rear Admiral [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sapper Acting Corporal [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Serjeant/Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [55] Labour Corps [54] Army Service Corps [40] Royal Engineers [37] London Regiment [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Machine Gun Corps [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] British West Indies Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [574] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Canadian Navy [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [743]

Contribution

Military Service [725] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [17] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Harold Carrington

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 50336 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Frank Lewis Carrington

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 26610 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 26610 Private Essex Regiment

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Henry Carrington

Died 1916

British Army 17445 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 17445 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Herbert Vivian Carrington

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19243

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Thomas Goodwin Carrington

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284451

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Frederick Tuckwell Carrington

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300442

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Frederick Ronald Carrington

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129494

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Wm T Carrington

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4170 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 241344 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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George Carrington

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army L/12951 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 147133 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 147133 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Charles George Carrington

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9408 Sgt 3rd Battln, Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Railton Carrington

Australian Imperial Force 14001

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Benjamin Albert Carrington

Born 1897

Died 1970

Royal Navy J17695 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy J17695 Able Seaman HMS Osiris

Royal Navy J17695 Able Seaman HMS Vindictive

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John Roderick Carrington

Australian Imperial Force 6921

Australian Imperial Force 7247

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Horace Carrington

Born 1893

Died 1957

British Army 49245 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ellis Thomas Carrington

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy KP/197 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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Albert Carrington

Died 1916

British Army 16298 Private South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 16298 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Wilfred Carrington

Died 1916

British Army 27378 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Carrington

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 4605 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 300907 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Robinson Carrington

Died 1917

British Army 47716 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harry John Carrington

Died 1918

British Army 2235 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 290544 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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