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Bedlington, Northumberland [2]

Durham [2]

Langhorne Creek South Australia [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bryants Bottom, Buckinghamshire [1]

Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Burntwood, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, London, England [1]

Cannock, Staffordshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Darlington [1]

Darlington England [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Dumfries Scotland [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hednesford, Staffordshire [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Islington, Wiltshire [1]

Jeparit Victoria [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Norton, Durham, England [1]

Pembroke, Dublin [1]

Penn, Bucks [1]

Preston, Shropshire [1]

Reading England [1]

Saint George Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Saint Georges Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Satara, India [1]

Scotland [1]

Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Southall, Middlesex [1]

St Kilda Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [308]

Gunner [28]

Driver [24]

Sapper [22]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Bandsman [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer [1]

Barman [1]

Bearer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/ Private [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Rifleman [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [35]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [25]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

London Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [440]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [558]

Contribution

Military Service [550]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Bedlington, Northumberland [2] Durham [2] Langhorne Creek South Australia [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bryants Bottom, Buckinghamshire [1] Burntwood, Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Burntwood, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, London, England [1] Cannock, Staffordshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Darlington [1] Darlington England [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Dumfries Scotland [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [1] Hednesford, Staffordshire [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington, Wiltshire [1] Jeparit Victoria [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Norton, Durham, England [1] Pembroke, Dublin [1] Penn, Bucks [1] Preston, Shropshire [1] Reading England [1] Saint George Manchester, Lancashire [1] Saint Georges Manchester, Lancashire [1] Satara, India [1] Scotland [1] Selby, Yorkshire [1] Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Southall, Middlesex [1] St Kilda Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [308] Gunner [28] Driver [24] Sapper [22] Serjeant [22] Corporal [21] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Bandsman [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer [1] Barman [1] Bearer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/ Private [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Temporary Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] PRIVATE [1] Rifleman [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [35] Royal Field Artillery [35] Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps [25] Durham Light Infantry [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] London Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [440] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [558]

Contribution

Military Service [550] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Percy Harold Chilton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31413

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Arthur Henry Chilton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41533

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Harry Chilton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 37895 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 37895 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Douglas Chilton

Born 1883

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 711

Canadian Expeditionary Force 711 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Arthur James Chilton

Australian Imperial Force 4479

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Robert Chilton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20/1241 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 20/1241 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harold Chilton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 26010 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 26010 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Leonard Chilton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12429

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James William Chilton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211812

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John Chilton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 876

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Leonard Chilton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 35 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Joseph Wright Chilton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246277

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A Chilton

Died 1916

British Army 18972 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 18972 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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William Bowers Chilton

Born 1884

Australian Imperial Force 2220 Sapper 1st Field Company, Engineers

Australian Imperial Force 2220 Artificer 3rd Artillery Brigade

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Frederick Chilton

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8502 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 8502 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Alfred Edwin Chilton

Died 1918

British Army 17882 Driver Royal Field Artillery c/110th Battalion

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George P Chilton

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 92476 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Bertram Chilton

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2182 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/6th northst Battalion

British Army 2182 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Edward J Chilton

Died 1918

British Army 29838 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Edward Francis Chilton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226642

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