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Desborough, Northants [17]

Cowra New South Wales [6]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [6]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [5]

Cambridge [3]

Deniliquin New South Wales [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Saffron Walden, Essex [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Beaufort South Australia [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carroll New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Nagambie Victoria [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Padstow, Cornwall [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Port Wakefield South Australia [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Barnsley, S Yorkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bocking, Essex [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle Liverpool [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Brixton, London, Sussex [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Buntingford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [586]

Corporal [58]

Serjeant [56]

Driver [44]

Gunner [36]

Sapper [25]

Gunner Gunner [24]

Lance Corporal [24]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Major [6]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Gunner Bombardier [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sergeant Driver [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Gunner Corporal [1]

Gunner Driver [1]

Gunner Gunner Gunner Gunner [1]

Gunner Sapper [1]

Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [76]

Labour Corps [74]

Royal Field Artillery [60]

London Regiment [59]

Army Service Corps [54]

Royal Garrison Artillery [45]

Essex Regiment [37]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Norfolk Regiment [32]

Northamptonshire Regiment [31]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Bedfordshire Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Service

British Army [893]

Royal Navy [97]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Last name first letter

C [1199]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1168]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Desborough, Northants [17] Cowra New South Wales [6] Desborough, Northamptonshire [6] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [5] Cambridge [3] Deniliquin New South Wales [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] London, Middlesex [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Saffron Walden, Essex [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Beaufort South Australia [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carroll New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hampton Hill, Middlesex [2] Islington, London [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Nagambie Victoria [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Padstow, Cornwall [2] Poplar, London [2] Port Wakefield South Australia [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Barnsley, S Yorkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bocking, Essex [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bootle Liverpool [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Brixton, London, Sussex [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Buntingford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [586] Corporal [58] Serjeant [56] Driver [44] Gunner [36] Sapper [25] Gunner Gunner [24] Lance Corporal [24] Second Lieutenant [23] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lieutenant [6] Major [6] Bombardier [5] Captain [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Major [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Gunner Bombardier [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Sergeant Driver [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigade Major [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Gunner Corporal [1] Gunner Driver [1] Gunner Gunner Gunner Gunner [1] Gunner Sapper [1] Honorary Captain Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [76] Labour Corps [74] Royal Field Artillery [60] London Regiment [59] Army Service Corps [54] Royal Garrison Artillery [45] Essex Regiment [37] Machine Gun Corps [34] Norfolk Regiment [32] Northamptonshire Regiment [31] Royal Fusiliers [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Suffolk Regiment [23] Bedfordshire Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] Rifle Brigade [17] Cheshire Regiment [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Cambridgeshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Coldstream Guards [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5]

Service

British Army [893] Royal Navy [97] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] Australian Imperial Force [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Last name first letter

C [1199] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1168] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [58] Sri Lanka [1]

Charles Edward Wilkin Coe

Born 1881

Died 1947

British Army Quarter Master and Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 329 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial) 1st Eastern General Hospital

British Army 329 Staff Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial) 1st Eastern General Hospital

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Harold Coe

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 11300 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Bn

British Army 143412 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Albert Coe

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5818 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372901 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Horace Coe

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 10513 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 10513 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Percy Coe

Born 1894

British Army 10523 East Surrey Regiment 3 Battalion

British Army 18903 East Kent Regiment 3/5 Battalion

British Army

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James George Coe

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 4704 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Benjamin Robert Coe

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army 157845 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 911367 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 352nd Brigade

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Leonard Austin Coe

Born 1887

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 818 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William A Coe

Born 1878

British Army Reserve (Derby Scheme)

British Army 328087 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 73567 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Nathaniel Coe

Born 1894

Died 1977

British Army 22960 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred Coe

Born 1882

British Army 3/10992 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred Ward Coe

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5385 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 40530 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Frederick William Coe

Born 1871

Died 1953

British Army 10639 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 403366 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Irving Coe

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 4182 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Leonard Walter Coe

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army 5388 Essex Regiment 4th Bn

British Army 48710 Private Northamptonshire Regiment bn

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Clifford Coe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4540 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3/4th Bn.

British Army GS/68694 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 24th Bn.

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Reuben George Coe

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army 201553 Private Essex Regiment

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Frederick Coe

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army G/10718 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/10718 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Bn.

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Arthur Coe

Born 1890

British Army 6213 East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 4th Bn

British Army 202628 East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) "C"

British Army 32307 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Bn

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Arthur Coe

Born 1895

British Army 200192 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 200192 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 200192 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

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