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London England [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Barnstaple, Devon [6]

Crewe, Cheshire [6]

Collingwood Victoria [5]

Islington, London [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Coventry, Warwickshire [4]

Footscray Victoria [4]

Hastings, Sussex [4]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Alstonville New South Wales [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Birmingham England [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Nottingham [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

Runcorn, Cheshire [3]

Auckland [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Bognor, Sussex [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Cambridge [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Cork [2]

Dukinfield [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Erpingham, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [2333]

Gunner [260]

Serjeant [205]

Driver [195]

Corporal [188]

Sapper [175]

Second Lieutenant [158]

Lance Corporal [104]

Captain [78]

Lieutenant [76]

Acting Serjeant [38]

Acting Corporal [34]

Major [32]

Pioneer [32]

Bombardier [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Guardsman [12]

Rifleman [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Staff Nurse [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Sister [7]

Trooper [7]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Drummer [5]

Worker [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Reverend [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Forewoman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

4th Class Chaplain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [303]

Army Service Corps [300]

Royal Engineers [268]

Labour Corps [239]

Royal Garrison Artillery [151]

Royal Army Medical Corps [136]

London Regiment [133]

Machine Gun Corps [102]

Manchester Regiment [96]

Cheshire Regiment [86]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [81]

Liverpool Regiment [69]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Leicestershire Regiment [60]

Rifle Brigade [60]

Gloucestershire Regiment [58]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

Royal Army Service Corps [51]

York and Lancaster Regiment [47]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Suffolk Regiment [43]

Worcestershire Regiment [43]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [42]

Norfolk Regiment [42]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [42]

North Staffordshire Regiment [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Lincolnshire Regiment [39]

Essex Regiment [36]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Royal Naval Division [36]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Welsh Regiment [34]

Yorkshire Regiment [34]

South Staffordshire Regiment [33]

South Wales Borderers [33]

Canadian Infantry [32]

The Queen's Regiment [32]

Devonshire Regiment [31]

Army Veterinary Corps [30]

Hampshire Regiment [30]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [29]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [29]

South Lancashire Regiment [28]

Grenadier Guards [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [3755]

Royal Navy [321]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [314]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [304]

Australian Imperial Force [213]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [5062]

B [8]

M [3]

D [2]

F [2]

A [1]

N [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4956]

Merchant Navy [88]

Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

Jamaica [1]

Kenya [1]

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London England [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] London, Middlesex, England [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Barnstaple, Devon [6] Crewe, Cheshire [6] Collingwood Victoria [5] Islington, London [5] London, Middlesex [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Coventry, Warwickshire [4] Footscray Victoria [4] Hastings, Sussex [4] Macclesfield, Cheshire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Alstonville New South Wales [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Birmingham England [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Nottingham [3] Richmond Victoria [3] Runcorn, Cheshire [3] Auckland [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Bognor, Sussex [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Cambridge [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Congleton, Cheshire [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Cork [2] Dukinfield [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Erpingham, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [2333] Gunner [260] Serjeant [205] Driver [195] Corporal [188] Sapper [175] Second Lieutenant [158] Lance Corporal [104] Captain [78] Lieutenant [76] Acting Serjeant [38] Acting Corporal [34] Major [32] Pioneer [32] Bombardier [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Colour Serjeant [12] Guardsman [12] Rifleman [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Staff Nurse [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Sister [7] Trooper [7] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Captain [5] Drummer [5] Worker [5] Able Seaman [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Reverend [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Forewoman [3] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 4th Class Chaplain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [303] Army Service Corps [300] Royal Engineers [268] Labour Corps [239] Royal Garrison Artillery [151] Royal Army Medical Corps [136] London Regiment [133] Machine Gun Corps [102] Manchester Regiment [96] Cheshire Regiment [86] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [81] Liverpool Regiment [69] Royal Fusiliers [63] Leicestershire Regiment [60] Rifle Brigade [60] Gloucestershire Regiment [58] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58] Durham Light Infantry [55] Middlesex Regiment [51] Royal Army Service Corps [51] York and Lancaster Regiment [47] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Suffolk Regiment [43] Worcestershire Regiment [43] King's Royal Rifle Corps [42] Norfolk Regiment [42] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [42] North Staffordshire Regiment [41] West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Lincolnshire Regiment [39] Essex Regiment [36] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Royal Naval Division [36] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Welsh Regiment [34] Yorkshire Regiment [34] South Staffordshire Regiment [33] South Wales Borderers [33] Canadian Infantry [32] The Queen's Regiment [32] Devonshire Regiment [31] Army Veterinary Corps [30] Hampshire Regiment [30] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [29] Yorkshire Light Infantry [29] South Lancashire Regiment [28] Grenadier Guards [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [3755] Royal Navy [321] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [314] Canadian Expeditionary Force [304] Australian Imperial Force [213] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [5062] B [8] M [3] D [2] F [2] A [1] N [1] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4956] Merchant Navy [88] Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [111] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] Jamaica [1] Kenya [1]

Arthur Edward Cooke

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy CH/1669(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Royal Marines Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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Ella Kate Cooke

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 2/RESC/1266 Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

British Army 2/RESC/1266 Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Martin Cooke

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army 228541 Private Royal Field Artillery 9th Battalion

British Army 494623 Private Labour Corps 343rd Battalion

British Army 3903 Private Royal Horse & Field Artillery

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Arthur Cooke

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4261 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 291482 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Edward A Cooke

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 569709 Private Labour Corps 229th Company

British Army 243553 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Cooke

Born 1881

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3055 Private Australian Infantry 8th Battalion

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Samuel Ross Cooke

Born 1887

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145014

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Charles Cooke

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 39434 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/52451 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Cozens Cooke

Born 1874

Died 1953

British Army Major Exchanger and Audit Department

British Army Captain Exchequer and Audit Department

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Arthur Cooke

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army L/9959 Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd east Battalion

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Russell Van Cooke

Born 1896

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151575

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Can 151575

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William Ingram Cooke

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 28019 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Walter Cooke

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army S2/016235 Private Army Service Corps 232nd Depot

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Frederick William Cooke

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 114865 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Edward E. Cooke

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 22973 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Cooke

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 4278 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4278 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Charles Earsham Cooke

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Walter James Cooke

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 20778 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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John Cooke

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army 6407 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21213 Acting Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 6407 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 71st Company

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John Cooke

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 7866 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 442510 Private Labour Corps

British Army 7866 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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