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Geelong Victoria [4]

Strood, Kent [3]

Barwon Heads Victoria [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Gisborne [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Islington, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Walthamstow, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Beeac Victoria [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cambridge [1]

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Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Cleveland Tasmania [1]

Cygnet Tasmania [1]

Dalston, London North [1]

Deep Bay Tasmania [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Farntram, Surrey [1]

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Heston, London [1]

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Hornchurch, Essex [1]

Knightsbridge, Middlesex [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Lincoln [1]

Lincolnshire, England [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Longparish, Hampshire, England [1]

Lower Culham, Berkshire [1]

Lowestoft [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [285]

Gunner [33]

Driver [28]

Serjeant [19]

Corporal [17]

Lance Corporal [14]

Sapper [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Carpenter [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Airman Class 2 [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Fusilier [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant and Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Acting Major [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major/Shoeing Smith [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [36]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Army Service Corps [29]

Royal Engineers [28]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Labour Corps [23]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Essex Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclists Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [434]

Royal Navy [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [569]

Contribution

Military Service [556]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

India [1]

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Geelong Victoria [4] Strood, Kent [3] Barwon Heads Victoria [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Gisborne [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Islington, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Walthamstow, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Beeac Victoria [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridge England [1] Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Cleveland Tasmania [1] Cygnet Tasmania [1] Dalston, London North [1] Deep Bay Tasmania [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Farntram, Surrey [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Grays, Essex [1] Guildford [1] Hampstead [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead, London, Middlesex [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Hartshill [1] Heston, London [1] Holborn, London, Middlesex [1] Hornchurch, Essex [1] Knightsbridge, Middlesex [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Lincoln [1] Lincolnshire, England [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Longparish, Hampshire, England [1] Lower Culham, Berkshire [1] Lowestoft [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [285] Gunner [33] Driver [28] Serjeant [19] Corporal [17] Lance Corporal [14] Sapper [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [6] Captain [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Carpenter [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Airman Class 2 [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Fusilier [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant and Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Acting Major [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Serjeant Major/Shoeing Smith [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [36] Royal Field Artillery [33] Army Service Corps [29] Royal Engineers [28] Middlesex Regiment [26] Labour Corps [23] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] Essex Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Durham Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Kent Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclists Corps [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [434] Royal Navy [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [569]

Contribution

Military Service [556] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17] India [1]

Thomas Archibald Challis

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 13443 Lance Serjeant and Serjeant Army Cyclists Corps

British Army 114414 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Tank Corps

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Walter Challis

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109209

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Ivor James Challis

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 8348 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 762361 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Austin Jubilee Challis

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 183762 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edmund James Challis

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249711

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Frank Leonard Challis

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252497

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Thomas Henry Challis

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 297968

Royal Navy 297968 Leading Stoker (RFR/CH/B/9853). H M.S. "Formidable."

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Thomas Holl Challis

Born 1862

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279264

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Walter Ernest Challis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42594

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Frederick Walter Challis

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 43018 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles James Challis

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9876 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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George H Challis

Died 1917

British Army 3461 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 421876 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 421876 Private London Regiment

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Alfred Challis

Died 1918

British Army 99521 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Thomas Challis

Died 1918

British Army 48774 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frederick C. Challis

Died 1914

British Army 71677 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 25th Brigade

British Army 71677 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Challis

Died 1916

British Army 18220 Private Coldstream Guards

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Anthony Challis

Died 1916

British Army 1686 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 325306 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 325306 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Victor Illtrell Challis

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2329 Private Suffolk Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 2329 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Challis

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9614 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9614 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Reginald David Challis

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6740 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6740 Private Suffolk Regiment

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