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Fulham, London [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Hailsham [4]

Granville New South Wales [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Petworth, Sussex [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Hill End New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Marple [2]

Midhurst, Sussex [2]

Nottingham England [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Sutton, Sussex [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Woolwich, London [2]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Bingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blayden, Gateshead [1]

Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brompton, London [1]

Buckland Dinham, Somerset [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cloncurry Queensland [1]

Coalbrookdale, Shropshire [1]

Coleraine [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Drysdale Victoria [1]

East Plumstead, Kent [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Homewood Victoria [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, E Yorkshire [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kent [1]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1]

Kinsale, Cork [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [286]

Gunner [34]

Corporal [31]

Serjeant [28]

Driver [27]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Sapper [18]

Captain [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Matron [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Post Office Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Secretary [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Local Sub Conductor [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [46]

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Engineers [36]

Labour Corps [27]

London Regiment [25]

Royal Sussex Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Service

British Army [476]

Royal Navy [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [656]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [645]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Place of birth

Fulham, London [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Hailsham [4] Granville New South Wales [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Petworth, Sussex [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Hill End New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex [2] Marple [2] Midhurst, Sussex [2] Nottingham England [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Sutton, Sussex [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Woolwich, London [2] Beaufort Victoria [1] Bingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blayden, Gateshead [1] Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brompton, London [1] Buckland Dinham, Somerset [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cloncurry Queensland [1] Coalbrookdale, Shropshire [1] Coleraine [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Drysdale Victoria [1] East Plumstead, Kent [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Hamilton ON [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Homewood Victoria [1] Hull [1] Hull, E Yorkshire [1] Kennington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kent [1] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1] Kinsale, Cork [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [286] Gunner [34] Corporal [31] Serjeant [28] Driver [27] Second Lieutenant [20] Sapper [18] Captain [11] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [6] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Temporary Major [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Matron [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Post Office Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Secretary [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Local Sub Conductor [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [46] Army Service Corps [36] Royal Engineers [36] Labour Corps [27] London Regiment [25] Royal Sussex Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Fusiliers [14] Norfolk Regiment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Border Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Service

British Army [476] Royal Navy [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [656] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [645] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Wilfred Henry Carver

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 26828 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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William Robert Carver

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 6260 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Frank Maitland Carver

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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George Sholto Douglas Carver

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Carver

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2459 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th east Battalion

British Army 2459 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Walter Lionel Carver

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Captain Herefordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain Herefordshire Regiment

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Christian Creswell Carver

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 83rd Brigade, A Battery

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Sidney Walter Carver

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 14713 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 14713 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Bertram John Carver

Born 1866

Died 1914

Royal Navy 117768 (RFR CH B 90) Able Seaman HMS Cressy

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Douglas George Carver

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J54727

Royal Navy J/54727 Ordinary Signalman H.M.S. "Donegal"

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Gordon Charles Carver

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232472

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George H Carver

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 24678 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 24678 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward James Carver

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy PO/8331 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Motagua

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James Carver

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10581

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Frederick James Daniel Carver

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213204

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Frederick Edward Carver

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214621

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Walter Herbert Carver

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227197

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Thomas Carver

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241378

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Harold Frank Carver

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243612

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Robert Edward Carver

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263586

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