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Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4]

Falmouth, Cornwall [4]

Falmouth, Cornwall, England [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Goomburra Queensland [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Bedford [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bishopsworth, Somerset [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Broad Clist, Devon [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burry Port, Carmarthen [1]

Canterbury New South Wales [1]

Castletownsend, Cork [1]

City of London, Middlesex [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Devonport [1]

East Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Evershot, Dorset [1]

Falmouth England [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hayle, Cornwall, England [1]

Hillend New South Wales [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Keynsham [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesex England [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Moone Ponds Victoria [1]

Newington, London [1]

Newport, Wales [1]

Parkes New South Wales [1]

Patrington, Yorkshire [1]

Penarth, Glamorgan [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [167]

Gunner [27]

Corporal [17]

Sapper [13]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Boy [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Private/Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

North Somerset Yeomanry [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

West Somerset Yeomanry [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Scots Guards [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

5th Dragoon Guards Signal Company [1]

6th Battalion Reserve Battalion [1]

6th Squadron Royal Air Force [1]

7th Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [266]

Royal Navy [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [387]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4] Falmouth, Cornwall [4] Falmouth, Cornwall, England [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Goomburra Queensland [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Albert Park Victoria [1] Bedford [1] Berkshire [1] Bishopsworth, Somerset [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Broad Clist, Devon [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burry Port, Carmarthen [1] Canterbury New South Wales [1] Castletownsend, Cork [1] City of London, Middlesex [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Devonport [1] East Stonehouse, Devon [1] Evershot, Dorset [1] Falmouth England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hayle, Cornwall, England [1] Hillend New South Wales [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Keynsham [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesex England [1] Mile End, London [1] Moone Ponds Victoria [1] Newington, London [1] Newport, Wales [1] Parkes New South Wales [1] Patrington, Yorkshire [1] Penarth, Glamorgan [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [167] Gunner [27] Corporal [17] Sapper [13] Driver [10] Serjeant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Lieutenant [5] Lance Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Steward [1] Boy [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Private/Corporal [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [21] Somerset Light Infantry [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Essex Regiment [3] North Somerset Yeomanry [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] West Somerset Yeomanry [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Scots Guards [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 5th Dragoon Guards Signal Company [1] 6th Battalion Reserve Battalion [1] 6th Squadron Royal Air Force [1] 7th Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [266] Royal Navy [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [387] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Samuel Chard

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army 733 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 514256 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry William Chard

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 30021 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Cecil Richard Trevor Chard

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 8791 Lance Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Thomas Chard

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy PLY/5971 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth

Royal Navy PLY*5971 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Talbot

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Clifford James Chard

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167229

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Albert Edward Chard

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309013

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Alfred George Thomas Chard

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232881

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Thomas Norman Chard

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Btn

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William Chard

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 183102 Able Seaman HMS Bittern

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William Francis Chard

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21476

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Frederick Chard

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 203794 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 260223 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Chard

Born 1883

Died 1938

British Army 695775(Incomplete) Private Labour Corps

British Army 240959 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Albert Ernest Chard

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10292

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William George Chard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10101 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 10101 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frank Chard

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8223 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army L/16196 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 8223 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Reuben Chard

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 46826 Private Essex Regiment

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Isaac Chard

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6252 Private Coldstream Guards

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John Chard

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11315 Private Devonshire Regiment

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David Chard

Died 1917

British Army 11975 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 11975 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 11975 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

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Robert Alexander Farmer Chard

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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