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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]

Gilbert Lester Day

Born 1891

British Army 798 Lance Corporal West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270565 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army 798 Sergeant West Kent Yeomanry

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Frederick Day

Born 1890

British Army 33696 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9554 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9554 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Francis Day

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10330 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10330 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Dennis Ivor Day

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 334 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 106 Battery

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Albert Charles Day

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 111546 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 156th Siege Battery

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Peter Joseph H Day

Born 1891

Died 1930

Royal Navy K6063

Royal Navy Petty Officer HMS Nelson

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George Charles Day

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1805 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165769 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Frank William Day

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army B/200520 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Reynolds Day

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Herbert Day

Born 1893

Died 1992

British Army 760 Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade

British Army M2/152140 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Charlotte Annie Day

Born 1882

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24165 Women's Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24165 Member R.A.F. Records (Blandford)

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Victor Day

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army 020834 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Albert Day

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army 359 Serjeant Welsh Guards

British Army 359 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Owen Heathcote Lacy Day

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Day

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6171 Private London Regiment

British Army A/201085 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion

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Harold Day

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Sub Lieutenant, Pilot Royal Naval Air Service

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Herbert Stanley Day

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 145474 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 145474 Second Corporal Royal Engineers Establishment Engineers Services

British Army 145474 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Allen Day

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 36678 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Courtenay Day

Born 1873

Died 1952

British Army Remount Department

British Army Major Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Isaac John Day

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157773

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