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London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Horfield [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Mackay Queensland [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [1]

Stow Bedon, Norfolk [1]

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Private [47]

Gunner [10]

Sapper [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [2]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Transport Staff [1]

Waggoner [1]

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Norfolk Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

London Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

American Army Ambulance Hospital [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Church Army [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Pembroke Yeomanry [1]

Rifle Brigade Training Reserve [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 13th General Hospital [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler "Bracklyn" [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

British Army [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [126]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [122]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [127] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Blackburn England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Canning Town, London [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Horfield [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Littlehampton, Sussex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [1] Stow Bedon, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [47] Gunner [10] Sapper [5] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Bombardier [2] Driver [2] Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Transport Staff [1] Waggoner [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] London Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] American Army Ambulance Hospital [1] Border Regiment [1] Church Army [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Pembroke Yeomanry [1] Rifle Brigade Training Reserve [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 13th General Hospital [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler "Bracklyn" [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

British Army [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [126] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [122] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Charles Alfred Colby

Born 1880

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William James Colby

Born 1876

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Stanley Arthur Colby

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 341348

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Joseph Colby

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2499641

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Gordon Walter Colby

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 796053

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Harold Lee Colby

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916606

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Ernest Colby

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123990

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Frederick William Colby

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 706113

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Arthur James David Vaughan Colby

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Stanley Redvers Colby

Born 1900

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William Edward Colby

Born 1890

Royal Navy Z/2523 Royal Naval Division

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Herbert Douglas Colby

Born 1899

Royal Navy J73341

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Frank Colby

Born 1899

Royal Navy K46290

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William Edward Colby

Born 1888

Royal Navy M19703

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James J Colby

British Army 2677 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 46856 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

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William E Colby

British Army CHT/917 Waggoner Army Service Corps 4th Unit

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William H Colby

British Army 54466 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred W M Colby

British Army 921 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 930089 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

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Charles W Colby

British Army S4/042279 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/042279 Acting Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Charles Colby

British Army 14397 Private Machine Gun Corps

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