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Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Donald Victoria [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Dunbarton.Scotland [1]

Dundalk, Louth [1]

Dunedin, New Zealand [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Garry, Wexford [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gorey, Wexford [1]

Hillsborough, Co Down, I [1]

Houghton-le-Spring, Durham [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Lower Sydenham, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Portrush [1]

Ravenswood Queensland [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Swan Hill Victoria [1]

Sydney, Cheshire, England [1]

Wateresk Dundrum Co Down [1]

Yarmouth [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Sapper [9]

Gunner [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Col Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Engineers [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

London Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Scots [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

14th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

9th Liverpool Regiment [1]

9th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

ALIAS [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [139]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [52]

Royal Navy [18]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

C [242]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [235]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [243] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Aberdeenshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Donald Victoria [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Dunbarton.Scotland [1] Dundalk, Louth [1] Dunedin, New Zealand [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Garry, Wexford [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gorey, Wexford [1] Hillsborough, Co Down, I [1] Houghton-le-Spring, Durham [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Lower Sydenham, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Portrush [1] Ravenswood Queensland [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Swan Hill Victoria [1] Sydney, Cheshire, England [1] Wateresk Dundrum Co Down [1] Yarmouth [1]

Rank

Private [102] Sapper [9] Gunner [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [6] Driver [6] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Col Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Sister [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [13] Royal Engineers [13] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Irish Rifles [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] London Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Scots [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Welsh Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 14th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 9th Liverpool Regiment [1] 9th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] ALIAS [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [139] Canadian Expeditionary Force [52] Royal Navy [18] Australian Imperial Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

C [242] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [235] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

William Coburn

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 905057

Canadian Expeditionary Force 905057 Private Canadian Infantry

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David Kitchener Coburn

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1000442

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1000442 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Coburn

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788890 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alexander Coburn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406910

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John Raymond Edgerton Coburn

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153877

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William David Coburn

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy 16168 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 2nd RM Battalion

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James Coburn

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 11/2167 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 11/2167 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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John Coburn

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 253663 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 235283 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Coburn

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 20792 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Frederick Isaac Coburn

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 250 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Gilbert Coburn

Died 1918

British Army 19906 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19906 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19906 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John T Coburn

Died 1917

British Army 18273 Private 9th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 18273 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Stewart Coburn

Born 1898

British Army 7071 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Alexander Coburn

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy 17953 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 17953 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS ZEALANDIA

Royal Navy PO/17953 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st RM Battalion

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Thomas Coburn

Born 1888

British Army 105904 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Hugh Coburn

Australian Imperial Force 1528

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Leslie Alexander Robert Coburn

Australian Imperial Force 775A

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Clarence Gilbert Coburn

Australian Imperial Force 5357A

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Harold Edward Coburn

Australian Imperial Force 8897

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Frederick Henry Coburn

Australian Imperial Force 3273

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