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Durham, Durham [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnet, Hertforshire [1]

Cundletown New South Wales [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Grey Abbey, Down [1]

Haggerston, Middlesex [1]

Ipswich, Surrey [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Leicester [1]

Leicester England [1]

Leicestershire [1]

London [1]

Pancras, London [1]

Portaferry, Down [1]

Primrose Street, Alloa [1]

Saint George Edinborough [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

St Pancras, Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

St Thomas Mount, Madras [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tatenhill Common, Burton upon Trent [1]

Twickenham, Middlesex, England [1]

Woonona New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [108]

Gunner [21]

Driver [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Constable [1]

Forewoman [1]

Major [1]

Privat [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant /Artillery Clerk [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Training Reserve [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1st Household Battalion [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

8th Citizen Battery [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cadet Force [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [177]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [233]

Contribution

Military Service [228]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [233] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Durham, Durham [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnet, Hertforshire [1] Cundletown New South Wales [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Grey Abbey, Down [1] Haggerston, Middlesex [1] Ipswich, Surrey [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Leicester [1] Leicester England [1] Leicestershire [1] London [1] Pancras, London [1] Portaferry, Down [1] Primrose Street, Alloa [1] Saint George Edinborough [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] South Shields, Durham [1] St Pancras, Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] St Thomas Mount, Madras [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tatenhill Common, Burton upon Trent [1] Twickenham, Middlesex, England [1] Woonona New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [108] Gunner [21] Driver [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [7] Sapper [6] Lance Corporal [4] Trumpeter [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Bombardier [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Constable [1] Forewoman [1] Major [1] Privat [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant /Artillery Clerk [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Army Service Corps [10] London Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Training Reserve [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1st Household Battalion [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 8th Citizen Battery [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cadet Force [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [177] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [233]

Contribution

Military Service [228] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

William H Coltman

British Army 241028 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)

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Carlton George Coltman

Australian Imperial Force 2540

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Frederick Coltman

Australian Imperial Force

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Percy Richard Coltman

Born 1881

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles Edward Coltman

Born 1886

Royal Navy 5466 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John Coltman

Born 1879

Royal Navy 236 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Henry Gordon Coltman

Born 1895

Royal Navy 1885 Royal Marines Band

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Charles Stanley Coltman

Australian Imperial Force

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Walter Coltman

Australian Imperial Force 15

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Roy Charles Coltman

Australian Imperial Force

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W D Coltman

British Army S/9679 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 7575196 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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William Coltman

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 781720

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Alfred Donald Coltman

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 736474

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John T Coltman

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 823797

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Reginald Birbeck Coltman

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 736898

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George Bradbury Coltman

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10740

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Walter Bamford Coltman

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 175147

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Frank Coltman

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 34541

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John William Coltman

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 160366

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Roy Wilkin Coltman

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1282857

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