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London, Middlesex, England [8]

London England [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Fremantle Western Australia [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Barcaldine Queensland [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Burton, Lincolnshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Flemington Victoria [2]

Gloucester [2]

Gloucestershire [2]

Great Crosby, Lancashire [2]

Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire [2]

Heathcote Victoria [2]

Kersbrook South Australia [2]

Kingston, Cambridgeshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Loughton, Essex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Millbrook, Cornwall [2]

Northampton [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Orpington, Kent [2]

Port Fairy Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Trentham Victoria [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1]

Alfreton England [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

All Souls Marylebone [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arnold Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1112]

Gunner [115]

Driver [93]

Corporal [89]

Serjeant [69]

Sapper [52]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lance Corporal [33]

Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [19]

Captain [18]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [9]

Rifleman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

77558 [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [142]

Labour Corps [126]

Army Service Corps [119]

Royal Engineers [106]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Garrison Artillery [68]

Machine Gun Corps [57]

Leicestershire Regiment [42]

Royal Fusiliers [41]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [40]

Middlesex Regiment [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [30]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Devonshire Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

Manchester Regiment [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Norfolk Regiment [23]

Essex Regiment [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Royal Air Force [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Service

British Army [1620]

Royal Navy [164]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [140]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125]

Australian Imperial Force [82]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

British Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [2189]

H [2]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2150]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Cuba [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [8] London England [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Fremantle Western Australia [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Fulham, London [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] London, Middlesex [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Arundel, Sussex [2] Barcaldine Queensland [2] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Burton, Lincolnshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Flemington Victoria [2] Gloucester [2] Gloucestershire [2] Great Crosby, Lancashire [2] Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire [2] Heathcote Victoria [2] Kersbrook South Australia [2] Kingston, Cambridgeshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Loughton, Essex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Millbrook, Cornwall [2] Northampton [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Orpington, Kent [2] Port Fairy Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Trentham Victoria [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1] Alfreton England [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] All Souls Marylebone [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arnold Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1112] Gunner [115] Driver [93] Corporal [89] Serjeant [69] Sapper [52] Second Lieutenant [42] Lance Corporal [33] Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [19] Captain [18] Pioneer [16] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [9] Rifleman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Major [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Signalman [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Transport Serjeant [2] 77558 [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Servant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [142] Labour Corps [126] Army Service Corps [119] Royal Engineers [106] London Regiment [72] Royal Garrison Artillery [68] Machine Gun Corps [57] Leicestershire Regiment [42] Royal Fusiliers [41] Royal Berkshire Regiment [40] Middlesex Regiment [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Rifle Brigade [32] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [30] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Suffolk Regiment [29] Devonshire Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [27] Somerset Light Infantry [27] Manchester Regiment [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] Worcestershire Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [23] Norfolk Regiment [23] Essex Regiment [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] East Surrey Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] The Queen's Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Welsh Regiment [18] Yorkshire Regiment [18] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Royal Naval Division [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Dorsetshire Regiment [12] Royal Air Force [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Service

British Army [1620] Royal Navy [164] Canadian Expeditionary Force [140] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125] Australian Imperial Force [82] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] British Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [2189] H [2] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2150] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Cuba [1] India [1] Malta [1]

Edgar Charles Chamberlain

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234063

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Frank Chamberlain

Born 1890

Died 1944

British Army 414551 Private Labour Corps

British Army 10734 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Charles Chamberlain

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186848 Corporal Royal Air Force

British Army 13105 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Stanley Harold Chamberlain

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156848

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Albert James Chamberlain

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405421

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George Frank Chamberlain

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85621

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Clifton John Chamberlain

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18227

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Laurence Victor Chamberlain

Australian Imperial Force 4246

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Robert Charles Chamberlain

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124691

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Percy Harry Chamberlain

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68918

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Joseph William Emmerson Chamberlain

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237399

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Arthur Edward Chamberlain

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252202

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Francis H Chamberlain

Died 1915

British Army 3047 Corporal London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3047 Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 3047 Corporal Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) 1st County of London Yeomanry

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George Chamberlain

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 10116 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Arthur Chamberlain

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 6830 Acting Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 5th northst Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Sidney Chamberlain

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 7623 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7623 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7623 Company Serjeant Major Bedfordshire Regiment

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Charles Chamberlain

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 4502(Incomplete) Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Miller Chamberlain

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 102633 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 102633 Sapper Royal Engineers 176 Tunnelling Company

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Stanley Chamberlain

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225410

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Robert Guy Chamberlain

Born 1890

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/23 Wellington Mounted Rifles

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