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Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Dawlish, Devon [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Wilmington South Australia [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bedford [1]

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Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chard, Somerset, England [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Dawlish, Devon, England [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hindmarsh South Australia [1]

Horwood South Australia [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Longford Tasmania [1]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Milton Queensland [1]

Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, North Island [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Polkythe, Cornwall [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

St Arnaud Victoria [1]

Sussex [1]

Sutton Montis, Somerset [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Tiverton, Devon [1]

West Islington, London [1]

Willunga South Australia [1]

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Private [113]

Gunner [19]

Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Sapper [8]

Driver [7]

Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

1st Class Acting Surgeon [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Gunner /Acting Corporal [1]

Marine [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Printer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Labour Corps [8]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

26th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

4th Reserve Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

9th Royal Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached Indian Army [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [179]

Royal Navy [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [271]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [262]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [272] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Dawlish, Devon [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Wilmington South Australia [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Bedford [1] Brisbane [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chard, Somerset, England [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Dawlish, Devon, England [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hindmarsh South Australia [1] Horwood South Australia [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Longford Tasmania [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Milton Queensland [1] Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, North Island [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Polkythe, Cornwall [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] St Arnaud Victoria [1] Sussex [1] Sutton Montis, Somerset [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Tiverton, Devon [1] West Islington, London [1] Willunga South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [113] Gunner [19] Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Sapper [8] Driver [7] Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 1st Class Acting Surgeon [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Gunner /Acting Corporal [1] Marine [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Printer [1] Pioneer [1] Private Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Field Artillery [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Labour Corps [8] East Surrey Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [2] Welsh Guards [2] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 26th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] 4th Reserve Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 9th Royal Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached Indian Army [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [179] Royal Navy [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [271] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [262] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Sidney Charles Cornelius

Born 1903

Died 1998

Royal Navy 19516 Bugler Orion

Royal Navy 19516 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 19516 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Marc Stanley Cornelius

Born 1877

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3071 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Thomas Henry Cornelius

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army L/9057 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John Bowden Cornelius

Born 1886

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 1554 Lance Corporal 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Hubert Percy Cornelius

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army 17718 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 17718 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Joseph Webber Raglan Cornelius

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 64083 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 28th Brigade

British Army 64083 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 37th Bty.

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Wallace Cornelius

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261079

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Earnest Ernest Joseph Cornelius

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50477

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John Cornelius

Died 1915

British Army 1867 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial

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William Henry Cornelius

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200346

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Charles William Cornelius

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190664

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George Cornelius

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98971

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Morgan Cornelius

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239664

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William Cornelius

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2528 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Clifford Lawrence Cornelius

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 532479 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532479 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

British Army 5244 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Sidney Cornelius

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 10525 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 10525 private Devonshire Regiment

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Cecil Victor Powell Cornelius

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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Albert John Cornelius

Born 1897

Royal Navy J24626 Able Seaman HMS Cornwall

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Richard Charles Travis

Born 1884

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/523 Sergeant Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Cornelius

Died 1917

British Army 13955 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 13955 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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