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Lambeth, Surrey [4]

Kyneton Victoria [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

South Yarra Victoria [2]

Stockinbingal New South Wales [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Brighton, ON [1]

Burnham, Norfolk [1]

Cootamundra New South Wales [1]

Cowra New South Wales [1]

Deptford England [1]

Empingham, Rutland [1]

Fenny Straford, Buckinghamshire [1]

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Islington, London [1]

Kettesing England [1]

Lambeth [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

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Picton New South Wales [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Taralga New South Wales [1]

Tipperary, Tipperary [1]

Toronto, Ontario [1]

Tralgar New South Wales [1]

Tuena New South Wales [1]

Yarraville Victoria [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Young New South Wales [1]

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Private [139]

Gunner [16]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [10]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Canteen Assistant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Worker [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [21]

Labour Corps [20]

Army Service Corps [16]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [14]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Military Mounted Police [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

15th Hussars [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

16th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [205]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [292]

Contribution

Military Service [285]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Canada [1]

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People [292] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lambeth, Surrey [4] Kyneton Victoria [3] Goulburn New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] South Yarra Victoria [2] Stockinbingal New South Wales [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Brighton, ON [1] Burnham, Norfolk [1] Cootamundra New South Wales [1] Cowra New South Wales [1] Deptford England [1] Empingham, Rutland [1] Fenny Straford, Buckinghamshire [1] Huntingdonshire [1] Islington, London [1] Kettesing England [1] Lambeth [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newington, London [1] Picton New South Wales [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Taralga New South Wales [1] Tipperary, Tipperary [1] Toronto, Ontario [1] Tralgar New South Wales [1] Tuena New South Wales [1] Yarraville Victoria [1] Yorkshire [1] Young New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [139] Gunner [16] Driver [10] Serjeant [10] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [6] Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Canteen Assistant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [21] Labour Corps [20] Army Service Corps [16] London Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [14] Machine Gun Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Military Mounted Police [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] 15th Hussars [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 16th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [205] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Australian Imperial Force [21] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [292]

Contribution

Military Service [285] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Canada [1]

Albert Joseph Corby

Born 1888

British Army 9230 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9230 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9230 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick William Corby

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy 19148 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 19148 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard

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Herbert Corby

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261299

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Thomas Corby

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142546

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Frank Corby

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 989 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 935106 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 935106 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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John Edward Corby

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 13769 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Corby

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237687

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Albert H Corby

Died 1915

British Army 10147 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Henry Cecil Corby

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2792 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200478 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John Corby

Died 1918

British Army 86470 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 86470 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Hugh George Corby

Born 1896

Died 1937

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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Samuel Corby

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2850 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Bn

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W O Corby

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 3/10675 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Henry Corby

Died 1915

British Army 8485 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd battalion leicest Battalion

British Army 8485 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Bert A Corby

British Army 9680 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 9680 Acting Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Charles Harold Corby

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/9547 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Harry Corby

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183953

Canadian Expeditionary Force 183953 Private Canadian Infantry

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William R Corby

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1003282

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1003282 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Corby

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300292

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300292 Driver Canadian Field Artillery

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John Corby

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3231331

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3231331 Private Canadian Infantry

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