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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Beechworth Victoria [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Bermondsey London [3]

London [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Brooklands, Cheshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chorlton [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Farnworth Lancashire [2]

Frieth, Buckinghamshire. [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Gloucester [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Abbotsford, Fifeshire [1]

Aberavon, Wales [1]

Abercynon, Glamorgan [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland, England [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Armley, Yorkshire [1]

Balaclava Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barmedman New South Wales [1]

Barnard Castle, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [1214]

Gunner [131]

Corporal [92]

Driver [92]

Serjeant [79]

Second Lieutenant [62]

Sapper [51]

Lance Corporal [50]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Corporal [26]

Lieutenant [26]

Captain [21]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Major [9]

Bombardier [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Worker [6]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Trooper [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Reverend [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Bugler [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [2]

Paymaster Lieutenant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [152]

Royal Field Artillery [137]

Royal Engineers [130]

Army Service Corps [128]

Royal Garrison Artillery [80]

Machine Gun Corps [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [65]

Manchester Regiment [61]

London Regiment [51]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

Cheshire Regiment [42]

Lancashire Fusiliers [37]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33]

Liverpool Regiment [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [32]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

South Lancashire Regiment [31]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [26]

Wiltshire Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

North Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

South Wales Borderers [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

Essex Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [1841]

Royal Navy [182]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [107]

Australian Imperial Force [81]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [2413]

R [2]

T [2]

D [1]

F [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2350]

Merchant Navy [48]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Manchester, Lancashire [8] London, Middlesex, England [5] Beechworth Victoria [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Wigan, Lancashire [4] Bermondsey London [3] London [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Poplar, London [3] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Brooklands, Cheshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chorlton [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Farnworth Lancashire [2] Frieth, Buckinghamshire. [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Gloucester [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Grays, Essex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Marylebone, London [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Abbotsford, Fifeshire [1] Aberavon, Wales [1] Abercynon, Glamorgan [1] Alnwick, Northumberland, England [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Armley, Yorkshire [1] Balaclava Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barmedman New South Wales [1] Barnard Castle, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [1214] Gunner [131] Corporal [92] Driver [92] Serjeant [79] Second Lieutenant [62] Sapper [51] Lance Corporal [50] Pioneer [28] Acting Corporal [26] Lieutenant [26] Captain [21] Acting Serjeant [12] Major [9] Bombardier [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Worker [6] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Trooper [5] Able Seaman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Private Acting Lance Corporal [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Reverend [3] Sister [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2] Bugler [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Quarter Master [2] Paymaster Lieutenant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [152] Royal Field Artillery [137] Royal Engineers [130] Army Service Corps [128] Royal Garrison Artillery [80] Machine Gun Corps [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [65] Manchester Regiment [61] London Regiment [51] Royal Fusiliers [45] Cheshire Regiment [42] Lancashire Fusiliers [37] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33] Liverpool Regiment [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [32] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] South Lancashire Regiment [31] Devonshire Regiment [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] Middlesex Regiment [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Welsh Regiment [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [26] Wiltshire Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Durham Light Infantry [22] Leicestershire Regiment [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] East Surrey Regiment [21] North Staffordshire Regiment [21] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] South Wales Borderers [19] Yorkshire Regiment [19] East Lancashire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] Essex Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [1841] Royal Navy [182] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133] Canadian Expeditionary Force [107] Australian Imperial Force [81] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [2413] R [2] T [2] D [1] F [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2350] Merchant Navy [48] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Canada [1] Germany [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

William Collier

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 61258 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 61258 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sidney Collier

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army 2520 Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Samuel Francis Collier

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2518 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 6th manchest Battalion

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George Collier

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army S/822 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/822 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/822 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal west Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Samuel Collier

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 21983 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Sydney Clarence Collier

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 392030 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 392030 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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Alfred Collier

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164912

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Thomas Wilson Collier

Died 1918

British Army 16271 Private 1st Royal Scots

British Army 16271 Private The Royal Scots Lothian Regiment 13th Bn

British Army 16271 Private Royal Scots

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Charles Henry Baden Powell Collier

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298362

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Benjamin Collins Collier

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 4898 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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John Albert 'jack' Collier

Born 1894

Died 1985

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174535

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Donald Collier

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army Chaplain to the Force 4th Class 53rd Welsh Cape Command Signals

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William Henry Collier

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297633

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George Christopher Collier

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32536

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Edward Joseph Collier

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118628

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Robert Collier

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101761

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Alfred Collier

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297321

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Charles William Collier

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 19663 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 19663 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1/4th (Hallamshire) (T.F.) Battalion

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Frederick Charles Collier

Died 1918

British Army G/25210 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/25210 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Ernest John Collier

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 36234 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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