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Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Barking, Essex [2]

Diamond Creek Victoria [2]

Mitcham South Australia [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

South Yarra Victoria [2]

Alberton South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Ashbury, Berkshire, England [1]

Bombay, India [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cape Town [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee, Fifeshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

East Wemyss, Fifeshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Esher, Surrey [1]

Essex [1]

Forfar Scotland [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greensborough Victoria [1]

HOUGHAM KENT [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hoxton, Middlesex [1]

Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Lidsdale New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

Middlesex [1]

Milnathort, Kinross-shire, Scotland [1]

Neston, Cheshire [1]

Parramatta New South Wales [1]

Peterborough [1]

Plantation, Lanarkshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Rangoon, Burmah [1]

Reynella South Australia [1]

Sans Souci New South Wales [1]

Stirling North South Australia [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Waratah Tasmania [1]

West Ham [1]

West Ham, ESSEX [1]

Rank

Private [138]

Corporal [15]

Driver [15]

Gunner [13]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain/Honorary Captain in Army [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Trumpeter [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [22]

Labour Corps [21]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

4th Dragoon Guards [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dragoons [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

11th Royal Scots [1]

13th Royal Defence Corps [1]

17th Lancers [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Devon Regiment [1]

7th Liverpool Regiment [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [222]

Royal Navy [30]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [320]

W [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [312]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Barking, Essex [2] Diamond Creek Victoria [2] Mitcham South Australia [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] South Yarra Victoria [2] Alberton South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Ashbury, Berkshire, England [1] Bombay, India [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cape Town [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee, Fifeshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] East Wemyss, Fifeshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edmonton, London [1] Esher, Surrey [1] Essex [1] Forfar Scotland [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greensborough Victoria [1] HOUGHAM KENT [1] Hackney, London [1] Hoxton, Middlesex [1] Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Lidsdale New South Wales [1] London England [1] Middlesex [1] Milnathort, Kinross-shire, Scotland [1] Neston, Cheshire [1] Parramatta New South Wales [1] Peterborough [1] Plantation, Lanarkshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Rangoon, Burmah [1] Reynella South Australia [1] Sans Souci New South Wales [1] Stirling North South Australia [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Waratah Tasmania [1] West Ham [1] West Ham, ESSEX [1]

Rank

Private [138] Corporal [15] Driver [15] Gunner [13] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Sapper [7] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Bombardier [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Captain/Honorary Captain in Army [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Trumpeter [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [22] Labour Corps [21] London Regiment [15] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Fusiliers [11] Cheshire Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Cameron Highlanders [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Scots Guards [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] 4th Dragoon Guards [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dragoons [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 11th Royal Scots [1] 13th Royal Defence Corps [1] 17th Lancers [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Devon Regiment [1] 7th Liverpool Regiment [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [222] Royal Navy [30] Australian Imperial Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [320] W [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [312] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Samuel Andrew Coventry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208190

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Andrew Coventry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187702

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Leonard George Coventry

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 323766 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323766 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Victor Cornelius Coventry

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 551786 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 4590 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Charles William Coventry

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 11256 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11256 Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11256 Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Robert Ewen Coventry

Born 1884

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2454 Corporal Australian Infantry 46th Battalion

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James Edward Coventry

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161810

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Harry Coventry

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13799

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Charles Coventry

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162738

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Stanley Hayden Coventry

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317114

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Thomas Edward Coventry

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 19831 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Andrew Coventry

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 67826 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 67826 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Leonard Charles Coventry

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21304

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Thomas George Coventry

Born 1885

Died 1972

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3214023

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Edgar Ernest Coventry

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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John Levi Coventry

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17153 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 17153 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Alexander K Coventry

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115986

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David S Coventry

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army T3/023454 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S/20062 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Coventry

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146380

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Charles Coventry

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army L/10703 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army L/10703 Private Royal Fusiliers

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