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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]

William G Carrington

Died 1917

British Army 9471 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9471 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Alfred Carrington

Died 1917

British Army 30183 Private Royal Scots

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Arthur J Carrington

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army G/18566 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Frederick Carrington

Died 1917

British Army 11/1128 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Carrington

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 16430 Private Coldstream Guards

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Francis H Carrington

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2275 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 2275 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Tom Carrington

Died 1918

British Army 29975 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Alfred Carrington

Died 1916

British Army 18035 Private Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 18035 Private Essex Regiment

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Louis G Carrington

Died 1918

British Army 17564 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th bedford Battalion

British Army 17564 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Carrington

Died 1918

British Army G/72380 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/72380 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Edward Worrell Carrington

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Fred Carrington

Died 1917

British Army 202843 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Carrington

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38952 Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 38952 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Carrington

Died 1918

British Army 45277 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Charles Carrington

Died 1915

British Army 6137 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 6137 Lance Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James V Carrington

Died 1919

British Army 3684 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 241264 Private East Surrey Regiment

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George Carrington

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 5030 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202157 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202157 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Carrington

Died 1917

British Army 358613 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 358613 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Carrington

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army 20415 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 258136 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Carrington

Died 1916

British Army 14296 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 14296 Private Coldstream Guards

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