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Ballarat Victoria [6]

London England [5]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Moonta South Australia [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Dundee New South Wales [2]

Goole [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sheffield England [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wellington, Somerset [2]

Yarrawonga Victoria [2]

Acton, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Banana Queensland [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bath [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Beaminster Bristol, Somersetshire [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birregurra Victoria [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Buxton England [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [753]

Driver [73]

Gunner [70]

Corporal [68]

Serjeant [58]

Sapper [40]

Lance Corporal [24]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Bombardier [10]

Captain [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman I [1]

Aircraftsman II [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [100]

Labour Corps [96]

Royal Engineers [88]

Army Service Corps [80]

London Regiment [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [20]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

West Riding Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Tank Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1129]

Royal Navy [111]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [1488]

Contribution

Military Service [1466]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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Ballarat Victoria [6] London England [5] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Moonta South Australia [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chiswick, London [2] Dundee New South Wales [2] Goole [2] Hoxton, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sheffield England [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wellington, Somerset [2] Yarrawonga Victoria [2] Acton, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Banana Queensland [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bath [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Beaminster Bristol, Somersetshire [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bermondsey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham England [1] Birregurra Victoria [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Buxton England [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [753] Driver [73] Gunner [70] Corporal [68] Serjeant [58] Sapper [40] Lance Corporal [24] Second Lieutenant [20] Pioneer [17] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [11] Bombardier [10] Captain [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman I [1] Aircraftsman II [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Boatswain [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1] Chief Gunner [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [100] Labour Corps [96] Royal Engineers [88] Army Service Corps [80] London Regiment [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Machine Gun Corps [35] Gloucestershire Regiment [29] Manchester Regiment [28] Royal Fusiliers [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Middlesex Regiment [23] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [20] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Cheshire Regiment [16] Somerset Light Infantry [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Hampshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] West Riding Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Naval Division [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Tank Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1129] Royal Navy [111] Canadian Expeditionary Force [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63] Australian Imperial Force [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [1488]

Contribution

Military Service [1466] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Cecil Burchell Chappell

Born 1895

British Army 26825 Private Manchester Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126173 Private 3rd Balloon Wing

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Wilfred Chappell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 256221 Fitter Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Chappell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4107 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 27501 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Earnest Milton Chappell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30498

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William Chappell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208658

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George Frederick Chappell

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197902

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William Chappell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168969

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Charles Arthur Chappell

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3177

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Claud Chappell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50646

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Hereward Chappell

Born 1898

Died 1970

Indian Army Burma Military Police

Indian Army Lieutenant 39th Garhwal Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Chappell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3392 Private West Riding Regiment

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Joseph Chappell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308755

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George Chappell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6697

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Percy Edgar Eyres Chappell

Born 1885

Died 1972

British Army 7578 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Major Somerset Light Infantry

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Albert Ernest Chappell

Born 1994

Died 1917

British Army 5271 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 392031 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John W Chappell

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 41258 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Frank Chappell

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1208 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 1208 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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Edward Henry Chappell

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192298

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John Chappell

Died 1916

British Army 15833 Lance Corporal 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15833 Private 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15833 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur Lionel Chappell

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 022765 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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