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Melbourne Victoria [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Berkhampstead [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bridworth, Northamptonshire [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Catford, London [1]

Chobham, Surrey [1]

Coventry [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dandenong Victoria [1]

Deal [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1]

Elstead, Surrey [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Frimley, Surrey [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Hampshire England [1]

Highbridge, Somerset [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

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Islington, London [1]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Lewishaw, London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Moree New South Wales [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

Natimuk Victoria [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Normandy, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [238]

Gunner [38]

Driver [30]

Corporal [28]

Serjeant [23]

Sapper [17]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy [1]

Captain Acting Adjutant [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Paid Lance Bombardier [1]

Interpreter Guide [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Engineers [32]

Labour Corps [31]

London Regiment [28]

The Queen's Regiment [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

16th Lancers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [407]

Royal Navy [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Last name first letter

C [525]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Canada [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Berkhampstead [1] Berkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bridworth, Northamptonshire [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Catford, London [1] Chobham, Surrey [1] Coventry [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dandenong Victoria [1] Deal [1] Dulwich, London [1] Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1] Elstead, Surrey [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Frimley, Surrey [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Hamilton ON [1] Hampshire England [1] Highbridge, Somerset [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington [1] Islington, London [1] Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Lewishaw, London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Moree New South Wales [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] Natimuk Victoria [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Normandy, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [238] Gunner [38] Driver [30] Corporal [28] Serjeant [23] Sapper [17] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [6] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy [1] Captain Acting Adjutant [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Interpreter Guide [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [45] Army Service Corps [38] Royal Engineers [32] Labour Corps [31] London Regiment [28] The Queen's Regiment [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Machine Gun Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Kent Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] 16th Lancers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [407] Royal Navy [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Last name first letter

C [525] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Canada [1]

James Powles Collyer

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 541814

Canadian Expeditionary Force 541814 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Thomas John Collyer

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 25313 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 26655 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frank Collyer

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89762

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Walter Laidlow Collyer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200894

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Thomas Collyer

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282382

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Harry Collyer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1677 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army 1677 Lance Corporal London Regiment

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Albert Edward Collyer

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 96385 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 28867 Private London Regiment 1/21st Battalion

British Army 28867 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Herman Collyer

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10873 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10873 Private Welsh Regiment

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Bert F Collyer

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army G/377 Lance Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/377 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/377 Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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William Collyer

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 13744 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 13744 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William J Collyer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16587 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 16487 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th

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Herbert G Collyer

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 41087 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Thomas William Collyer

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2784 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 22850 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 22850 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Arthur Hamilton Collyer

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2661 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1/5th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 5th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

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William H Collyer

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4958 Serjeant London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 282132 Serjeant London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 282132 Serjeant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Charles Herbert Collyer

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109277

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109277 Sergeant Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Frank Arthur Collyer

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 412097

Canadian Expeditionary Force 412097 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Robert Collyer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187217

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George Redvers Patrick Collyer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167047

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John Collyer

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 20059 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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