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Ballarat Victoria [11]

Norwich, Norfolk [9]

Bendigo Victoria [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Exeter, Devon [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Devonport, Devon [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Torquay, Devon [6]

Redruth, Cornwall [5]

Richmond, Surrey [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Dartmouth, Devon [4]

Holmwood, Surrey [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Terowie South Australia [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Burra South Australia [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Crediton, Devon [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Axminster, Devon [2]

Balham, London [2]

Barnham [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Belvedere, Kent [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cardiff Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Clare, Suffolk [2]

Devon [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Fish Point Victoria [2]

Frankston Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Rank

Private [1567]

Gunner [179]

Driver [140]

Serjeant [133]

Corporal [112]

Sapper [101]

Lance Corporal [52]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Lieutenant [29]

Acting Corporal [28]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Pioneer [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Bombardier [19]

Captain [16]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Trooper [6]

Worker [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Reverend [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Cadet [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boatswain [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [211]

Royal Field Artillery [191]

Labour Corps [167]

Army Service Corps [165]

Devonshire Regiment [142]

London Regiment [127]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

Royal Army Medical Corps [76]

Machine Gun Corps [75]

Somerset Light Infantry [68]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [65]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Essex Regiment [50]

Suffolk Regiment [50]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

The Queen's Regiment [42]

Rifle Brigade [40]

Royal Sussex Regiment [40]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Gloucestershire Regiment [34]

Welsh Regiment [33]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

East Surrey Regiment [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Norfolk Regiment [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

Northamptonshire Regiment [24]

East Kent Regiment [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [19]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Tank Corps [14]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2441]

Royal Navy [317]

Australian Imperial Force [196]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [173]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [162]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [3380]

P [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3322]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

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Ballarat Victoria [11] Norwich, Norfolk [9] Bendigo Victoria [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Exeter, Devon [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Brighton, Sussex [6] Devonport, Devon [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Torquay, Devon [6] Redruth, Cornwall [5] Richmond, Surrey [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Dartmouth, Devon [4] Holmwood, Surrey [4] London, Middlesex [4] Taunton, Somerset [4] Terowie South Australia [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Barnstaple, Devon [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Burra South Australia [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Crediton, Devon [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] London England [3] Axminster, Devon [2] Balham, London [2] Barnham [2] Battersea, London [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Belvedere, Kent [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cardiff Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Clare, Suffolk [2] Devon [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Fish Point Victoria [2] Frankston Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Hammersmith, London [2]

Rank

Private [1567] Gunner [179] Driver [140] Serjeant [133] Corporal [112] Sapper [101] Lance Corporal [52] Second Lieutenant [37] Lieutenant [29] Acting Corporal [28] Acting Serjeant [24] Pioneer [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Bombardier [19] Captain [16] Staff Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Corporal 2nd [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Rifleman [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Trooper [6] Worker [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Major [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Reverend [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Cadet [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Petty Officer [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Serjeant Major [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boatswain [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [211] Royal Field Artillery [191] Labour Corps [167] Army Service Corps [165] Devonshire Regiment [142] London Regiment [127] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] Royal Army Medical Corps [76] Machine Gun Corps [75] Somerset Light Infantry [68] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [65] Royal Fusiliers [63] Essex Regiment [50] Suffolk Regiment [50] Middlesex Regiment [49] The Queen's Regiment [42] Rifle Brigade [40] Royal Sussex Regiment [40] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Gloucestershire Regiment [34] Welsh Regiment [33] Hampshire Regiment [31] East Surrey Regiment [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] Norfolk Regiment [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] Northamptonshire Regiment [24] East Kent Regiment [23] West Yorkshire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [22] Royal Naval Division [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [19] Liverpool Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal Flying Corps [14] Tank Corps [14] Wiltshire Regiment [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2441] Royal Navy [317] Australian Imperial Force [196] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [173] Canadian Expeditionary Force [162] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [3380] P [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3322] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Arthur Davey

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49134

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Henry Albert Davey

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310105

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Charles Bradbury Davey

Born 1896

Died 1967

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43631

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Richard John Davey

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 365900

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Evelyn Samuel Davey

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64258

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Percy William Davey

Born 1876

Died 1959

British Army T/291537 Driver Army Service Corps

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Thomas Edwin Davey

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86718

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Sidney Claude Davey

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195829

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Francis Ormonde Davey

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233916

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Frederick George Davey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42547

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Stanley Howard Davey

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33141

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Ernest Davey

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69522

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Charles Frederick Davey

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216516

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Walter James Davey

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164910

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William Percy Davey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55852

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George William Thomas Davey

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3070 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240965 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47099 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frank Davey

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1093263

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1093263 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Samuel Davey

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4574

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Frederick Charles Davey

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32945

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Samuel Davey

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105373

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