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London [3]

Sheep Hills Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alnwick [1]

Ashford, Middlesex [1]

Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Blackfriars, Middlesex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chester England [1]

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Clapham Junction, London [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

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Duns, Berwick [1]

Durham [1]

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Footscray Victoria [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glenferria Victoria [1]

Hammersmith England [1]

Hart, Durham [1]

Hartlepool England [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hendon, Durham [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Kelso,Roxburghshire. [1]

Rank

Private [282]

Lieutenant [33]

Corporal [31]

Serjeant [28]

Gunner [26]

Captain [25]

Sapper [21]

Driver [19]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Major [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Assistant Laundryman [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Apprentice [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal Saddle Tree Maker [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Liutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Ord. Seaman [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Engineers [34]

Army Service Corps [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Royal Scots [18]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

London Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

8th Royal Scots [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Scots Guards [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

4th Dragoon Guards [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Service

British Army [465]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [88]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

D [681]

S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [664]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

London [3] Sheep Hills Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Clapham, London [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alnwick [1] Ashford, Middlesex [1] Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [1] Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Blackfriars, Middlesex [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chester England [1] Christchurch [1] Clapham Junction, London [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dipton, Gateshead, Durham [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Duns, Berwick [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glenferria Victoria [1] Hammersmith England [1] Hart, Durham [1] Hartlepool England [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hendon, Durham [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Kelso,Roxburghshire. [1]

Rank

Private [282] Lieutenant [33] Corporal [31] Serjeant [28] Gunner [26] Captain [25] Sapper [21] Driver [19] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Major [3] Nursing Sister [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Assistant Laundryman [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Apprentice [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Chief Engineer [1] Colonel [1] Corporal Saddle Tree Maker [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Liutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Nurse [1] Ord. Seaman [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [38] Labour Corps [34] Royal Engineers [34] Army Service Corps [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Royal Scots [18] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] London Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [11] Highland Light Infantry [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Scottish Rifles [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] 8th Royal Scots [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Essex Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Scots Guards [4] West Riding Regiment [4] 4th Dragoon Guards [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Service

British Army [465] Canadian Expeditionary Force [88] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

D [681] S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [664] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [19] South Africa [1]

Claude Henry Whish Darling

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Launcelot Darling

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 19472 Private Wiltshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Oliver Fortescue Darling

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Frank George Darling

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 5139 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Sidney Herbert Reginald Darling

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37230 Sergeant Clerk 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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William George Darling

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211625

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Frederick William Darling

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205662

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William Darling

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279298

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Walter Douglas Darling

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 442052 Corporal Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion

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George William Darling

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287222

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Robert Darling

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126902

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Charles Darling

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187494

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Alfred Cyril Darling

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160413

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Richard James Darling

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21843

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John T Darling

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army M2/269111 Private Army Service Corps

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John Darling

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188588

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Thomas Darling

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122255

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Frank Edgar Darling

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146646

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James Darling

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130151

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William Darling

Died 1915

British Army 554 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 554 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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