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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Durham England [2]

Gloucester [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Talbot Victoria [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Acomb, North Yorkshire [1]

Armadale Linlithgow [1]

Balaclava Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackrod, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire, England [1]

Cardiff [1]

Castlemaine New South Wales [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Chalford, Gloucestershire [1]

Cockermouth, Cumberland [1]

Cockfield, Durham [1]

Dublin [1]

Dulwich East, London [1]

Durham [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Eccles,Lancashire. [1]

Elberton Gloucestershire [1]

Evansford Victoria [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Harden New South Wales [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kaniva Victoria [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Lincoln [1]

Rank

Private [343]

Gunner [33]

Driver [25]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [22]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Corporal [18]

Lance Corporal [10]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Colonel [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sister [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

ALIAS Sapper [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Reverend [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cooper [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner Lance Corporal [1]

Inspector General [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Major [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Engineers [45]

Army Service Corps [42]

Labour Corps [38]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [526]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

Royal Navy [41]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

C [716]

M [2]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [700]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Canada [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [5] Melbourne Victoria [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Durham England [2] Gloucester [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Talbot Victoria [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Yorkshire [2] Acomb, North Yorkshire [1] Armadale Linlithgow [1] Balaclava Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Birmingham [1] Blackrod, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire, England [1] Cardiff [1] Castlemaine New South Wales [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Chalford, Gloucestershire [1] Cockermouth, Cumberland [1] Cockfield, Durham [1] Dublin [1] Dulwich East, London [1] Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] Eccles, Lancashire [1] Eccles,Lancashire. [1] Elberton Gloucestershire [1] Evansford Victoria [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Harden New South Wales [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hull [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kaniva Victoria [1] Lancashire England [1] Lincoln [1]

Rank

Private [343] Gunner [33] Driver [25] Serjeant [24] Sapper [22] Second Lieutenant [19] Corporal [18] Lance Corporal [10] Captain [8] Lieutenant [8] Colonel [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sister [5] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] ALIAS Sapper [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Reverend [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cooper [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner Lance Corporal [1] Inspector General [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Major [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Private [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Engineers [45] Army Service Corps [42] Labour Corps [38] Durham Light Infantry [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Border Regiment [13] Royal Irish Rifles [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Scots [8] Welsh Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] West Riding Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [526] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] Royal Navy [41] Australian Imperial Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

C [716] M [2] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [700] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Canada [2]

Hubert Close

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134342

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Frank Close

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239346

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William John Close

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 20500 Private Welsh Regiment 15th Battalion

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John Close

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4258 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Metcalfe Close

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 162445 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Close

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185905

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Charles Close

Born 1883

Died 1935

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Foster Close

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77680

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William Newton Close

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98858

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John Charles Close-Brooks

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army 34748 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Thomas John Close

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 517086 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 517086 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Samuel Close

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 4/3019 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 201002 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Evan James Close

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5144 Private Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 201168 Private Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 201168 Private Welsh Regiment

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John W Close

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 8/6530 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 302082 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Wilfred George Close

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 30586 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Close

Died 1917

British Army 204062 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Close

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army L/18603 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Close

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4734 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th west Battalion

British Army 4734 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Nathan Close

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 12811 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Frederick Close

Died 1914

British Army 7454 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7454 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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