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Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

London, Middlesex [9]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Islington, London [8]

Norwich, Norfolk [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

London England [6]

Reading, Berkshire [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Beenleigh Queensland [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Dorchester, Dorset [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Tottenham, London [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Fareham, Hampshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [3]

Raymond Terrace New South Wales [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Warminster, Wiltshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barming, Kent [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Busselton Western Australia [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Darlington New South Wales [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2156]

Gunner [247]

Driver [194]

Sapper [162]

Serjeant [155]

Corporal [153]

Second Lieutenant [91]

Lance Corporal [83]

Lieutenant [47]

Captain [46]

Acting Corporal [34]

Pioneer [34]

Bombardier [29]

Acting Serjeant [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Rifleman [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Major [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Nurse [5]

Sergeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Commander [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [275]

Royal Field Artillery [275]

Army Service Corps [272]

Labour Corps [257]

London Regiment [158]

Royal Garrison Artillery [151]

Royal Army Medical Corps [97]

Hampshire Regiment [84]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Royal Fusiliers [79]

Middlesex Regiment [70]

Gloucestershire Regiment [68]

Wiltshire Regiment [57]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Somerset Light Infantry [53]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

Devonshire Regiment [52]

Essex Regiment [50]

Suffolk Regiment [48]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [46]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [44]

Royal Army Service Corps [43]

Dorsetshire Regiment [42]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Royal West Kent Regiment [37]

Norfolk Regiment [36]

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

Welsh Regiment [33]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31]

Army Ordnance Corps [30]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

Durham Light Infantry [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [29]

East Kent Regiment [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

Canadian Infantry [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Royal Air Force [22]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

South Wales Borderers [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Service

British Army [3302]

Royal Navy [396]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [278]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [239]

Australian Imperial Force [216]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [4582]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4470]

Merchant Navy [73]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [100]

India [3]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] London, Middlesex [9] London, Middlesex, England [9] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Islington, London [8] Norwich, Norfolk [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] London England [6] Reading, Berkshire [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Beenleigh Queensland [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Dorchester, Dorset [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Tottenham, London [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Fareham, Hampshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Lyme Regis, Dorset [3] Raymond Terrace New South Wales [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Warminster, Wiltshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barming, Kent [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Busselton Western Australia [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Darlington New South Wales [2] Deptford, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2156] Gunner [247] Driver [194] Sapper [162] Serjeant [155] Corporal [153] Second Lieutenant [91] Lance Corporal [83] Lieutenant [47] Captain [46] Acting Corporal [34] Pioneer [34] Bombardier [29] Acting Serjeant [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Able Seaman [12] Rifleman [12] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Major [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Leading Stoker [5] Nurse [5] Sergeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Leading Seaman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Worker [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Commander [3] Deck Hand [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [275] Royal Field Artillery [275] Army Service Corps [272] Labour Corps [257] London Regiment [158] Royal Garrison Artillery [151] Royal Army Medical Corps [97] Hampshire Regiment [84] Machine Gun Corps [81] Royal Fusiliers [79] Middlesex Regiment [70] Gloucestershire Regiment [68] Wiltshire Regiment [57] Rifle Brigade [55] Somerset Light Infantry [53] The Queen's Regiment [53] Devonshire Regiment [52] Essex Regiment [50] Suffolk Regiment [48] Royal Berkshire Regiment [46] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [44] Royal Army Service Corps [43] Dorsetshire Regiment [42] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Royal West Kent Regiment [37] Norfolk Regiment [36] Bedfordshire Regiment [34] Welsh Regiment [33] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31] Army Ordnance Corps [30] East Surrey Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] Durham Light Infantry [29] Yorkshire Regiment [29] East Kent Regiment [28] Leicestershire Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] Canadian Infantry [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Liverpool Regiment [22] Royal Air Force [22] Royal Flying Corps [22] South Wales Borderers [22] Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Service

British Army [3302] Royal Navy [396] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [278] Canadian Expeditionary Force [239] Australian Imperial Force [216] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [4582] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4470] Merchant Navy [73] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [100] India [3] Canada [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Walter William Curtis

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy J14483 Leading Seaman H.M.S. "P62"

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Frederick Charles Curtis

Born 1885

British Army 429345 Private Labour Corps 667th Agricultural Coy

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William Joseph Curtis

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196696

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Frederick John Curtis

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188101

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Arthur C W Curtis

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404373

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Thomas Curtis

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276986

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George Samuel Curtis

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83367

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Frederick Curtis

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164348

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John Curtis

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275509

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John Thomas Curtis

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125564

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William James Frederick Curtis

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80990

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Joseph Thomas Curtis

Born 1885

Died 1956

Royal Navy SS102451 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Malaya

Royal Navy SS102451 Leading Stoker HMS Malaya

Royal Navy SS102451 Stoker 1st Class HMS Malaya

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Henry Charles Curtis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295803

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John James Curtis

Born 1884

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 527 Sergeant Australian Infantry 11th Battalion

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Richard Curtis

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145116

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William Edward Curtis

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216555

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Harold Victor Curtis

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243694

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Walter Curtis

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109166

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William James Curtis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116021

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Ernest Curtis

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87518

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