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Macclesfield, Cheshire [8]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Crewe, Cheshire [4]

East Bergholt [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Beaconsfield, Bucks [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Canning Town, London [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Castlemaine Victoria [3]

Harwich, Essex, England [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Wangaratta Victoria [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Worthing, Sussex [3]

Armadale Victoria [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Belvedere, Kent [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bentleigh Victoria [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Brantham, Essex [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Camborne, Cornwall [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Cumnock, Scotland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Essex [2]

Framlingham, Suffolk [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

Manchester [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Rank

Private [1435]

Gunner [183]

Corporal [129]

Driver [125]

Serjeant [121]

Sapper [79]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Lance Corporal [56]

Captain [34]

Bombardier [29]

Acting Corporal [26]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Lieutenant [20]

Pioneer [14]

Rifleman [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Major [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sister [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Worker [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Nursing Sister [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Commissary [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [214]

Labour Corps [175]

Royal Engineers [158]

Army Service Corps [133]

Royal Garrison Artillery [110]

Manchester Regiment [74]

Royal Army Medical Corps [74]

London Regiment [70]

North Staffordshire Regiment [66]

Machine Gun Corps [62]

Cheshire Regiment [54]

Northumberland Fusiliers [53]

Royal Fusiliers [47]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Durham Light Infantry [34]

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

Liverpool Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

York and Lancaster Regiment [28]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

East Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Essex Regiment [26]

The Queen's Regiment [24]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

Northamptonshire Regiment [22]

South Lancashire Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [22]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Border Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2260]

Royal Navy [201]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [166]

Australian Imperial Force [147]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [144]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [3009]

S [2]

F [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2945]

Merchant Navy [48]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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Macclesfield, Cheshire [8] Hobart Tasmania [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] London, Middlesex [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] London, Middlesex, England [5] Crewe, Cheshire [4] East Bergholt [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Beaconsfield, Bucks [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Canning Town, London [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Castlemaine Victoria [3] Harwich, Essex, England [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Wangaratta Victoria [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Worthing, Sussex [3] Armadale Victoria [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Belvedere, Kent [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bentleigh Victoria [2] Birmingham England [2] Brantham, Essex [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Camborne, Cornwall [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Congleton, Cheshire [2] Cumnock, Scotland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Essex [2] Framlingham, Suffolk [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] London England [2] Manchester [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Rank

Private [1435] Gunner [183] Corporal [129] Driver [125] Serjeant [121] Sapper [79] Second Lieutenant [61] Lance Corporal [56] Captain [34] Bombardier [29] Acting Corporal [26] Acting Serjeant [24] Lieutenant [20] Pioneer [14] Rifleman [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Major [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sister [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [4] Staff Nurse [4] Worker [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Nursing Sister [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Commissary [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Nurse [2] Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [214] Labour Corps [175] Royal Engineers [158] Army Service Corps [133] Royal Garrison Artillery [110] Manchester Regiment [74] Royal Army Medical Corps [74] London Regiment [70] North Staffordshire Regiment [66] Machine Gun Corps [62] Cheshire Regiment [54] Northumberland Fusiliers [53] Royal Fusiliers [47] Middlesex Regiment [37] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Durham Light Infantry [34] Lincolnshire Regiment [33] Liverpool Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [32] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] York and Lancaster Regiment [28] Yorkshire Regiment [28] East Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Essex Regiment [26] The Queen's Regiment [24] Suffolk Regiment [23] East Surrey Regiment [22] Leicestershire Regiment [22] Northamptonshire Regiment [22] South Lancashire Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [22] Hampshire Regiment [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Royal Lancaster Regiment [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] Royal Defence Corps [18] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Border Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] West Riding Regiment [15] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2260] Royal Navy [201] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [166] Australian Imperial Force [147] Canadian Expeditionary Force [144] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [3009] S [2] F [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2945] Merchant Navy [48] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Charles Norman Dale

Born 1897

Died 1991

Canadian Expeditionary Force 817211

Canadian Expeditionary Force 817211 Private 140th

Canadian Expeditionary Force 817211 Private 140th Battalion

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Oswald Dale

Born 1886

Died 1949

British Army 12536 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 12536 Sergeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Thomas Dale

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 17460 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 17460 Private 8th Battalian Royal Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 17460 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 8th northst Battalion

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Sherley Dale

Born 1894

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army P/118201 2nd Lieutenant/Adjutant/Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 7th Battalion/ Salonica

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Wellington Trevelyan Dale

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy Midshipman (Probationary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

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Charles Coning Dale

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Regimental Adjutant Australian Light Horse Regimental Headquarters

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Frederick Percy Dale

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army M2/176276 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/176276 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Henry Christopher Dale

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16400 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 16400 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 16137 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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James Reginald Dale

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2942 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2942 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Walter George Dale

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 4479 Private London Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Henry Dale

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 18124 South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 9838 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Reuben Dale

Born 1883

Died 1952

British Army G/24690 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army G/24690 Private Royal West Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army G/24690 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick Jack Dale

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army R/13320 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/13320 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Philip Francis Dale

Born 1895

Died 1926

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Captain General List

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Percy William Dale

Died 1916

British Army B/20091 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 20091 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Edward Dale

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 13178 Private Devonshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13178 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Dale

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 26448 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion.

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John Charles Dale

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 412216

Canadian Expeditionary Force 412216 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Dale

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 40773 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 40773 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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James Edward Dale

Born 1889

Died 1955

British Army 51673 Private Welsh Regiment

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