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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Adelong New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Dublin [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Bowling Alley Point New South Wales [2]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [2]

Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kinlochbervie, Sutherland [2]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Tarcutta New South Wales [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Waverley New South Wales [2]

58 Castle Street Inverness [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Albion Park New South Wales [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Areley Kings, Worcestershire [1]

Arthur ON [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymacreese, County Limerick [1]

Barrington New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bellary [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bondi Junction New South Wales [1]

Borenore New South Wales [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brandon Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [817]

Gunner [100]

Serjeant [68]

Corporal [56]

Driver [55]

Sapper [43]

Lance Corporal [32]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Captain [25]

Lieutenant [20]

Major [16]

Bombardier [14]

Pioneer [14]

Acting Corporal [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Canteener [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant Corporal Serjeant [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [105]

Royal Field Artillery [101]

Royal Engineers [85]

Army Service Corps [79]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

London Regiment [37]

Worcestershire Regiment [37]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [26]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Coldstream Guards [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [12]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1249]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [195]

Australian Imperial Force [128]

Royal Navy [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [51]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1844]

A [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1820]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Australia [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Adelong New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Dublin [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Bowling Alley Point New South Wales [2] Darlinghurst New South Wales [2] Dudley, Worcestershire [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kinlochbervie, Sutherland [2] Ledbury, Herefordshire [2] Limehouse, London [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Tarcutta New South Wales [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Waverley New South Wales [2] 58 Castle Street Inverness [1] Aberdeen [1] Albion Park New South Wales [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Areley Kings, Worcestershire [1] Arthur ON [1] Auckland NZ [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymacreese, County Limerick [1] Barrington New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bellary [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birmingham [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bondi Junction New South Wales [1] Borenore New South Wales [1] Bow, London [1] Brandon Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [817] Gunner [100] Serjeant [68] Corporal [56] Driver [55] Sapper [43] Lance Corporal [32] Second Lieutenant [30] Captain [25] Lieutenant [20] Major [16] Bombardier [14] Pioneer [14] Acting Corporal [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Canteener [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant Corporal Serjeant [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [105] Royal Field Artillery [101] Royal Engineers [85] Army Service Corps [79] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] London Regiment [37] Worcestershire Regiment [37] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [26] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Seaforth Highlanders [26] Royal Irish Rifles [20] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [17] Canadian Infantry [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Gordon Highlanders [13] Highland Light Infantry [13] Royal Scots [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Coldstream Guards [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Royal Munster Fusiliers [12] Scottish Rifles [12] Shropshire Light Infantry [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1249] Canadian Expeditionary Force [195] Australian Imperial Force [128] Royal Navy [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [51] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1844] A [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1820] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Australia [1]

Thomas William Corbett

Born 1894

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force 1462 Lieutenant 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Laurence James Corbett

Born 1896

Died 1971

Australian Imperial Force 2175 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Ernest Frederick Corbett

Born 1892

Died 1988

Australian Imperial Force 2176 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Joseph Corbett

Born 1880

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 3581 Trooper 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles G Squadron

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/198/A Driver New Zealand Engineers 1st Field Company

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Harold Corbett

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 266511 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Alfred James Corbett

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2042 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 200446 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 200446 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur Henry Corbett

Born 1900

Died 1975

Australian Imperial Force 62788 Private

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Leon Seymour Corbett

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1014

Australian Imperial Force 1014 Private 42nd Bn.

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John Corbett

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 3327 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Alfred Corbett

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 45902 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45902 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederic George Corbett

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287695

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Frank Harvey Corbett

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Richard Corbett

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37280 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Stanley Corbett

Born 1893

British Army 1013 Corporal Australian Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Corporal 42nd Battalion

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Ernest Corbett

Died 1915

British Army 1943 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank Corbett

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169786

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Benjamin Thomas Corbett

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 3732 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick George James Corbett

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48115

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William Henry Corbett

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309708

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James Lockhead Corbett

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195544

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