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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]

Arthur Beaumont Goddard Twyford Chamberlain

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Neptune

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Hindustan

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Frederick William Chamberlain

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 26006(Incomplete) Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Rupert Maurice Chamberlain

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

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Frederick Chamberlain

Born 1892

Died 1979

British Army 16579 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 70087 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Leonard George Chamberlain

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211093

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George Alexander Chamberlain

Born 1892

Died 1955

British Army G/47923 Private The Queen's Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 64266 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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William Charles Chamberlain

Born 1895

British Army 12404 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 49629 Private Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Charles Chamberlain

Died 1915

British Army 5453 Lance Corporal 10th Hussars

British Army 5453 Corporal 10th Hussars

British Army 5453 Corporal 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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George Chamberlain

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185494

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Ethelbert Chamberlain

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115832

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Frederick Thomas Chamberlain

Born 1888

Died 1982

British Army 16125 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 25001 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Oliver Charles Chamberlain

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 16127 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 16127 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Bertie Chamberlain

Died 1917

British Army TR/5/23070 Training Reserve

British Army 50874 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Cyril Chamberlain

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 185086 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Chamberlain

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6522 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frederick George Chamberlain

Died 1918

British Army 5/20184 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 36189 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Jesse Leo Chamberlain

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3/10696 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Arthur Chamberlain

Died 1915

British Army 8236 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Chamberlain

Died 1915

British Army 15024 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army L/15024 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army L/15024 Private Royal Fusiliers

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John E Chamberlain

Died 1918

British Army 2770 Private Welsh Guards

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