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Portsmouth, Hampshire [19]

London England [18]

Melbourne Victoria [17]

Sydney New South Wales [16]

London, Middlesex [14]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Plymouth, Devon [13]

Southampton, Hampshire [13]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [12]

Adelaide South Australia [9]

Battersea, London [9]

Marylebone, London [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Bethnal Green, London [6]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Devonport, Devon [6]

Farnham, Surrey [6]

Lambeth, London [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Richmond Victoria [6]

Tottenham, London [6]

Bristol, Somerset [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Poplar, London [5]

Staithes, Yorkshire, England [5]

Swindon, Wiltshire [5]

Wandsworth, London [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Byrock New South Wales [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Goldsborough Victoria [4]

Islington, London [4]

Tottenham, Middlesex [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bedford [3]

Birmingham [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Torquay, Devon [3]

Apsley Tasmania [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Rank

Private [3192]

Gunner [337]

Driver [268]

Corporal [248]

Serjeant [221]

Sapper [201]

Lance Corporal [116]

Second Lieutenant [109]

Lieutenant [76]

Acting Corporal [63]

Captain [50]

Acting Serjeant [41]

Pioneer [38]

Bombardier [30]

Rifleman [25]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [24]

Major [19]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Worker [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Sister [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Drummer [6]

Trooper [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Signaller [4]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [404]

Royal Engineers [401]

Army Service Corps [378]

Royal Field Artillery [378]

London Regiment [277]

Royal Garrison Artillery [199]

Royal Army Medical Corps [143]

Royal Fusiliers [141]

Hampshire Regiment [124]

Machine Gun Corps [122]

Middlesex Regiment [120]

Gloucestershire Regiment [111]

Devonshire Regiment [102]

The Queen's Regiment [91]

Worcestershire Regiment [84]

Rifle Brigade [81]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [81]

Suffolk Regiment [73]

Essex Regiment [70]

Welsh Regiment [69]

Wiltshire Regiment [63]

East Surrey Regiment [59]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [59]

Northumberland Fusiliers [56]

Royal Army Service Corps [55]

East Kent Regiment [54]

Bedfordshire Regiment [53]

Liverpool Regiment [53]

Northamptonshire Regiment [53]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Royal West Kent Regiment [49]

Royal Sussex Regiment [48]

Lincolnshire Regiment [46]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

South Wales Borderers [42]

Yorkshire Regiment [42]

Dorsetshire Regiment [41]

Army Ordnance Corps [39]

Lancashire Fusiliers [39]

Durham Light Infantry [38]

South Staffordshire Regiment [38]

York and Lancaster Regiment [38]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [37]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [37]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [36]

Tank Corps [36]

West Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Norfolk Regiment [35]

Service

British Army [4820]

Royal Navy [626]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [445]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [389]

Australian Imperial Force [288]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

C [6806]

W [4]

T [3]

B [2]

G [2]

M [2]

S [2]

D [1]

E [1]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6620]

Merchant Navy [160]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [133]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [19] London England [18] Melbourne Victoria [17] Sydney New South Wales [16] London, Middlesex [14] London, Middlesex, England [14] Plymouth, Devon [13] Southampton, Hampshire [13] Southampton, Hampshire, England [12] Adelaide South Australia [9] Battersea, London [9] Marylebone, London [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Brisbane Queensland [7] Bethnal Green, London [6] Brighton, Sussex [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Devonport, Devon [6] Farnham, Surrey [6] Lambeth, London [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Richmond Victoria [6] Tottenham, London [6] Bristol, Somerset [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Poplar, London [5] Staithes, Yorkshire, England [5] Swindon, Wiltshire [5] Wandsworth, London [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Byrock New South Wales [4] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Goldsborough Victoria [4] Islington, London [4] Tottenham, Middlesex [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bedford [3] Birmingham [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Dover, Kent [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Hackney, London [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Paddington, London [3] Torquay, Devon [3] Apsley Tasmania [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bideford, Devon [2]

