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Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Barkers Creek Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Chittenden, Gloucestershire [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Colyton, near Wellington [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dunbar, East Lothian [1]

Dunbar, Haddington [1]

Dunmow, Essex [1]

Dunstall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Guiseley, West Yorkshire [1]

Haddington Scotland [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Hartshead, Yorkshire [1]

Herne, Herne Bay, Kent [1]

Hertford [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Lancashire [1]

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Lincoln [1]

Morton Nr Bingley [1]

Mulgrave Victoria [1]

Norwich, England [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Place of birth - Prahran Victoria [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rowley Regis, Worcestershire [1]

Shetford, Suffolk [1]

South Shields [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

St George New South Wales [1]

Suffolk [1]

Sunbury Victoria [1]

Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [268]

Gunner [28]

Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Driver [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Sapper [13]

Serjeant [11]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircrafman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Owner Driver [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Seaman [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

21st Lancers [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [396]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Royal Navy [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Last name first letter

C [502]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Barkers Creek Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cheltenham [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Chittenden, Gloucestershire [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Colyton, near Wellington [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dunbar, East Lothian [1] Dunbar, Haddington [1] Dunmow, Essex [1] Dunstall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Guiseley, West Yorkshire [1] Haddington Scotland [1] Hamilton ON [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Hartshead, Yorkshire [1] Herne, Herne Bay, Kent [1] Hertford [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lincoln [1] Morton Nr Bingley [1] Mulgrave Victoria [1] Norwich, England [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Place of birth - Prahran Victoria [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rowley Regis, Worcestershire [1] Shetford, Suffolk [1] South Shields [1] South Shields, Durham [1] St George New South Wales [1] Suffolk [1] Sunbury Victoria [1] Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [268] Gunner [28] Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [18] Driver [15] Lieutenant [14] Sapper [13] Serjeant [11] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircrafman [1] Bombardier [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Owner Driver [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Seaman [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] London Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] West Riding Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Manchester Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Border Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 21st Lancers [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [396] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Royal Navy [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [10]

Last name first letter

C [502] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

Frederick Thomas Clapham

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2181 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240432 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240432 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1/5th Bn.

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John Charles Clapham

Died 1918

British Army 29502 Gloucester Regt

British Army S/28489 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Tom Harry Clapham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 20007 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 20007 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Christopher Albon Clapham

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army London Rifle Brigade

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Charles Clapham

Died 1918

British Army 66319 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Clapham

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 4039 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 4039 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Donova Clapham

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 122512 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 122512 Machine Gun Corps

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William Clapham

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27899

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Arthur George Clapham

Died 1918

British Army TR8/30964 Private Hampshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

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Charles Frederick Clapham

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164621

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Walter Clapham

Born 1899

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108872 Air Mechanic Third Class Royal Flying Corps 52nd Training Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108872 Air Mechanic Second Class Royal Flying Corps 120 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108872 Aircrafman Royal Air Force 120 Sqaudron

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John William Clapham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122223

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John Clapham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122887

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John Miles Clapham

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 512558

Canadian Expeditionary Force 512558 Private Canadian Army Service Corps 4th Divisional Motor Transport Company

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John Gibson Clapham

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166959

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Arthur James Clapham

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61375

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Alfred Joseph Clapham

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16398 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/16398 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Thomas Clapham

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37933

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Matthew Clapham

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 200212 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Graham Windyer Clapham

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 774 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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