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Maidstone, Kent [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Hamilton Victoria [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Newtown New South Wales [3]

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Ballyclare, Antrim [2]

Ballymena, Antrim [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Inver, Co. Donegal [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

London [2]

Loose, Kent [2]

Peakvale South Australia [2]

Ainsdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Antrim, Antrim [1]

Antrim, Ireland [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aughlurch, Co. Fermanagh [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Battey, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bethany, Ontario [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Clarence River New South Wales [1]

Corowa New South Wales [1]

Coxheath, Kent [1]

Dailly, Nr. Ayr [1]

Dingee Victoria [1]

Donnegal [1]

Eaglehawk Victoria [1]

Eyemouth, Berwickshire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glebe New South Wales [1]

Gosford New South Wales [1]

Grenville Victoria [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Happy Valley South Australia [1]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

High Camp Plain Victoria [1]

Homerton, London [1]

Homerton, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [264]

Driver [29]

Corporal [27]

Gunner [27]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [16]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Captain [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Major [5]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Bombardier [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

AB [1]

AC I [1]

AM I (E) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Carpenter's Mate [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

HMS Roxburgh [1]

LM [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Royal Engineers [36]

Labour Corps [31]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Irish Rifles [24]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Highland Light Infantry [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

London Regiment [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

North Irish Horse [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital [2]

Service

British Army [410]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [128]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

Royal Navy [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

C [710]

Contribution

Military Service [695]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Hamilton Victoria [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Newtown New South Wales [3] Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Ballyclare, Antrim [2] Ballymena, Antrim [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Inver, Co. Donegal [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] London [2] Loose, Kent [2] Peakvale South Australia [2] Ainsdale, Lancashire, England [1] Antrim, Antrim [1] Antrim, Ireland [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aughlurch, Co. Fermanagh [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Battey, Yorkshire [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bethany, Ontario [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Clarence River New South Wales [1] Corowa New South Wales [1] Coxheath, Kent [1] Dailly, Nr. Ayr [1] Dingee Victoria [1] Donnegal [1] Eaglehawk Victoria [1] Eyemouth, Berwickshire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glebe New South Wales [1] Gosford New South Wales [1] Grenville Victoria [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Happy Valley South Australia [1] Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] High Camp Plain Victoria [1] Homerton, London [1] Homerton, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [264] Driver [29] Corporal [27] Gunner [27] Serjeant [20] Sapper [16] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [8] Captain [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Major [5] Pioneer [4] Staff Nurse [4] Bombardier [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sister [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] AB [1] AC I [1] AM I (E) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Carpenter's Mate [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] HMS Roxburgh [1] LM [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nurse [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [39] Royal Engineers [36] Labour Corps [31] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Irish Rifles [24] Machine Gun Corps [20] Highland Light Infantry [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Royal Scots Fusiliers [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Royal Highlanders [8] Royal Irish Fusiliers [8] Canadian Infantry [7] London Regiment [7] Scottish Rifles [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Essex Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Royal Scots [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] North Irish Horse [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Infantry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital [2]

Service

British Army [410] Canadian Expeditionary Force [128] Australian Imperial Force [55] Royal Navy [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

C [710]

Contribution

Military Service [695] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Ireland [2] New Zealand [1]

Arthur Coulter

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/1029 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Coulter

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6412 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 6412 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Coulter

Born 1892

Died 1923

Canadian Expeditionary Force 834

Canadian Expeditionary Force 834 Lance Corporal 834th Regiment 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Frank Harold Coulter

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300667

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John Coulter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118961

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William Edward Coulter

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 290358 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

British Army 290358 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Hugh Coulter

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Lancers 5th (Royal Irish)

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Samuel Scott Coulter

Born 1889

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21349

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21349 Private 11th Battalion Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21349 Private 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Albert Coulter

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68861

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Robert Coulter

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15724

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Charles Thomas Coulter

Born 1885

Royal Navy F12234 AM I (E) RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F12234 LM RNAS HMS "Daedalous"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212234 Royal Air Force

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Henry Robert Coulter

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J27718 Boy 1st Class HMS Goliath

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Laurence Coulter

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army T/32691 Driver Army Service Corps 4th Unit

British Army T/32691 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 4th Divisional Train

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Arthur James Coulter

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3214 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 245346 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 245346 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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John Elliott Coulter

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276190

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William John Coulter

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 723ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy ST 723 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Corona

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James Coulter

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287859

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Albert Coulter

Born 1885

British Army 10410 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143028 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143028 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Albert James Coulter

Born 1881

Died 1954

British Army 312621 Private Labour Corps 697th Company

British Army 148035 Gunner Royal Field Artillery No4 Depot

British Army 312621 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Coulter

Died 1916

British Army 14250 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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