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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Carshalton, Surrey [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

Ballintra, Co. Donegal, Ireland [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Balaklava South Australia [1]

Bathurst, Australia [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bermingham England [1]

Blackwater, Surrey [1]

Bodalla New South Wales [1]

Bondi New South Wales [1]

Braintree, Essex [1]

Brompton South Australia [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Bushmills, Antrim [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Chunking [1]

Co Donegal [1]

Cooks Hill New South Wales [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Dundalk, Louth [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Fairfield Victoria [1]

Fairford, Wiltshire [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Friern Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Gilbertstown, Bruckless, Co. Donegal [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hart, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hathershaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [279]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Corporal [33]

Gunner [31]

Serjeant [26]

Captain [24]

Lance Corporal [23]

Sapper [19]

Driver [17]

Lieutenant [17]

Major [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Bombardier [4]

Pioneer [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Member [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Drummer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Corporal [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Surgeon 3rd Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

BT Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [51]

Royal Engineers [41]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Labour Corps [27]

London Regiment [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Scots [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Irish Guards [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

11th Hussars [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [505]

Royal Navy [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

D [728]

F [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [708]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Carshalton, Surrey [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Richmond Victoria [3] Ballintra, Co. Donegal, Ireland [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Balaklava South Australia [1] Bathurst, Australia [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bermingham England [1] Blackwater, Surrey [1] Bodalla New South Wales [1] Bondi New South Wales [1] Braintree, Essex [1] Brompton South Australia [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Bushmills, Antrim [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Christchurch [1] Chunking [1] Co Donegal [1] Cooks Hill New South Wales [1] Deptford, London [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Dundalk, Louth [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Fairfield Victoria [1] Fairford, Wiltshire [1] Finsbury, London [1] Friern Barnet, Middlesex [1] Gilbertstown, Bruckless, Co. Donegal [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hart, Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hathershaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [279] Second Lieutenant [41] Corporal [33] Gunner [31] Serjeant [26] Captain [24] Lance Corporal [23] Sapper [19] Driver [17] Lieutenant [17] Major [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Bombardier [4] Pioneer [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Member [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Drummer [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Major [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Corporal [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Surgeon 3rd Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] BT Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bugler [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [51] Royal Engineers [41] Royal Field Artillery [34] Labour Corps [27] London Regiment [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Liverpool Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Scots [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Irish Guards [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] 11th Hussars [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [505] Royal Navy [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Australian Imperial Force [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

D [728] F [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [708] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1] Falkland Islands (Malvinas) [1] Ireland [1]

Gordon Alexander Deane

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Samuel George Deane

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472023

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472023 Private 65th Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472023 Sergeant 46th Battalion

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Edward Deane

Born 1887

British Army 88346 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 181st Heavy Battery

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Ernest Cotton Deane

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment

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Bernard Frederick Deane

Born 1896

Died 1921

British Army British Red Cross Society

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force School of Artillery Co-operation

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Ralph Pierson Deane

Born 1899

Died 1975

Royal Navy Major

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Cornelius Aloysius Deane

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 58th Batallion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 58th Battalion

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William Francis Deane

Born 1891

Died 1943

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1051514

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1051514 Private 15th Canadian Reserve Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1051514 Private 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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George Frederick Field Deane

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5834 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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Alexander Deane

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 16837 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Charles Clifford Deane

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269501

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Lancelot Colin William Deane

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 6th South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Wales Borderers

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Thomas William Deane

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75761

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Charles Percy Deane

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23062

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George William Deane

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120878

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Frederick Deane

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53453

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Richard Deane

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 10094 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 13th Reserve Battery

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Agnes Deane

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Edward Albert Deane

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33386

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George David Deane

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98385

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