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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]

Joseph Cooke

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 18537 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Percy John Cooke

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 15342 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Sproston Cooke

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3276 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15056 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 243966 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Francis Gerrard Hamilton Cooke

Born 1875

Died 1939

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alfred Theodore Cooke

Born 1864

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 10147 Legionnaire French Foreign Legion Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment

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Ashley Walter Cooke

Born 1892

Died 1929

British Army T4/172413 Private Army Service Corps

British Army GS/100591 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Charles Ernest Cooke

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 3 (Reserve) attached 1 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Bernard Walter Northcott Cooke

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 466318 Private 10 Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 466318 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Cooke

Born 1895

British Army 13906 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 13906 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ernest George Stenson Cooke

Born 1874

Died 1942

British Army Major Staff Corps

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Wilfred Cooke

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2081 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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Arthur William Newton Cooke

Born 1894

British Army M2/051623 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Alfred Edwin Cooke

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 42166 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 1901 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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John Kemp Cooke

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion

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John Cooke

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 810962 Driver Royal Field Artillery 417th Battery

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Elsie May Cooke

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse 14th Australian General Hospital

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John Cooke

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 23065 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army

British Army 22415 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Frederic Arthur Cooke

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2455 Private Middlesex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 304133 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 10701 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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Victor Salter Cooke

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank Cooke

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50983

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