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Frome, Somerset [9]

Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Bath, Somerset [6]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [6]

Bridport, Dorset [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bloomsbury, London [2]

Bowenville Queensland [2]

Bridport, Dorset, England [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Camden Town, London [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Ebbesbournewake, Wiltshire [2]

Gillingham, Dorset [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Hinton New South Wales [2]

Kilmington, Somerset [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leatherhead, Surrey [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middlesex [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Portishead, Somerset [2]

Reigate, Surrey [2]

Renmark South Australia [2]

Sellheim Queensland [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Weybridge, Surrey [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Barton Hill, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blanchetown South Australia [1]

Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [531]

Corporal [59]

Gunner [57]

Driver [49]

Serjeant [40]

Sapper [29]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lance Corporal [20]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Signalman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Fitter [2]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Accountant and Treasurer [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Army Service Corps [63]

Royal Engineers [53]

London Regiment [50]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [37]

Somerset Light Infantry [35]

Hampshire Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Dorsetshire Regiment [19]

Wiltshire Regiment [19]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

South Wales Borderers [12]

The Queen's Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

British West Indies Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [822]

Royal Navy [135]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [53]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [1177]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1153]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

United States [1]

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Frome, Somerset [9] Southampton, Hampshire [7] Bath, Somerset [6] Salisbury, Wiltshire [6] Bridport, Dorset [4] London, Middlesex [4] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bloomsbury, London [2] Bowenville Queensland [2] Bridport, Dorset, England [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Camden Town, London [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Deal, Kent [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Ebbesbournewake, Wiltshire [2] Gillingham, Dorset [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Hinton New South Wales [2] Kilmington, Somerset [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leatherhead, Surrey [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middlesex [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Portishead, Somerset [2] Reigate, Surrey [2] Renmark South Australia [2] Sellheim Queensland [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Weybridge, Surrey [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Barton Hill, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham England [1] Blanchetown South Australia [1] Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [531] Corporal [59] Gunner [57] Driver [49] Serjeant [40] Sapper [29] Second Lieutenant [25] Lance Corporal [20] Captain [12] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Serjeant Major [4] Signalman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Fitter [2] Lieutenant Quarter Master [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Accountant and Treasurer [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [86] Army Service Corps [63] Royal Engineers [53] London Regiment [50] Labour Corps [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [37] Somerset Light Infantry [35] Hampshire Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [28] Middlesex Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Dorsetshire Regiment [19] Wiltshire Regiment [19] East Kent Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] Cheshire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] South Wales Borderers [12] The Queen's Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Welsh Regiment [10] British West Indies Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] Grenadier Guards [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Liverpool Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [822] Royal Navy [135] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] Australian Imperial Force [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [53] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [1177] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1153] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19] United States [1]

Richard Coombs

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48755

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Charles Henry Coombs

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267340

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Daniel Coombs

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92403

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Charles Lewis Coombs

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27192

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Stephen William Coombs

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319560

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Hedley Henry Coombs

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163374

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Richard Arthur Coombs

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192046

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Nicholas Coombs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233698

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Thomas Henry Coombs

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68480

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Walter George Coombs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219840

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Frederick William Coombs

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224718

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Fredrick George Coombs

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457477

Canadian Expeditionary Force 457477 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Whitaker Coombs

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter Harry Coombs

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5557 Private Australian Infantry 19th Btn

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Debenham Stuart Coombs

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Joseph Henry Coombs

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR/5/13990 Private Training Reserve 4th Battalion.

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William Coombs

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 1318 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1318 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1318 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Edwin Ivor Coombs

Born 1897

Died 1966

Royal Navy Z/1209 Signalman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1209 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1209 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Robert Coombs

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38943

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Maurice Edward Coombs

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183856

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