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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Marylebone, London [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Poole, Dorset [4]

Crewkerne, Somerset [3]

London England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Burnham on Sea, Somerset [2]

Charlton Victoria [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Essendon Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Jersey, Channel Islands [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Saint Heliers Jersey [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Swanage, Dorset [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Abbotsham, Devon [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Ashill, Somerset [1]

Barrow [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Broadwindsor,Dorset. [1]

Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Cape Town [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chard Somerset [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Clyde Victoria [1]

Corfe Castle Dorset [1]

Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [411]

Gunner [68]

Sapper [42]

Driver [33]

Corporal [31]

Serjeant [28]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Captain [23]

Lance Corporal [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Major [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Bombardier [10]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Nurse [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Class Petty Officer [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Principal [1]

Aux Nurse [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) [1]

Corporal Clerk [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [66]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Army Service Corps [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [45]

Labour Corps [43]

Dorsetshire Regiment [35]

London Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [17]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Training Reserve [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Service

British Army [716]

Royal Navy [120]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [1025]

S [5]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [999]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Marylebone, London [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Poole, Dorset [4] Crewkerne, Somerset [3] London England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Burnham on Sea, Somerset [2] Charlton Victoria [2] Deptford, London [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Essendon Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Jersey, Channel Islands [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Saint Heliers Jersey [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Swanage, Dorset [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Warwickshire [2] Westminster, London [2] Abbotsham, Devon [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Ashill, Somerset [1] Barrow [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Broadwindsor,Dorset. [1] Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset [1] Cape Town [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chard Somerset [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Clyde Victoria [1] Corfe Castle Dorset [1] Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [411] Gunner [68] Sapper [42] Driver [33] Corporal [31] Serjeant [28] Second Lieutenant [26] Captain [23] Lance Corporal [19] Lieutenant [16] Major [12] Acting Corporal [11] Bombardier [10] Acting Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Nurse [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brevet Major [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Class Petty Officer [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Principal [1] Aux Nurse [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) [1] Corporal Clerk [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Honorary Major [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Midshipman [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [66] Royal Field Artillery [51] Army Service Corps [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [45] Labour Corps [43] Dorsetshire Regiment [35] London Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Rifle Brigade [24] Hampshire Regiment [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [17] Devonshire Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Tank Corps [6] Training Reserve [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Kent Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Service

British Army [716] Royal Navy [120] Canadian Expeditionary Force [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [1025] S [5] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [999] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [32] India [1] Ireland [1]

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Born 1874

Died 1965

British Army Major Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) 4th Queen's Own Hussars

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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William Thomas Churchill

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Royal Welsh 16th Battalion

British Army 23053 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

British Army 23053 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 16th Battalion

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James Henry Churchill

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army W/14 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army W/14 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Reginald George Churchill

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6006 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 373043 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles David Churchill

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6616 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Stanton Churchill

Born 1899

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Lieutenant 25th Punjabis 1st Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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Reginald Alfred Churchill

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 39199 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 39199 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Edwin J Churchill

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army 14837 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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James Edward Churchill

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3033

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James Churchill

Died 1917

British Army 99366 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Siege Depot

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George James Churchill

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135978

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Mark Churchill

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 11044 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Payn Churchill

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Winston George Churchill

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155669

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Clementine Churchill

Born 1885

Died 1977

Other Empire Force Ladies Auxiliary Committee, Munitions Section, YMCA

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Hugh Chilcott Churchill

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93900

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John James Churchill

Born 1895

British Army 5045 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322266 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Robert Herbert Churchill

Born 1887

Died 1957

British Army T4/058349 Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Depot

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Henry Churchill

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 40828 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Philip Llewellyn Churchill

Born 1890

Died 1936

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34920

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