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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Dawlish, Devon [3]

Daylesford Victoria [3]

Derby Tasmania [3]

Hoxton, London [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Naracoorte South Australia [3]

Niton, Isle of Wight [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Barrington Tasmania [2]

Brimingham England [2]

Calstock, Cornwall [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Chiswick, Middlesex [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Longton, Staffordshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Newlyn, Cornwall [2]

Newlyn, Cornwall, England [2]

North Adelaide South Australia [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Swansea Tasmania [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Abbeystrowny, Cork [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldridge, Staffordshire [1]

Ascott England [1]

Balaclava Victoria [1]

Bedale, Hemsworth, Yorkshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bell Green, Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Beveley. Wombridge, Shropshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackburn Lancashire [1]

Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bude, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [780]

Driver [85]

Corporal [77]

Gunner [70]

Serjeant [53]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Sapper [40]

Captain [27]

Lance Corporal [25]

Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [13]

Major [12]

Bombardier [10]

Pioneer [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Drummer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Reverend [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [105]

Royal Field Artillery [103]

Army Service Corps [99]

Royal Engineers [88]

London Regiment [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [43]

North Staffordshire Regiment [38]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Army Veterinary Corps [14]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1243]

Royal Navy [121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [63]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1615]

S [6]

Contribution

Military Service [1592]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Dawlish, Devon [3] Daylesford Victoria [3] Derby Tasmania [3] Hoxton, London [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Naracoorte South Australia [3] Niton, Isle of Wight [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Barrington Tasmania [2] Brimingham England [2] Calstock, Cornwall [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Chiswick, London [2] Chiswick, Middlesex [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Freshwater, Isle of Wight [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Longton, Staffordshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Newlyn, Cornwall [2] Newlyn, Cornwall, England [2] North Adelaide South Australia [2] Poplar, London [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Swansea Tasmania [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Abbeystrowny, Cork [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldridge, Staffordshire [1] Ascott England [1] Balaclava Victoria [1] Bedale, Hemsworth, Yorkshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bell Green, Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Bermondsey [1] Beveley. Wombridge, Shropshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackburn Lancashire [1] Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bude, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [780] Driver [85] Corporal [77] Gunner [70] Serjeant [53] Second Lieutenant [41] Sapper [40] Captain [27] Lance Corporal [25] Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [13] Major [12] Bombardier [10] Pioneer [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Able Seaman [5] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Worker [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Captain [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Drummer [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Major [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Reverend [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [105] Royal Field Artillery [103] Army Service Corps [99] Royal Engineers [88] London Regiment [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [43] North Staffordshire Regiment [38] Royal Fusiliers [36] Machine Gun Corps [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Cheshire Regiment [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Worcestershire Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Army Veterinary Corps [14] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Naval Division [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Devonshire Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] East Kent Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9] Essex Regiment [9] Norfolk Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1243] Royal Navy [121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98] Canadian Expeditionary Force [63] Australian Imperial Force [45] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1615] S [6]

Contribution

Military Service [1592] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [44] South Africa [1]

Francis Cotton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32878

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Charles William Edwin Cotton

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309375

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Edward Charles Cotton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138433

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Frederick James Cotton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185112

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Sydney Thomas Cotton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104647

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William Henry Cotton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186830

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Harold Cotton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23968

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George Aingworth Cotton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33384

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Daniel Henry Cotton

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13717

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William Cotton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116863

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Granville Edward Cotton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216900

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John Payne Cotton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229300

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Edgar Cotton

Died 1917

British Army 8556 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 8556 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Robert Douglas Cotton

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 514965 Private London Regiment 14 (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish) (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 14 (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish) (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (London Scottish)

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John George Cotton

Died 1918

British Army 48228 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Samuel James Cotton

Died 1917

British Army 18421 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Cotton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11778 Private Manchester Regiment 19th (service) battalion, manchest Battalion

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Edward A Cotton

Died 1918

British Army 1530 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 265105 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Grosvenor Albert James Cotton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226188

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Percy Gerel Cotton

Born 1888

Died 1960

British Army 50875 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 50875 Sergeant Instructor Northampton Regiment

British Army 50875 Acting Warrant Officer Northampton Regiment

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