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Birmingham, Warwickshire [16]

London, Middlesex [15]

London, Middlesex, England [11]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [11]

Hackney, London [10]

London England [10]

Adelaide South Australia [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Islington, London [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Colchester, Essex [6]

Gravesend, Kent [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Camberwell, London [5]

Luton, Bedfordshire [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Southwark, London [5]

Birmingham [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Deal, Kent [4]

East Grinstead, Sussex [4]

Prahran Victoria [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Stevenage, Hertfordshire [4]

Ware, Hertfordshire [4]

Weymouth, Dorset [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Canning Town, London [3]

Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Forbes New South Wales [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Hindmarsh South Australia [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Mile End, London [3]

Oxford [3]

Rank

Private [3567]

Gunner [399]

Driver [332]

Corporal [295]

Serjeant [268]

Sapper [218]

Lance Corporal [127]

Second Lieutenant [122]

Acting Corporal [69]

Lieutenant [66]

Acting Serjeant [60]

Captain [59]

Pioneer [59]

Bombardier [42]

Company Serjeant Major [23]

Major [23]

Rifleman [20]

Acting Bombardier [17]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Temporary Captain [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Guardsman [8]

Sergeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Lance Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Transport Corporal [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [474]

Labour Corps [466]

Royal Engineers [430]

Army Service Corps [427]

London Regiment [255]

Royal Garrison Artillery [240]

Royal Fusiliers [170]

Machine Gun Corps [153]

Royal Army Medical Corps [142]

Middlesex Regiment [134]

Bedfordshire Regiment [113]

Suffolk Regiment [106]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [101]

Essex Regiment [100]

The Queen's Regiment [93]

Rifle Brigade [90]

Royal Army Service Corps [87]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [87]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [82]

Gloucestershire Regiment [81]

Worcestershire Regiment [78]

East Surrey Regiment [75]

Hampshire Regiment [75]

Northumberland Fusiliers [68]

Somerset Light Infantry [67]

Durham Light Infantry [63]

Norfolk Regiment [63]

Royal West Kent Regiment [58]

West Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Royal Sussex Regiment [57]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [53]

Lincolnshire Regiment [52]

Yorkshire Regiment [52]

Northamptonshire Regiment [51]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

Dorsetshire Regiment [49]

Devonshire Regiment [48]

Manchester Regiment [44]

South Wales Borderers [44]

Army Veterinary Corps [42]

Royal Naval Division [42]

Leicestershire Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

West Riding Regiment [40]

North Staffordshire Regiment [39]

Tank Corps [39]

Welsh Regiment [39]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Service

British Army [5478]

Royal Navy [586]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [434]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [390]

Australian Imperial Force [332]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [52]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

D [7398]

S [3]

E [2]

C [1]

F [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7251]

Merchant Navy [112]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [150]

Australia [1]

China [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Turkey [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [16] London, Middlesex [15] London, Middlesex, England [11] Southampton, Hampshire, England [11] Hackney, London [10] London England [10] Adelaide South Australia [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Islington, London [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] Brighton, Sussex [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Colchester, Essex [6] Gravesend, Kent [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Camberwell, London [5] Luton, Bedfordshire [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Southwark, London [5] Birmingham [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Chatham, Kent [4] Deal, Kent [4] East Grinstead, Sussex [4] Prahran Victoria [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Stevenage, Hertfordshire [4] Ware, Hertfordshire [4] Weymouth, Dorset [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Canning Town, London [3] Chelmsford, Essex [3] Forbes New South Wales [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Hindmarsh South Australia [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Lambeth, London [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Mile End, London [3] Oxford [3]

Rank

Private [3567] Gunner [399] Driver [332] Corporal [295] Serjeant [268] Sapper [218] Lance Corporal [127] Second Lieutenant [122] Acting Corporal [69] Lieutenant [66] Acting Serjeant [60] Captain [59] Pioneer [59] Bombardier [42] Company Serjeant Major [23] Major [23] Rifleman [20] Acting Bombardier [17] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Staff Serjeant [12] Temporary Captain [10] Able Seaman [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Guardsman [8] Sergeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Lance Bombardier [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Staff Nurse [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Worker [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Temporary Major [4] Transport Corporal [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [474] Labour Corps [466] Royal Engineers [430] Army Service Corps [427] London Regiment [255] Royal Garrison Artillery [240] Royal Fusiliers [170] Machine Gun Corps [153] Royal Army Medical Corps [142] Middlesex Regiment [134] Bedfordshire Regiment [113] Suffolk Regiment [106] King's Royal Rifle Corps [101] Essex Regiment [100] The Queen's Regiment [93] Rifle Brigade [90] Royal Army Service Corps [87] Royal Berkshire Regiment [87] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [82] Gloucestershire Regiment [81] Worcestershire Regiment [78] East Surrey Regiment [75] Hampshire Regiment [75] Northumberland Fusiliers [68] Somerset Light Infantry [67] Durham Light Infantry [63] Norfolk Regiment [63] Royal West Kent Regiment [58] West Yorkshire Regiment [58] Royal Sussex Regiment [57] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [53] Lincolnshire Regiment [52] Yorkshire Regiment [52] Northamptonshire Regiment [51] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] Dorsetshire Regiment [49] Devonshire Regiment [48] Manchester Regiment [44] South Wales Borderers [44] Army Veterinary Corps [42] Royal Naval Division [42] Leicestershire Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [40] West Riding Regiment [40] North Staffordshire Regiment [39] Tank Corps [39] Welsh Regiment [39] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38] Yorkshire Light Infantry [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Service

British Army [5478] Royal Navy [586] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [434] Canadian Expeditionary Force [390] Australian Imperial Force [332] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [52] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

D [7398] S [3] E [2] C [1] F [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7251] Merchant Navy [112] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [150] Australia [1] China [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Turkey [1]

James Charles Day

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 373864 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5344 Rifleman London Regiment 10th (County of London) Battalion

British Army 7016 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles(

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James John Day

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 1933 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2 London Bde

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Reginald Blythe Day

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army L/5121 Driver Royal Field Artillery 153rd Brigade

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Edward Day

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 5930 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5930 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Montague Day

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army DS/2578 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Harry Day

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 49680 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Gerald Harlow Day

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment attached Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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John Charles Graham Day

Born 1899

Died 1983

British Army R/16555 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 180284 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

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James William Day

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 6700 Private 7th Hussars

British Army 6700 Private 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

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Henry John Day

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15851 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 50654 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 50654 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Herbert Leonard Day.

Born 1889

Died 1955

Royal Navy 238965 Able Seaman H.M.S. Illustrious

Royal Navy 238965 Leading Seaman H.M.S. Q5 (Farnborough)

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Francis Day

Born 1886

British Army 78989 Private 4th Tank Corps

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Reginald Crewdson Day

Born 1898

Died 1974

Royal Navy PI 39143 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell-Sick-Greenwich

Royal Navy PI 39143 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Greenwich-Manston (DH4) for instruction-Dunkirk

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39143 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Dunkirk-205 Squadron-Hospital (wounded)

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Frank Hodson Day

Born 1890

Died 1944

British Army S/28933 Private Army Service Corps 9th Unit

British Army S/28933 Sergeant Army Service Corps 9th Unit

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Roland Day

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204454

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204454 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Horace Frederick Day

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Percy Oliver James Day

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Job Ernest Day

Born 1889

Died 1954

British Army 28137 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 105342 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Sydney Ernest Day

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 20553 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 11th Field Ambulance

British Army 20553 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 11th Field Ambulance

British Army 20553 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Henry Day

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 269157 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/271336 Corporal Royal Engineers

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