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Brisbane Queensland [2]

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Lincoln [2]

Armadale Victoria [1]

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Broughton, Oxon [1]

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Saint Helens, Derby [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [1]

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West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire [1]

Westminster, Middlesex [1]

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Private [114]

Gunner [13]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [12]

Driver [9]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th South African Infantry [1]

1st Div.Signal Coy, Canadian Engineers [1]

1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Service

British Army [181]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [239]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [236]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

United States [1]

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People [241] Stories Communities

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Brisbane Queensland [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Lincoln [2] Armadale Victoria [1] Ashford England [1] Blawith England [1] Brixton, London [1] Broughton, Oxon [1] Ceder Grove Queensland [1] Delgany [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Holbeck nr Cuckney Nottinghamshire [1] Kent [1] Lincoln England [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Nathalia Victoria [1] North Barrow, Somerset [1] Oxfordshire [1] Oxley Queensland [1] Pascoe Vale Victoria [1] Portishead, Somerset [1] Saint Helens, Derby [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sharrow, Yorkshire [1] Shaw, Oldham [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Walton on Thames, Surrey [1] West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire [1] Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [114] Gunner [13] Corporal [12] Serjeant [12] Driver [9] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Major [1] Orderly [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Engineers [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th South African Infantry [1] 1st Div.Signal Coy, Canadian Engineers [1] 1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Service

British Army [181] Australian Imperial Force [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [239] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [236] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4] United States [1]

Cecil Aubrey Cooling

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 34808 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Fred Cooling

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 2724 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3/1st North Midland Field Ambulance

British Army 417464 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd/1st North Midland Field Ambulance

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George Frederick Cooling

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 560

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Christopher Limbert Cooling

Born 1891

Died 1979

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21543 Sergeant Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21543 Sergeant 1st Div.Signal Coy, Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21543

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Edward Cooling

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78382

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Alfred Tom Cooling

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 55501 Private Labour Corps

British Army 34946 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Alfred Ernest Cooling

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216176

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Frank William Cooling

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 67395 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ernest Thomas Cooling

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93429

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Edgar Cooling

Died 1918

British Army 269562 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Charles Cooling

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98767

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Albert Ernest Cooling

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 16421 Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Harry Cooling

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 7602 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7602 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edgar Cooling

Died 1918

British Army 3626 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 3626 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 3626 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Alfred A Cooling

Died 1917

British Army G/11577 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/11577 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Edmund Cooling

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13539 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Albert Edgar Cooling

Died 1917

British Army 25176 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 40377 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Jonathan William Cooling

Died 1915

British Army 7871 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7871 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Albert Edward Cooling

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 8525 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8525 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George H Cooling

Died 1915

British Army 12515 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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