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Melbourne Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Geraldton Western Australia [5]

Glasgow Scotland [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Tottenham, London [3]

Cambridge Tasmania [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Leicester England [2]

London England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Preston Victoria [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Alberton South Australia [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Armagh [1]

Armagh, Armagh [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Athlone [1]

Ballinasloe, Galway [1]

Ballyshannon, Donegal [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Canterbury England [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Castle Douglas Scotland [1]

Central Sheffield [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Christchurch [1]

Christchurch NZ [1]

Cliftonhill Victoria [1]

Co Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Coleraine [1]

Coleraine, Londonderry [1]

Condobolin New South Wales [1]

Croydon Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [568]

Corporal [42]

Serjeant [42]

Gunner [40]

Sapper [38]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Driver [31]

Captain [27]

Pioneer [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Temporary Captain [9]

Bombardier [5]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Captain (Supernumerary) [1]

Captain Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [74]

Labour Corps [69]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

Royal Field Artillery [46]

Royal Irish Rifles [46]

Army Service Corps [37]

Highland Light Infantry [37]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [34]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [31]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [31]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Canadian Infantry [21]

Gordon Highlanders [21]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Royal Scots [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Scottish Rifles [16]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Royal Irish Regiment [14]

Cameron Highlanders [13]

London Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Leinster Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Service

British Army [831]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [245]

Australian Imperial Force [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

Royal Navy [58]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1380]

Contribution

Military Service [1349]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Geraldton Western Australia [5] Glasgow Scotland [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Tottenham, London [3] Cambridge Tasmania [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Leicester England [2] London England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Poplar, London [2] Preston Victoria [2] Yorkshire [2] Alberton South Australia [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Armagh [1] Armagh, Armagh [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Athlone [1] Ballinasloe, Galway [1] Ballyshannon, Donegal [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Calcutta [1] Canterbury England [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Castle Douglas Scotland [1] Central Sheffield [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Cheshire England [1] Christchurch [1] Christchurch NZ [1] Cliftonhill Victoria [1] Co Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Coleraine [1] Coleraine, Londonderry [1] Condobolin New South Wales [1] Croydon Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [568] Corporal [42] Serjeant [42] Gunner [40] Sapper [38] Second Lieutenant [37] Driver [31] Captain [27] Pioneer [15] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Acting Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Temporary Captain [9] Bombardier [5] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Captain (Supernumerary) [1] Captain Acting Lance Corporal [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Hon Capt [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [74] Labour Corps [69] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] Royal Field Artillery [46] Royal Irish Rifles [46] Army Service Corps [37] Highland Light Infantry [37] Royal Irish Fusiliers [34] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [31] Royal Scots Fusiliers [31] Machine Gun Corps [24] Canadian Infantry [21] Gordon Highlanders [21] King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Royal Scots [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Scottish Rifles [16] Durham Light Infantry [14] Royal Irish Regiment [14] Cameron Highlanders [13] London Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Highlanders [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Border Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Leinster Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4]

Service

British Army [831] Canadian Expeditionary Force [245] Australian Imperial Force [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] Royal Navy [58] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1380]

Contribution

Military Service [1349] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

James Arthur Balfour Carson

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Dental Service

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Abraham Christopher Carson

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477159

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477159 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Richard Hartley Carson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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William Carson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306898

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Arthur Percy Carson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127055

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Chester Warner Carson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171027

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James Carson

Died 1918

British Army 45546 Private Royal Irish Rifles 1 Battalion

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Charles Graham Carson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2808 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 5th northst Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Robert Carson

Died 1916

British Army 14811 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 14811 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 14811 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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James Carson

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army S/13479 Private Cameron Highlanders

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John Clontarf Kelvyn Carson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry - Quebec Regiment 14th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry

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Thomas King Carson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106108

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106108 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 68th (Reserve) Btn

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Frank Carson

Died 1916

British Army 14883 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th highland Battalion

British Army 14883 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Thomas Carson

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 24956 Acting Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 24956 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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William Carson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1543 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240177 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240177 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Reg.Corporal 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion

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Robert Sinclair Carson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Sth/930 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Robert Carson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J60905

Royal Navy DA 14959 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 14959DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Drifter "Silvery Harvest"

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Charles Victor Carson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206110

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Olliver Carson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221145

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James Carson

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 3337 Private Northumberland Regiment northumberland Battalion

British Army 3337 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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