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Portsmouth, Hampshire [13]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Battersea, London [6]

Portsea, Hampshire [6]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Williamstown Victoria [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bristol England [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London England [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Balaclava Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bunwell, Norfolk [2]

Chertsey, Surrey [2]

Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Dartford [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Dursley, Gloucestershire [2]

Essex England [2]

Eversley, Hampshire [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Healesville Victoria [2]

Heydon, Cambridgeshire [2]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hornsey, London [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Kent England [2]

Liverpool New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Rank

Private [1241]

Gunner [166]

Corporal [110]

Driver [93]

Serjeant [92]

Sapper [86]

Lance Corporal [54]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Acting Corporal [32]

Captain [19]

Lieutenant [17]

Pioneer [15]

Bombardier [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Major [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Signaller [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Saddler Corporal [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [170]

Labour Corps [166]

Royal Engineers [165]

Royal Field Artillery [153]

London Regiment [100]

Royal Garrison Artillery [86]

Machine Gun Corps [60]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

The Queen's Regiment [51]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

Gloucestershire Regiment [47]

East Surrey Regiment [40]

Bedfordshire Regiment [39]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [39]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [38]

Rifle Brigade [33]

Royal Sussex Regiment [33]

Essex Regiment [32]

Wiltshire Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

East Kent Regiment [24]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Norfolk Regiment [15]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

Royal Horse Artillery [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1894]

Royal Navy [264]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148]

Australian Imperial Force [145]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [125]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [2638]

B [1]

F [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2586]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [71]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [13] Sydney New South Wales [11] Melbourne Victoria [7] Southampton, Hampshire [7] Battersea, London [6] Portsea, Hampshire [6] Launceston Tasmania [5] Williamstown Victoria [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bristol England [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London England [4] London, Middlesex [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Dover, Kent [3] Paddington, London [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Balaclava Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bunwell, Norfolk [2] Chertsey, Surrey [2] Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Dartford [2] Deal, Kent [2] Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Dursley, Gloucestershire [2] Essex England [2] Eversley, Hampshire [2] Grays, Essex [2] Healesville Victoria [2] Heydon, Cambridgeshire [2] Highworth,Wiltshire. [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hornsey, London [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Kent England [2] Liverpool New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Margate, Kent [2] Marylebone, London [2]

Rank

Private [1241] Gunner [166] Corporal [110] Driver [93] Serjeant [92] Sapper [86] Lance Corporal [54] Second Lieutenant [49] Acting Corporal [32] Captain [19] Lieutenant [17] Pioneer [15] Bombardier [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Company Serjeant Major [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Able Seaman [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Major [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Guardsman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Nursing Sister [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Signaller [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Worker [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Saddler Corporal [2] Staff Captain [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [170] Labour Corps [166] Royal Engineers [165] Royal Field Artillery [153] London Regiment [100] Royal Garrison Artillery [86] Machine Gun Corps [60] Royal Fusiliers [53] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] The Queen's Regiment [51] Hampshire Regiment [49] Middlesex Regiment [49] Gloucestershire Regiment [47] East Surrey Regiment [40] Bedfordshire Regiment [39] Royal Berkshire Regiment [39] King's Royal Rifle Corps [38] Rifle Brigade [33] Royal Sussex Regiment [33] Essex Regiment [32] Wiltshire Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Devonshire Regiment [24] East Kent Regiment [24] Leicestershire Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Royal Naval Division [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] Somerset Light Infantry [17] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Norfolk Regiment [15] Liverpool Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] Royal Horse Artillery [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Tank Corps [11] Welsh Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1894] Royal Navy [264] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148] Australian Imperial Force [145] Canadian Expeditionary Force [125] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [2638] B [1] F [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2586] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [71] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Canada [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

John Chandler

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 14407 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham)

British Army 14407 Private Manchester Regiment 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham)

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Collin Campbell Chandler

Born 1891

British Army 1350 Private British West Indies Regiment Depot

British Army 1350 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Cooke Chandler

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3095 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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David Chandler

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army TR5/9604 Private Training Reserve

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James William Chandler

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/1750 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1750 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frederick George Chandler

Born 1885

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps No 2 General Hospital

British Army Regimental Medical Officer Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Chandler

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 169 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Thomas Chandler

Died 1916

British Army 2401 Private London Regiment 23rd battalion lond Battalion

British Army 2401 Private London Regiment 23rd (County of London) Battalion

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Arthur John Chandler

Born 1868

Died 1917

South African Services 183 Corporal Durban Light Infantry

South African Services 12208 Staff Serjeant Military Labour Bureau East African Military Labour Corps

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Harry Chandler

Born 1888

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1632 Corporal 28th Australian Infantry battalion

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Raymond Thornton Chandler

Born 1888

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2025271

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2025271 Sergeant 7th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2025721 Cadet Royal Air Force

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Claude Victor Cecil Chandler

Born 1891

Died 1942

Australian Imperial Force 2151

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George William Chandler

Born 1888

Died 1954

British Army 55731 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th Brigade

British Army 55731 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 4th Brigade

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Alfred Chandler

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9428 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Augustine Chandler

Born 1887

Died 1969

Royal Navy S 3866 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Benbow

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Henry Chandler

Born 1879

Died 1921

British Army 51782 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 75092 Private Labour Corps

British Army 388128 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert George Chandler

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 8021 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers. 2nd Battalion.

British Army Company Sergeant Major Royal Munster Fusiliers. 'D' Coy. 2nd Battalion

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Benjamin Charles Chandler

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 3250 s Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Edward James Chandler

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 11692 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Chandler

Born 1881

British Army 5787 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5787 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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