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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Devonport, Devon [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Cottenham, Cambridgeshire [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Mile End, London [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Bunbury Western Australia [3]

Castlemaine Victoria [3]

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Christchurch, Hampshire [3]

Cottisford, Oxfordshire [3]

Hay New South Wales [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

London England [3]

Northwich, Cheshire [3]

Stonehouse, Devon [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Tring, Herts [3]

Walmer, Kent [3]

Aldermaston, Berkshire [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Casino New South Wales [2]

Chelsea, Middlesex [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Coonamble New South Wales [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dublin [2]

Dulwich Hill New South Wales [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [2410]

Gunner [282]

Driver [224]

Serjeant [211]

Corporal [207]

Sapper [146]

Second Lieutenant [107]

Lance Corporal [93]

Captain [47]

Acting Corporal [40]

Bombardier [40]

Lieutenant [35]

Pioneer [35]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Rifleman [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Major [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Company Sergeant Major [8]

Nurse [8]

Worker [8]

Sister [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Sergeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Assistant Administrator [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Captain [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [331]

Army Service Corps [284]

Labour Corps [267]

Royal Engineers [259]

Royal Garrison Artillery [174]

London Regiment [165]

Royal Army Medical Corps [139]

Machine Gun Corps [126]

Royal Fusiliers [83]

Middlesex Regiment [76]

Liverpool Regiment [74]

Cheshire Regiment [73]

Hampshire Regiment [64]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61]

Essex Regiment [57]

Devonshire Regiment [56]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [56]

Suffolk Regiment [54]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [50]

Gloucestershire Regiment [48]

Northumberland Fusiliers [48]

Leicestershire Regiment [45]

The Queen's Regiment [45]

Rifle Brigade [43]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

Lincolnshire Regiment [40]

Royal Army Service Corps [40]

Somerset Light Infantry [40]

Welsh Regiment [40]

Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [39]

Norfolk Regiment [39]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [39]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [38]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [37]

Durham Light Infantry [35]

East Lancashire Regiment [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Northamptonshire Regiment [35]

South Lancashire Regiment [35]

Army Veterinary Corps [34]

Border Regiment [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Army Ordnance Corps [30]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

East Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Tank Corps [29]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [27]

Service

British Army [3826]

Royal Navy [371]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [305]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [262]

Australian Imperial Force [220]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59]

Other Empire Force [10]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [5132]

S [3]

D [2]

R [2]

W [2]

A [1]

G [1]

H [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5033]

Merchant Navy [83]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [107]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Sydney New South Wales [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Devonport, Devon [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Cottenham, Cambridgeshire [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Mile End, London [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Poplar, London [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Bunbury Western Australia [3] Castlemaine Victoria [3] Chester, Cheshire [3] Christchurch, Hampshire [3] Cottisford, Oxfordshire [3] Hay New South Wales [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] London England [3] Northwich, Cheshire [3] Stonehouse, Devon [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Tring, Herts [3] Walmer, Kent [3] Aldermaston, Berkshire [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Casino New South Wales [2] Chelsea, Middlesex [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Coonamble New South Wales [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dublin [2] Dulwich Hill New South Wales [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Farnham, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [2410] Gunner [282] Driver [224] Serjeant [211] Corporal [207] Sapper [146] Second Lieutenant [107] Lance Corporal [93] Captain [47] Acting Corporal [40] Bombardier [40] Lieutenant [35] Pioneer [35] Acting Serjeant [31] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Rifleman [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Major [13] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Company Sergeant Major [8] Nurse [8] Worker [8] Sister [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Sergeant [6] Trooper [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Captain [5] Temporary Major [5] Farrier Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Assistant Administrator [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Captain [3] Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [331] Army Service Corps [284] Labour Corps [267] Royal Engineers [259] Royal Garrison Artillery [174] London Regiment [165] Royal Army Medical Corps [139] Machine Gun Corps [126] Royal Fusiliers [83] Middlesex Regiment [76] Liverpool Regiment [74] Cheshire Regiment [73] Hampshire Regiment [64] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61] Essex Regiment [57] Devonshire Regiment [56] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [56] Suffolk Regiment [54] Manchester Regiment [52] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [50] Gloucestershire Regiment [48] Northumberland Fusiliers [48] Leicestershire Regiment [45] The Queen's Regiment [45] Rifle Brigade [43] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] Lincolnshire Regiment [40] Royal Army Service Corps [40] Somerset Light Infantry [40] Welsh Regiment [40] Yorkshire Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [39] Norfolk Regiment [39] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [39] Royal Berkshire Regiment [38] Royal Lancaster Regiment [37] Durham Light Infantry [35] East Lancashire Regiment [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Northamptonshire Regiment [35] South Lancashire Regiment [35] Army Veterinary Corps [34] Border Regiment [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Army Ordnance Corps [30] East Surrey Regiment [30] East Yorkshire Regiment [30] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Tank Corps [29] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [27]

Service

British Army [3826] Royal Navy [371] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [305] Canadian Expeditionary Force [262] Australian Imperial Force [220] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59] Other Empire Force [10] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [5132] S [3] D [2] R [2] W [2] A [1] G [1] H [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5033] Merchant Navy [83] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [107] Australia [1] Belgium [1] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

John William Montague Cross

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9061 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 9061 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leslie Forester Cross

Born 1900

Died 1955

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140118

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Edward Cross

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 31628 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward John Cross

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 556752 Rifleman London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 556752 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Frederick James Cross

Born 1883

British Army 73150 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Alan Cross

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army PS/2534 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Stanley Henry Cross

Born 1892

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Greaser Mercantile Marine. HMHS Asturias

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Jonathan William Cross

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1233

Australian Imperial Force Gunner Australian Field Artillery

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Alfred Walter Cross

Born 1894

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98734

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Basil Richard Cross

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5627 Private Royal Army Medical Corps/6th Stationary Hospital

British Army 15973 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 15973 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Cross

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 242035 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Leeman John Cross

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2871 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70751 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Joseph Percy Cross

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 12915 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th leicest Battalion

British Army 7th Battalion

British Army Private

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Harry Cross

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army M2/166992 Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Service Corps

British Army 75106 Warrant Officer Class 2 Tank Corps

British Army M2/166992 Army Service Corps

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John Frederick Cross

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2969 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2969 Colour Sergeant Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 2969 Battalion Serjeant Major West African Field Force

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William Cross

Died 1916

British Army 18796 Private 2nd South Wales Borderers

British Army 18796 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Charles Cross

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186794

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Ernest Charles Cross

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army 28415 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 51047 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas William Cross

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 23898 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 23898 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Henry Cross

Born 1887

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Pilot 2nd Class Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities

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