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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]

Thomas William Close

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11952 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Elfleet Close

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 22780 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 31105 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Alexander Close

British Army 20431 Private Royal Scots

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Patrick Perley Close

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4062044

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4062044 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Henry Close

Born 1890

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3205113

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3205113 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Close

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4189 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Reuben Close

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 64473 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th Brigade

British Army 64473 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Close

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17431 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army 17431 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army 17431 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Andrew Lee Close

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 9580 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur Close

Died 1915

British Army 1824 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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Barry Samuel Close

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

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John Close

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 15368 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 15368 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John Close

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290953

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Robert James Close

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316691

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Clarence Levi Close

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170499

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Elmer Charles Close

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172860

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John Fletcher Close

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13513

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Leslie Richard Ward Close

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179825

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Howard John Close

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6279

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Frank Close

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 69466 Wellington Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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