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Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Soho, London [2]

St Kilda Victoria [2]

Alford, Lincolnshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Hundleby, Lincolnshire [1]

Inglis New South Wales [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mytholmroyd [1]

Neutral Bay New South Wales [1]

North Burton, Yorkshire [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Ratcliff, London, Middlesex [1]

Saltburn, Yorkshire [1]

Steyning, Sussex [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Uppingham [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Westmorland [1]

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [1]

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Wrawby, Lincolnshire [1]

Youngwood, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [198]

Gunner [19]

Driver [18]

Serjeant [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Corporal [10]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Waggoner [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain (on mobilisation) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Dresser [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Filter [1]

Filter Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Major (on mobilisation) [1]

Major Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mister [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Waggoner; Wagoner [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Reserve Park Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [295]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Royal Navy [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [378]

Contribution

Military Service [368]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [378] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Soho, London [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] Alford, Lincolnshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Hull [1] Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Hundleby, Lincolnshire [1] Inglis New South Wales [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mytholmroyd [1] Neutral Bay New South Wales [1] North Burton, Yorkshire [1] Peckham, London [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Ratcliff, London, Middlesex [1] Saltburn, Yorkshire [1] Steyning, Sussex [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Uppingham [1] Walworth, London [1] Westminster, Middlesex [1] Westmorland [1] Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [1] Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England [1] Wrawby, Lincolnshire [1] Youngwood, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [198] Gunner [19] Driver [18] Serjeant [12] Lance Corporal [11] Corporal [10] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Waggoner [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain (on mobilisation) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Dresser [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Filter [1] Filter Gunner [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Major (on mobilisation) [1] Major Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mister [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Waggoner; Wagoner [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [33] Labour Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Engineers [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [15] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Yorkshire Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] West Riding Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Reserve Park Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Tank Corps [2] 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [295] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Royal Navy [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [378]

Contribution

Military Service [368] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

James Alane Coupland

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army Major 24th General Hospital

British Army Major 2nd General Hospital

British Army Captain (on mobilisation) Royal Army Medical Corps

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Horace Coupland

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 104249 Driver Royal Engineers 234th Field Training Depot

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Robert William Coupland

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71953

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Ernest Coupland

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 10857 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Coupland

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 11590 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11590 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Frederick Horace Coupland

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203971

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William Coupland

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403379

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Leonard Coupland

Died 1917

British Army 43247 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 43247 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Alfred Charles Coupland

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 25955 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 25955 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Fred Coupland

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3092 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 240712 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 240712 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Coupland

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 21495 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Eno Coupland

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 26089 Private Grenadier Guards

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George Coupland

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1613 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1613 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Coupland

Died 1917

British Army 30932 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles Coupland

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 9649 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas W Coupland

Died 1916

British Army 22752(Incomplete) Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Henry Coupland

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 111682 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Coupland

Died 1917

British Army 22871 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Joseph Coupland

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 28977 Acting Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 28977 Lance Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Archibald Alfred Coupland

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59219

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