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London, Middlesex, England [4]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nagambie Victoria [2]

Newtown New South Wales [2]

Plumstead, London [2]

Prahran Victoria [2]

Wadhurst, East Sussex [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashley, Kent [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Balaclava South Australia [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barnardiston, Suffolk, England [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Battisham Lode, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bottisham England [1]

Brandon, Norfolk [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Buswell Green, Norfolk [1]

Canowindra New South Wales [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

East Hoathly [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Gladstone Queensland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Hadley New South Wales [1]

Haggerston, London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Hawkesburn Victoria [1]

Histon, Cambridgeshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Kelvedon, Essex, England [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leytonstone, Essex [1]

Little Wakering, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [260]

Gunner [32]

Corporal [30]

Driver [19]

Serjeant [16]

Sapper [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Horsekeeper [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rfn Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [38]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [393]

Royal Navy [43]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [525]

Contribution

Military Service [510]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [4] Bermondsey, London [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Islington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nagambie Victoria [2] Newtown New South Wales [2] Plumstead, London [2] Prahran Victoria [2] Wadhurst, East Sussex [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashley, Kent [1] Auckland NZ [1] Balaclava South Australia [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barnardiston, Suffolk, England [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Battisham Lode, Cambridgeshire [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bottisham England [1] Brandon, Norfolk [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Buswell Green, Norfolk [1] Canowindra New South Wales [1] Chelsea [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1] Dover, Kent [1] East Hoathly [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Gladstone Queensland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Grays, Essex [1] Hadley New South Wales [1] Haggerston, London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Hawkesburn Victoria [1] Histon, Cambridgeshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Kelvedon, Essex, England [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leytonstone, Essex [1] Little Wakering, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [260] Gunner [32] Corporal [30] Driver [19] Serjeant [16] Sapper [13] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant [1] Civilian [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Horsekeeper [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rfn Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [38] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [28] London Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Suffolk Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Cambridgeshire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [393] Royal Navy [43] Australian Imperial Force [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [525]

Contribution

Military Service [510] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Arthur Frederick Cornwell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 495333 Private London Regiment 13th (county of lond Battalion

British Army 495333 Private London Regiment 13th Btn.County of London (Princess Louises Kensington)

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Abijah Cornwell

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 981 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 981 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 1/8th Battn

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Eli Cornwell

Born 1852

Died 1916

British Army 15823 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Frederick Cornwell

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 17526 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 17526 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Frederick Cornwell

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army SR/562 Colour Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army SR/562 Colour Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7 Battalion

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Clarence Charles Cornwell

Born 1886

Died 1956

British Army 325050 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1464 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

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John Travers Cornwell

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 1st Class HMS Chester

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William Cornwell

Born 1867

Died 1927

British Army M2/050036 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/050036 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army 51388 Private Royal Artillery

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Frederick George Cornwell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29333 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Abel Cornwell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123255

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Albert Edward Cornwell

Died 1917

British Army GS/4952 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/4952 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Albert G Cornwell

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2536 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2536 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Harry Cornwell

Died 1916

British Army TF/6624 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st/7th Battalion

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Arthur Edward Cornwell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56181

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Maurice W Cornwell

Died 1918

British Army 503003 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Cornwell

Died 1916

British Army 3818 Lance Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.

British Army 3818 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Henry Arthur Cornwell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 766781 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 766781 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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Arthur Lloyd Cornwell

Born 1889

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2487392

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2487392 Lance Corporal Canadian Forestry Corps

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Richard Henry Cornwell

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93636

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Reginald Percy Howis Cornwell

Born 1894

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force 73924

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