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Goa [6]

Mile End, London [3]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Calcutta [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Cloncurry Queensland [1]

Darling Downs Queensland [1]

Demerara [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Eaglehawk Victoria [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

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Nervi [1]

Paddington, London [1]

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St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Warren New South Wales [1]

Whitechapel London Middlesex [1]

Whitechapel, London [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [63]

Muleteer [16]

Gunner [8]

Corporal [7]

Captain [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Driver [2]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain (Temporary) [1]

Civilian (Labourer) [1]

Conductor [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Laundry Man [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Non Commisioned Officer Foreman [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Scullion [1]

Second Cook [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Assistant Surgeon [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Macedonian Mule Corps [16]

London Regiment [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

British West Indies Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Indian Merchant Service [2]

Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja [2]

Maltese Labour Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

11th Canadian Garrison Regiment [1]

19th The King's Regiment [1]

21st Cavalry [1]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

35th Scinde Horse [1]

54th Division General Staff [1]

5th West Riding Regiment [1]

Army Dental Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Guiana Militia [1]

East Africa Medical Supplies [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment/Staff [1]

Egyptian Labour Corps [1]

GOC 181st Infantry Brigade [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS LION [1]

Service

British Army [128]

Royal Navy [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

D [101]

C [82]

H [2]

T [2]

W [2]

A [1]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [172]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [195] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Goa [6] Mile End, London [3] Hastings, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [1] Calcutta [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Cloncurry Queensland [1] Darling Downs Queensland [1] Demerara [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Eaglehawk Victoria [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kangeroo Point Queensland [1] Kingston [1] London, Middlesex [1] Mile End Old Town Stepney London [1] Mile End, London, Middlesex [1] Nervi [1] Paddington, London [1] Palmaria [1] Southport, Lancashire [1] St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex [1] Stepney London [1] Stepney, Middlesex, England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Walworth, London [1] Warren New South Wales [1] Whitechapel London Middlesex [1] Whitechapel, London [1] Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [63] Muleteer [16] Gunner [8] Corporal [7] Captain [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Driver [2] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain (Temporary) [1] Civilian (Labourer) [1] Conductor [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Laundry Man [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Non Commisioned Officer Foreman [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Scullion [1] Second Cook [1] Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Assistant Surgeon [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Macedonian Mule Corps [16] London Regiment [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] British West Indies Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Indian Merchant Service [2] Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja [2] Maltese Labour Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 11th Canadian Garrison Regiment [1] 19th The King's Regiment [1] 21st Cavalry [1] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 35th Scinde Horse [1] 54th Division General Staff [1] 5th West Riding Regiment [1] Army Dental Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Guiana Militia [1] East Africa Medical Supplies [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment/Staff [1] Egyptian Labour Corps [1] GOC 181st Infantry Brigade [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS LION [1]

Service

British Army [128] Royal Navy [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

D [101] C [82] H [2] T [2] W [2] A [1] I [1] J [1] K [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [172] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Canada [1] Guyana [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Joseph Costa

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 242688 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Antonio Da Costa

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army T9776 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 400295 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Dominic Costa

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3325 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266029 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266029 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Hyman Costa

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 7139 Private London Regiment

British Army 43606 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Alfred Costa

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52517

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Cecil Henry Costa

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army L/47118 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bruno Costa

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2024550

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2024550 Private 11th Canadian Garrison Regiment

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John Da Costa

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/19776 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Luigi Guasche Costa

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84572

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Roy Costa

Australian Imperial Force

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Neville Gabriel Costa

Australian Imperial Force N75036

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John Costa

Australian Imperial Force 3374

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Nicholas Costa

Australian Imperial Force 31

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David Walter Costa

Australian Imperial Force 298

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Henry Costa

Australian Imperial Force 3630

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John Henry Costa

Australian Imperial Force 504

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Edward Costa

Australian Imperial Force 1825

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Thomas Costa

Australian Imperial Force 2787

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Ernest Victor Da Costa

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3677 Private London Regiment

British Army 531333 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Vernon Oswald Da Costa

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319667 Cadet Royal Air Force

British Army 254522 Royal Field Artillery

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