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Bethnal Green, London [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

London England [3]

Northampton [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Woolverton, Somerset [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Sandhurst Victoria [2]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Aylestone Leicestershire [1]

Beaconsfield Western Australia [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Canterbury, Kent, England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Cheetham, Lancashire [1]

Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Egham, Berkshire [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Fulham, Middlesex, England [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Handsworth, Birmingham [1]

Heeley, Sheffield [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kent England [1]

Kyneton Victoria [1]

Lee, Kent [1]

Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Margate, Kent [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Newbridge New South Wales [1]

Nottingham [1]

Paddington New South Wales [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Puddington, Cheshire [1]

Sarsfield Victoria [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [1]

South Kensington, London [1]

Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [234]

Sapper [28]

Gunner [25]

Corporal [23]

Driver [17]

Serjeant [17]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fusilier [1]

Gnr. [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Musician [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Wireless Telegraph Operator [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [45]

Labour Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Army Service Corps [25]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Tank Corps [3]

4th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [382]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Royal Navy [32]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

C [479]

H [2]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [471]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Bethnal Green, London [3] Camberwell, London [3] Folkestone, Kent [3] London England [3] Northampton [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Woolverton, Somerset [3] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [2] Dover, Kent [2] Sandhurst Victoria [2] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Aylestone Leicestershire [1] Beaconsfield Western Australia [1] Berkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Canterbury, Kent, England [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Cheetham, Lancashire [1] Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Egham, Berkshire [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Fulham, Middlesex, England [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Handsworth, Birmingham [1] Heeley, Sheffield [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kent England [1] Kyneton Victoria [1] Lee, Kent [1] Leicestershire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Margate, Kent [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Newbridge New South Wales [1] Nottingham [1] Paddington New South Wales [1] Peckham, London [1] Puddington, Cheshire [1] Sarsfield Victoria [1] Seacombe, Cheshire, England [1] South Kensington, London [1] Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [234] Sapper [28] Gunner [25] Corporal [23] Driver [17] Serjeant [17] Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [5] Worker [5] Acting Corporal [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Canteen Worker [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fusilier [1] Gnr. [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Musician [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Wireless Telegraph Operator [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [45] Labour Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [32] Army Service Corps [25] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Tank Corps [3] 4th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Essex Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [382] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Royal Navy [32] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

C [479] H [2] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [471] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Ernest Crofts

Died 1917

British Army 18763 Private 1st York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 18763 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Charles Crofts

Australian Imperial Force 15288

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William Crofts

Died 1917

British Army 3998 Border Regiment

British Army 27922 Private Border Regiment

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Tom Crofts

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35387 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Walter Crofts

Died 1917

British Army 24405 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Herbert Frank Crofts

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 70425 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Albert Crofts

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 325744 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 235557 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Henry Crofts

Died 1916

British Army 21743 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Harry Crofts

Died 1916

British Army 22512 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Thomas Crofts

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 13989 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 13989 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Arthur Crofts

Died 1918

British Army 117543 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Cecil Joseph Crofts

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2878 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 99261 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 99261 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Fred Crofts

Died 1918

British Army 37920 Private Somerset Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Albert Crofts

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 15195 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Crofts

Died 1915

British Army 2171 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240293 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Thomas Edward Crofts

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 89184 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 154679 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 154679 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Rupert Edwin Crofts

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 24891 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Edward Crofts

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 16184 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Reginald James Crofts

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159349

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Arthur Crofts

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313369

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