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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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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]

C Shepherd-Cross

British Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Ernest F Du Cross

British Army 54182 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 45137 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Philip Du Cross

British Army Honorary Colonel Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Hugh Pelham Winslow, U.s. Navy Cross

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 14810 Private Fort Garry Horse

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Collingwood then Howe Battalions, Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Liaison Officer Gallipoli and France

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Katherine Forbes Gordon Skinner, Royal Red Cross And Bar

Born 1874

Died 1966

British Army Acting Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Edith A W Wall Mrs Cross

British Army British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem

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Katherine Forbes Gordon Skinner, Royal Red Cross And Bar

Edith A W Wall Mrs Cross