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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

London England [13]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [7]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Southport, Lancashire [6]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5]

Bolton England [5]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [5]

Lancashire [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Strood, Kent [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [4]

Buckinghamshire [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Derby [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Islington, London [3]

Liverpool [3]

London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Port Melbourne Victoria [3]

Ryde New South Wales [3]

Audley, Staffordshire [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Balranald New South Wales [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2653]

Gunner [287]

Corporal [228]

Driver [224]

Serjeant [192]

Sapper [147]

Lance Corporal [117]

Second Lieutenant [106]

Pioneer [45]

Acting Corporal [39]

Lieutenant [38]

Captain [37]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Bombardier [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Rifleman [16]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Major [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Sergeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Company Sergeant Major [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Stoker [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Coal Mine Worker [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Flight Cadet [3]

Guardsman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [357]

Royal Field Artillery [335]

Royal Engineers [326]

Army Service Corps [268]

Royal Garrison Artillery [147]

Royal Army Medical Corps [134]

London Regiment [133]

Cheshire Regiment [122]

Manchester Regiment [121]

Machine Gun Corps [117]

Liverpool Regiment [96]

Royal Fusiliers [94]

Lancashire Fusiliers [81]

Middlesex Regiment [78]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [62]

Northumberland Fusiliers [61]

West Yorkshire Regiment [60]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [59]

Durham Light Infantry [58]

East Lancashire Regiment [58]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58]

Royal Army Service Corps [58]

North Staffordshire Regiment [53]

South Lancashire Regiment [53]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Hampshire Regiment [50]

The Queen's Regiment [47]

West Riding Regiment [45]

Essex Regiment [44]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [39]

East Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Gloucestershire Regiment [35]

Royal West Kent Regiment [35]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [34]

Dorsetshire Regiment [33]

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Royal Sussex Regiment [33]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [32]

East Surrey Regiment [31]

South Staffordshire Regiment [31]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Service

British Army [3981]

Royal Navy [383]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [281]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [281]

Australian Imperial Force [218]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [5270]

T [2]

G [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5165]

Merchant Navy [69]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [99]

United States [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Liverpool, Lancashire [15] London England [13] London, Middlesex, England [8] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [7] Macclesfield, Cheshire [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Southport, Lancashire [6] Bethnal Green, London [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5] Bolton England [5] Bournemouth, Hampshire [5] Lancashire [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Strood, Kent [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Battersea, London [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [4] Buckinghamshire [4] Hackney, London [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Derby [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Islington, London [3] Liverpool [3] London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Port Melbourne Victoria [3] Ryde New South Wales [3] Audley, Staffordshire [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Balranald New South Wales [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Barking, Essex [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2653] Gunner [287] Corporal [228] Driver [224] Serjeant [192] Sapper [147] Lance Corporal [117] Second Lieutenant [106] Pioneer [45] Acting Corporal [39] Lieutenant [38] Captain [37] Acting Serjeant [35] Bombardier [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Rifleman [16] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Major [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Sergeant [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Acting Captain [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Company Sergeant Major [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Stoker [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Coal Mine Worker [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Flight Cadet [3] Guardsman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [357] Royal Field Artillery [335] Royal Engineers [326] Army Service Corps [268] Royal Garrison Artillery [147] Royal Army Medical Corps [134] London Regiment [133] Cheshire Regiment [122] Manchester Regiment [121] Machine Gun Corps [117] Liverpool Regiment [96] Royal Fusiliers [94] Lancashire Fusiliers [81] Middlesex Regiment [78] King's Royal Rifle Corps [62] Northumberland Fusiliers [61] West Yorkshire Regiment [60] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [59] Durham Light Infantry [58] East Lancashire Regiment [58] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58] Royal Army Service Corps [58] North Staffordshire Regiment [53] South Lancashire Regiment [53] Rifle Brigade [51] Hampshire Regiment [50] The Queen's Regiment [47] West Riding Regiment [45] Essex Regiment [44] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41] Royal Berkshire Regiment [39] East Yorkshire Regiment [35] Gloucestershire Regiment [35] Royal West Kent Regiment [35] Royal Lancaster Regiment [34] Dorsetshire Regiment [33] Lincolnshire Regiment [33] Royal Naval Division [33] Royal Sussex Regiment [33] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Worcestershire Regiment [32] East Surrey Regiment [31] South Staffordshire Regiment [31] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] Devonshire Regiment [29] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [29] Yorkshire Regiment [29] Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Service

British Army [3981] Royal Navy [383] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [281] Canadian Expeditionary Force [281] Australian Imperial Force [218] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [5270] T [2] G [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5165] Merchant Navy [69] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [99] United States [1]

Henry James Dean

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 27289 Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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John William Dean

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 25022 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 25022 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 4653 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th battalion

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Herbert Dean

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 20288 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 9th Battalion

British Army 20288 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 20288 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Dean

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army 568014 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

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Donald John Dean

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army 3692 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Kent Regiment 11th royal west Battalion

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Walter Thomas Dean

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army 1834 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2/2nd London Brigade

British Army 930777 Driver (Cold Shoer) Royal Field Artillery 291 Brigade

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Henry George Dean

Born 1884

Died 1925

Royal Navy 306052 Stoker HMS Wildfire

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Richard William A Dean

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 24106 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Allan Dean

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 629 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry

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James Packman Dean

Born 1874

Died 1940

British Army 6912 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army M/38363 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Herbert Shelton Dean

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant North Irish Horse

British Army Captain Royal Ulster Rifles

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Jasper Dean

Born 1899

Died 1914

British Army 6497 Boy West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Arney Dean

Born 1886

Died 1948

Royal Navy M9018 Junior Reserve Assistant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

Royal Navy M9018 Senior Reserve Assistant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

Royal Navy M9018 Senior Reserve Assistant HMS Victorious

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William John Dean

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 514102 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 514102 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 374102 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Dean

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 7222 Private Coldstream Guards

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Louis Dean

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army GS/1953 Private Kent Regiment 7th royal west Battalion

British Army G/1953 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army G/1953 Private Kent Regiment 7th royal west Battalion

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Percy Thompson Dean

Born 1877

Died 1939

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Motor Launch 282

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Charles Alfred Dean

Born 1877

Died 1914

Royal Navy Stoker HMS Orlando

Royal Navy 283360 Stoker 1st Class HMS Good Hope

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Jesse Dean

Born 1891

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Harry Dean

Born 1885

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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