Rank

Private [3192] Gunner [337] Driver [268] Corporal [248] Serjeant [221] Sapper [201] Lance Corporal [116] Second Lieutenant [109] Lieutenant [76] Acting Corporal [63] Captain [50] Acting Serjeant [41] Pioneer [38] Bombardier [30] Rifleman [25] Warrant Officer Class 2 [24] Major [19] Company Serjeant Major [17] Staff Serjeant [14] Acting Bombardier [13] Lance Serjeant [11] Worker [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Able Seaman [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Sister [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Temporary Captain [7] Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Drummer [6] Trooper [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Signaller [4] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Colonel [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [404] Royal Engineers [401] Army Service Corps [378] Royal Field Artillery [378] London Regiment [277] Royal Garrison Artillery [199] Royal Army Medical Corps [143] Royal Fusiliers [141] Hampshire Regiment [124] Machine Gun Corps [122] Middlesex Regiment [120] Gloucestershire Regiment [111] Devonshire Regiment [102] The Queen's Regiment [91] Worcestershire Regiment [84] Rifle Brigade [81] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [81] Suffolk Regiment [73] Essex Regiment [70] Welsh Regiment [69] Wiltshire Regiment [63] East Surrey Regiment [59] King's Royal Rifle Corps [59] Northumberland Fusiliers [56] Royal Army Service Corps [55] East Kent Regiment [54] Bedfordshire Regiment [53] Liverpool Regiment [53] Northamptonshire Regiment [53] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Royal West Kent Regiment [49] Royal Sussex Regiment [48] Lincolnshire Regiment [46] Somerset Light Infantry [42] South Wales Borderers [42] Yorkshire Regiment [42] Dorsetshire Regiment [41] Army Ordnance Corps [39] Lancashire Fusiliers [39] Durham Light Infantry [38] South Staffordshire Regiment [38] York and Lancaster Regiment [38] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [37] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [37] Cheshire Regiment [36] Royal Berkshire Regiment [36] Tank Corps [36] West Yorkshire Regiment [36] Manchester Regiment [35] Norfolk Regiment [35]

Service

British Army [4820] Royal Navy [626] Canadian Expeditionary Force [445] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [389] Australian Imperial Force [288] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

C [6806] W [4] T [3] B [2] G [2] M [2] S [2] D [1] E [1] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6620] Merchant Navy [160] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [133] Canada [3] Australia [1] Malta [1]

Alfred John Cole

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army 14570 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 56007 Company Serjeant Major York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14570 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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William Percy Cole

Born 1878

Died 1927

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114214

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Harry Cole

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 30935 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 41897 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 41897 Private Royal Irish Rifles 7th Batt

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Wilfred James Cole

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 7736 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7736 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Arthur Percival Cole

Born 1900

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247669

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Cecil Cole

Born 1894

British Army 18636 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 334024 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Cole

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271638

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Philip Thomas Cole

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15489 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 15489 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Robert De Courcy Cole

Born 1879

Died 1964

British Army 13SX/3076 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Southdown Battalion

British Army 48032 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Norman Frank Ewart Cole

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10406 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10406 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10406 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Holwell Cole

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 9606 Rifleman London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade).

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Thomas Cole

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 2/5th Bn.

British Army 3507 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 2/5th Bn.

British Army 201409 Acting Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 2/5th Bn.

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William Edwin Cole

Born 1885

Died 1939

British Army 355046 Company Serjeant Major Liverpool Regiment

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George Edward Cole

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1767 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 17671 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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James Cole

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 3/824 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 3/824 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred James Cole

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7245 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 30799 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Cole

Born 1873

Died 1914

Royal Navy 145887 Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) HMS Monmouth

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Harry Wyatt Cole

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19354 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Frederick John Cole

Died 1917

British Army 2961 Private Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Richard Cole

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1890 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 1890 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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