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Stepney, London [4]

Antwerp [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hambledon, Hampshire [2]

London England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Valetta [2]

Valetta, Malta [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chorley Wood [1]

Drysdale Victoria [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Gippsland Victoria [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Loncwarry Victoria [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Marylebone, London, England. [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight, England [1]

Queensland, Australia [1]

Rakaia, Canterbury [1]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1]

Rickmansworth,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1]

Rogate, Sussex [1]

Saint Georges in the East, London [1]

Shadwell, London [1]

Southwark, Surrey [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Sussex [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Walthamstow, London [1]

Watford, London [1]

Winton, Southland [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Serjeant [14]

Gunner [13]

Driver [11]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Bombardier [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Adjudant Interprètes [1]

Adjutant Interpreter [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier Trumpeter [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Sister [1]

Stewardess [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Corporal [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [14]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

2nd Machine Gun Corps [1]

671st Home Service Employment Company [1]

7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Belgian Agents [1]

Belgian Interpreters [1]

Belgisch Leger - Tolkenkorps [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Russell [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Service

British Army [164]

Royal Navy [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [240]

D [4]

Contribution

Military Service [236]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

New Zealand [2]

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People [244] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Stepney, London [4] Antwerp [2] Eastbourne [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Hackney, London [2] Hambledon, Hampshire [2] London England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Valetta [2] Valetta, Malta [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Bethnal Green, London [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chorley Wood [1] Drysdale Victoria [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Gippsland Victoria [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Lambeth, London [1] Loncwarry Victoria [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lymington, Hampshire [1] Marylebone, London, England. [1] Newport, Isle of Wight, England [1] Queensland, Australia [1] Rakaia, Canterbury [1] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1] Rickmansworth,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1] Rogate, Sussex [1] Saint Georges in the East, London [1] Shadwell, London [1] Southwark, Surrey [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Sussex [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Walthamstow, London [1] Watford, London [1] Winton, Southland [1]

Rank

Private [102] Serjeant [14] Gunner [13] Driver [11] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Bombardier [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Officer's Steward 1st Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Adjudant Interprètes [1] Adjutant Interpreter [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier Trumpeter [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Sister [1] Stewardess [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Corporal [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [14] London Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [12] Labour Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Hampshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Border Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 2nd Machine Gun Corps [1] 671st Home Service Employment Company [1] 7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Belgian Agents [1] Belgian Interpreters [1] Belgisch Leger - Tolkenkorps [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Russell [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Service

British Army [164] Royal Navy [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Australian Imperial Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [240] D [4]

Contribution

Military Service [236] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6] New Zealand [2]

Frederick Coster

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army T4 107872 Private Army Service Corps

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Frank Porteous Coster

Born 1891

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27461 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ina Nellie Coster

Born 1880

Died 1958

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/71 Sister NZ Army Nursing Service Corps

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Jemima Coster

Born 1871

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Persia" (Greenock)

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Frederick Coster

Died 1919

British Army SS/4200 Private Army Service Corps 5th Labour Company

British Army SS/4200 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred Coster

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 355904 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Russell

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George Edward Coster

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 18987 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Ernest William Coster

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3472 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant/Acting Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Albert Coster

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy 207308

South African Services 129 Temporary Lieutenant South African Army

South African Services 129 Lieutenant South African Army 1st South African Rifles

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George Augustine Coster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27072

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John A Coster

Died 1916

British Army 3764 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3764 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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George Edward Coster

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army L/13341 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Alfred Coster

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237479

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Cecil Vincent Coster

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 956 Corporal/Acting Serjeant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 56172 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Frederick Coster

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 7719 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 204462 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William John Coster

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4772 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Joseph Michael Coster

Born 1899

Died 1915

British Army 10456 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Edward Coster

Died 1915

British Army 7786 Acting Serjeant Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7786 Serjeant Border Regiment

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Edward Alfred Coster

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 8291 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 43671 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Henry Coster

Died 1915

British Army 9612 Private Border Regiment

British Army 9612 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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