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London, Middlesex [6]

Colchester, Essex [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Naracoorte South Australia [4]

Waltham Abbey, Essex [4]

Witham, Essex [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Essex [3]

Jeparit Victoria [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Northampton [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Roade, Northamptonshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Ardleigh, Essex [2]

Bracknell, Berkshire [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hampton [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maldon, Essex [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Myrtleford Victoria [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Apsley Victoria [1]

Aston [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Austonley, West Yorkshire [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Beaconsfield New South Wales [1]

Bircham Norfolk [1]

Blankney Lincolnshire [1]

Braintree, Essex [1]

Bridgewater South Australia [1]

Brightlingsea Essex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol [1]

Brooksby, Leicestershire [1]

Brooksby, Melton Mowbray [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cape Town [1]

Carboor Victoria [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Castle Headington Great Clacton Essex. [1]

Chestnut, Hertfordshire [1]

Clare, Suffolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [553]

Gunner [54]

Corporal [46]

Driver [44]

Serjeant [41]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Sapper [33]

Lance Corporal [22]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [9]

Captain [8]

Major [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Bombardier [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Chaplain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Reverend [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Signaller [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Agent [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Ambulance Staff Serjeant [1]

Auxiliary Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Royal Engineers [66]

Army Service Corps [65]

Labour Corps [64]

Essex Regiment [55]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

London Regiment [35]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Norfolk Regiment [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [862]

Royal Navy [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [1128]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1108]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex [6] Colchester, Essex [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Naracoorte South Australia [4] Waltham Abbey, Essex [4] Witham, Essex [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Essex [3] Jeparit Victoria [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Northampton [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Roade, Northamptonshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Ardleigh, Essex [2] Bracknell, Berkshire [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hampton [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Leytonstone, Essex [2] London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maldon, Essex [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Myrtleford Victoria [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Apsley Victoria [1] Aston [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Austonley, West Yorkshire [1] Bayswater, London [1] Beaconsfield New South Wales [1] Bircham Norfolk [1] Blankney Lincolnshire [1] Braintree, Essex [1] Bridgewater South Australia [1] Brightlingsea Essex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Brooksby, Leicestershire [1] Brooksby, Melton Mowbray [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cape Town [1] Carboor Victoria [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Castle Headington Great Clacton Essex. [1] Chestnut, Hertfordshire [1] Clare, Suffolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [553] Gunner [54] Corporal [46] Driver [44] Serjeant [41] Second Lieutenant [37] Sapper [33] Lance Corporal [22] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [9] Captain [8] Major [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Able Seaman [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Nurse [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Bombardier [3] Worker [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Chaplain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Reverend [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Signaller [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Agent [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Ambulance Staff Serjeant [1] Auxiliary Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72] Royal Engineers [66] Army Service Corps [65] Labour Corps [64] Essex Regiment [55] Suffolk Regiment [36] London Regiment [35] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Norfolk Regiment [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Fusiliers [21] Machine Gun Corps [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Middlesex Regiment [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] East Kent Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [862] Royal Navy [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Australian Imperial Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [1128] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1108] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Canada [1] France [1] India [1]

Ernest Chaplin

British Army 1552 Private London Regiment 1/13th lond Battalion

British Army 268333 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 431097 Private Labour Corps

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F W Chaplin

British Army 215 Colour Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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George S Chaplin

British Army 40035 Private Essex Regiment

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William Chaplin

British Army 14342 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Arthur Chaplin

British Army 41255 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Chaplin

British Army 9875 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 9875 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Richard Chaplin

British Army 4292 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Bertwright Chaplin

British Army 2481 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 200368 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick T Chaplin

British Army 95866 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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G A Chaplin

British Army G/5219 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Herbert Walter Chaplin

British Army 2650 Private Army Pay Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Pay Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Pay Corps

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John Chaplin

British Army 288396 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur S Chaplin

British Army T4/160660 Driver Army Service Corps

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John P Chaplin

British Army 3699 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 4791 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 26786 Private Devonshire Regiment

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George E Chaplin

British Army M/33516 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas G Chaplin

British Army 66313 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert W Chaplin

British Army M2/14993 Private Army Service Corps

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Edward A Chaplin

British Army 24209 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 43717 Private Labour Corps

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Herbert Leslie Chaplin

British Army R/33479 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot

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Arthur F Chaplin

British Army 33510 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 62862 Private Labour Corps

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