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London, Middlesex, England [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Sheffield [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [7]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [7]

Launceston Tasmania [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Sunderland, Durham [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Oldham, Lancashire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Durham [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Deniliquin New South Wales [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4]

Lincoln [4]

Liverpool England [4]

Nelson, Lancashire [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Wellington New South Wales [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3]

Gladstone Queensland [3]

Glanville South Australia [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Lancashire [3]

Loftus, Yorkshire [3]

London England [3]

North Shields, Northumberland [3]

Rank

Private [3481]

Gunner [378]

Corporal [288]

Driver [287]

Sapper [272]

Serjeant [236]

Second Lieutenant [155]

Lance Corporal [143]

Captain [95]

Lieutenant [92]

Acting Corporal [70]

Pioneer [55]

Acting Serjeant [50]

Bombardier [34]

Major [31]

Lieutenant Colonel [27]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Staff Serjeant [19]

Rifleman [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Trooper [11]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Guardsman [9]

Sergeant [9]

Worker [9]

Commander [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Colour Serjeant [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Private Acting Serjeant [5]

Serjeant Major [5]

Clerk [4]

Nurse [4]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [4]

Sister [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Wagoner [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [460]

Royal Engineers [421]

Labour Corps [416]

Army Service Corps [344]

Royal Garrison Artillery [221]

Royal Army Medical Corps [187]

Manchester Regiment [164]

Machine Gun Corps [162]

Northumberland Fusiliers [157]

Durham Light Infantry [140]

London Regiment [140]

Lancashire Fusiliers [125]

West Yorkshire Regiment [119]

Yorkshire Regiment [109]

Royal Fusiliers [100]

Liverpool Regiment [97]

West Riding Regiment [95]

Lincolnshire Regiment [94]

Cheshire Regiment [91]

York and Lancaster Regiment [78]

East Yorkshire Regiment [76]

Border Regiment [75]

Middlesex Regiment [74]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [69]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [66]

Gordon Highlanders [65]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [61]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [60]

Essex Regiment [53]

North Staffordshire Regiment [52]

Royal Army Service Corps [52]

Royal Naval Division [52]

Royal Scots [52]

Leicestershire Regiment [51]

Rifle Brigade [51]

East Lancashire Regiment [48]

Norfolk Regiment [48]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [44]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43]

Seaforth Highlanders [43]

Welsh Regiment [42]

Army Ordnance Corps [41]

Highland Light Infantry [39]

Canadian Infantry [37]

Suffolk Regiment [37]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [36]

Royal Highlanders [36]

South Lancashire Regiment [35]

Hampshire Regiment [34]

Service

British Army [5340]

Royal Navy [436]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [405]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [405]

Australian Imperial Force [364]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [100]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [7234]

M [4]

H [2]

N [2]

B [1]

G [1]

J [1]

S [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7041]

Merchant Navy [153]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [147]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [15] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Sheffield [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [7] Hull, Yorkshire, England [7] Launceston Tasmania [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Sunderland, Durham [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] London, Middlesex [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Oldham, Lancashire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Durham [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] North Shields, Northumberland, England [5] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Deniliquin New South Wales [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4] Lincoln [4] Liverpool England [4] Nelson, Lancashire [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Wellington New South Wales [4] Aberdeen [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Camberwell, London [3] Camberwell, Surrey [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3] Gladstone Queensland [3] Glanville South Australia [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Lancashire [3] Loftus, Yorkshire [3] London England [3] North Shields, Northumberland [3]

Rank

Private [3481] Gunner [378] Corporal [288] Driver [287] Sapper [272] Serjeant [236] Second Lieutenant [155] Lance Corporal [143] Captain [95] Lieutenant [92] Acting Corporal [70] Pioneer [55] Acting Serjeant [50] Bombardier [34] Major [31] Lieutenant Colonel [27] Lance Serjeant [19] Staff Serjeant [19] Rifleman [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Trooper [11] Company Serjeant Major [9] Guardsman [9] Sergeant [9] Worker [9] Commander [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Staff Nurse [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Colour Serjeant [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Nursing Sister [5] Private Acting Serjeant [5] Serjeant Major [5] Clerk [4] Nurse [4] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [4] Sister [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Wagoner [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [460] Royal Engineers [421] Labour Corps [416] Army Service Corps [344] Royal Garrison Artillery [221] Royal Army Medical Corps [187] Manchester Regiment [164] Machine Gun Corps [162] Northumberland Fusiliers [157] Durham Light Infantry [140] London Regiment [140] Lancashire Fusiliers [125] West Yorkshire Regiment [119] Yorkshire Regiment [109] Royal Fusiliers [100] Liverpool Regiment [97] West Riding Regiment [95] Lincolnshire Regiment [94] Cheshire Regiment [91] York and Lancaster Regiment [78] East Yorkshire Regiment [76] Border Regiment [75] Middlesex Regiment [74] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [69] King's Royal Rifle Corps [66] Gordon Highlanders [65] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [61] Royal Lancaster Regiment [60] Essex Regiment [53] North Staffordshire Regiment [52] Royal Army Service Corps [52] Royal Naval Division [52] Royal Scots [52] Leicestershire Regiment [51] Rifle Brigade [51] East Lancashire Regiment [48] Norfolk Regiment [48] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [44] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43] Seaforth Highlanders [43] Welsh Regiment [42] Army Ordnance Corps [41] Highland Light Infantry [39] Canadian Infantry [37] Suffolk Regiment [37] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [36] Royal Highlanders [36] South Lancashire Regiment [35] Hampshire Regiment [34]

Service

British Army [5340] Royal Navy [436] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [405] Canadian Expeditionary Force [405] Australian Imperial Force [364] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [100] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [7234] M [4] H [2] N [2] B [1] G [1] J [1] S [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7041] Merchant Navy [153] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [147] Egypt [1] France [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1]

George Dawson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army TF/2396 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 203245 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 203245 Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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Harold Dawson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2803 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur Dawson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 31467 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Montagu Dawson

Died 1973

British Army 1066 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 316039 Private Royal Highlanders

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James Thomas Dawson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 6233 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Herbert Dawson

Born 1897

British Army G/73139 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Hubert Dawson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 6232 Private Manchester Regiment 6th manchest Battalion

British Army 6232 Corporal Manchester Regiment 6th manchest Battalion

British Army 6232 Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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John Dawson

Born 1898

British Army 6552 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Harold Dawson

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 266706 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd/6th Battalion

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Albert Dawson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 12483 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12483 Private Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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David John Dawson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 5287 Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320494 Private Welsh Regiment 24th Battalion

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William Dawson

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 7613 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7613 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Robert Aufrere Dawson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Eveline Maud Dawson

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Joseph Dawson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 10015 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Robert Dawson

Died 1916

British Army 1471 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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John Marshall Dawson

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/5564 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London

Royal Navy PI 39180 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Redcar

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Arthur Samuel Dawson

Born 1894

Died 1962

British Army 14430 Corporal Suffolk Regiment Depot 11th

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Fred Dawson

Born 1898

Died 1921

Other Empire Force Wireless Operator Mercantile Marine SS BENEDICT

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Frank Dawson

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 3/6394 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 3/6394 Private Gordon Highlanders

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