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Hobart Tasmania [12]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Alexandra Victoria [3]

Andover, Hampshire [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Blackbrush Tasmania [2]

Brighton Tasmania [2]

Epsom, Surrey [2]

Henfield, Sussex [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Penshurst Victoria [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Alberton Victoria [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Basingstoke England [1]

Battersea, England [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broadmarsh Tasmania [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burys St Edmunds [1]

Campton, Oxfordshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Casino New South Wales [1]

Cauldon, Staffordshire [1]

Cheadle, Staffordshire [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Fenton, Staffordshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Geraldton Western Australia [1]

Grays, Essex, England [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [162]

Gunner [26]

Corporal [20]

Serjeant [20]

Driver [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Sapper [6]

Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Worker [2]

Able seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bt Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1]

Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant and Colonel [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler Staff Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Irish Rifles/Staff [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [300]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71]

Royal Navy [65]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

C [532]

Contribution

Military Service [512]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Hobart Tasmania [12] Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Alexandra Victoria [3] Andover, Hampshire [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Blackbrush Tasmania [2] Brighton Tasmania [2] Epsom, Surrey [2] Henfield, Sussex [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Peckham, London [2] Penshurst Victoria [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Alberton Victoria [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Basingstoke England [1] Battersea, England [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broadmarsh Tasmania [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burys St Edmunds [1] Campton, Oxfordshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Casino New South Wales [1] Cauldon, Staffordshire [1] Cheadle, Staffordshire [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Fenton, Staffordshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Geraldton Western Australia [1] Grays, Essex, England [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hamilton Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [162] Gunner [26] Corporal [20] Serjeant [20] Driver [12] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Sapper [6] Major [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Worker [2] Able seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Bt Lieutenant Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1] Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant and Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Saddler Staff Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant /Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27] Labour Corps [26] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [19] Royal Fusiliers [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Irish Rifles/Staff [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Irish Guards [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [300] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71] Royal Navy [65] Australian Imperial Force [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

C [532]

Contribution

Military Service [512] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13] India [1] United States [1]

Walter Arlie Collis

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Collis

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 12551 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th east Battalion

British Army 12551 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 7th east Battalion

British Army 12551 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Reginald George Collis

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8270 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cornelius Charles Collis

Born 1878

Died 1969

British Army 556812 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Clement Arthur Collis

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 1446 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment essex yeomanry attached 1/1 county of lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion

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George Thomas Collis

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 11199 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th (Service) Battalion

British Army 11199 Private The Hampshire Regiment 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battalion

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Edgar John Collis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406340

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Charles Frederick Collis

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133191

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Percy Collis

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285705

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Frank Collis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286545

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Charles Collis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279924

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Joseph John Collis

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198886

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Joseph Collis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119391

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Alfred Thomas Collis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34437

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James Collis

Died 1918

British Army 6331 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 203220 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 6331 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion

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Stanley William Collis

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 733 Private Australian Infantry 12th Battalion

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Lionel B Collis

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 242144 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Hugh Humphrey Collis

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Ernest Albert Collis

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301711

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George Collis

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138337

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