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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Worthing, Sussex [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Coomera Queensland [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Essex England [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Proserpine Queensland [2]

South Hamlet, Gloucestershire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Woodnewton, Northants [2]

Aldershot England [1]

Ansford, Somerset [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Balgownie New South Wales [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Derby England [1]

Eastney, Hampshire [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [359]

Driver [31]

Corporal [27]

Gunner [27]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Serjeant [26]

Lance Corporal [19]

Captain [15]

Sapper [14]

Lieutenant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Major [10]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Trooper [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [48]

Army Service Corps [47]

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

London Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Wiltshire Regiment [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [576]

Royal Navy [67]

Australian Imperial Force [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [779]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [769]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Sudan [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [4] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Worthing, Sussex [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Coomera Queensland [2] Dover, Kent [2] Essex England [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Kensington, London [2] Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Proserpine Queensland [2] South Hamlet, Gloucestershire [2] Tottenham, London [2] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Woodnewton, Northants [2] Aldershot England [1] Ansford, Somerset [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Balgownie New South Wales [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birmingham [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Brighton England [1] Brixton, London [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Chelsea [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Derby England [1] Eastney, Hampshire [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [359] Driver [31] Corporal [27] Gunner [27] Second Lieutenant [26] Serjeant [26] Lance Corporal [19] Captain [15] Sapper [14] Lieutenant [12] Pioneer [11] Major [10] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [4] Trooper [4] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissary [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Hon Capt [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [48] Army Service Corps [47] Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [33] London Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Middlesex Regiment [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Wiltshire Regiment [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] South Wales Borderers [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [576] Royal Navy [67] Australian Imperial Force [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [779] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [769] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Sudan [1]

Edward Robert Francis Compton

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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George Compton

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 7931 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7931 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Charles Compton

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 2/6537 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army S/6537 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Charles Compton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 370923 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 370923 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2872 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Richard Compton

Died 1918

British Army T/32940 Driver Army Service Corps no 3 company 1st Unit

British Army 48262 Driver Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Compton

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 375084 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 375084 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Daniel Compton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1487 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Aubery Compton

Born 1882

Died 1941

British Army S2SR/03435 Private Army Service Corps

British Army SR/03435 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army A/455024 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Geoffrey Lee Compton-Smith

Born 1889

Died 1921

British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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William George Compton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2122 Trooper Household Battalion

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Percy Compton

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 9931 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9931 Company Serjeant Major Bedfordshire Regiment

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Charles Compton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127326

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Albert Compton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101426

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John Compton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63576

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Henry Compton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55891

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George Compton

Died 1918

British Army G/27176 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army G/27176 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army M/272615 Private Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Charles William Compton

Born 1869

Died 1933

British Army Brigadier General GOC 14th Infantry Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

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William James Compton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194538

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James Horace Compton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277463

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Frank Herbert Compton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280543

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