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Preston Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Auckland [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Doulting, Somerset [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymoney, Antrim [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Bundoora Victoria [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Cumberland [1]

Doreen Victoria [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Dunbarton, Scotland [1]

Embleton, Alnwick [1]

Embleton, Northumberland [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Fermanagh [1]

Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Hemsworth [1]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Larne, Antrim [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Maclean New South Wales [1]

Medstead, Hampshire [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newtown Erd North [1]

Rank

Private [201]

Driver [23]

Gunner [21]

Sapper [13]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Major [1]

Paymaster Captain [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [30]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [292]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [73]

Royal Navy [36]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [498]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [488]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Preston Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Auckland [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Doulting, Somerset [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymoney, Antrim [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Bundoora Victoria [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Cumberland [1] Doreen Victoria [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dunbarton, Scotland [1] Embleton, Alnwick [1] Embleton, Northumberland [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Fermanagh [1] Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Hemsworth [1] Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire [1] Larne, Antrim [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maclean New South Wales [1] Medstead, Hampshire [1] New Cross, London [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newtown Erd North [1]

Rank

Private [201] Driver [23] Gunner [21] Sapper [13] Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Major [1] Paymaster Captain [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [30] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Field Artillery [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Connaught Rangers [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Tank Corps [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [292] Canadian Expeditionary Force [73] Royal Navy [36] Australian Imperial Force [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [498] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [488] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Albert Creighton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/13343 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Creighton

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 9559 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 21390 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21390 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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General Roland Creighton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 555096 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

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Henry Creighton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 42338 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Richard Creighton

Died 1918

British Army 83669 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Creighton

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 269001 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 269001 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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James Owen Creighton

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16991

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16991 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Lawrence Creighton

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 342573

Canadian Expeditionary Force 342573 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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James Albert Creighton

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63174

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63174 Company Sergeant Major Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Creighton

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24657

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24657 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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James Duncan Creighton

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1251143

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1251143 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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William Matheson Creighton

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 471171

Canadian Expeditionary Force 471171 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Ramsay Creighton

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 911856

Canadian Expeditionary Force 911856 Private Canadian Infantry

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Clarence Clifford Creighton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 153042

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William Courtenay Creighton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154720

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William Creighton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162886

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Arthur Creighton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4316

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Walter Thomas Creighton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105430

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Charles Joseph Friend Creighton

Born 1891

Died 1969

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28092 New Zealand Medical Corps

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Walter John Creighton

Australian Imperial Force 6831

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