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Southampton, Hampshire, England [10]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Finsbury, London [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Reading England [2]

Tumut New South Wales [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Woolston, Hampshire [2]

Amesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfar [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon [1]

Balham, Surrey [1]

Bannockburn Victoria [1]

Bedford [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hants [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1]

Cospicua, Malta [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Egremont, Cheshire [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Fordingbridge, Hampshire [1]

Forfar [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hampshire, England [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Kew, Surrey [1]

Kingston, Canada [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [256]

Corporal [28]

Gunner [26]

Driver [25]

Sapper [17]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Highlander [1]

L/Mechanic [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanist Serjeant [1]

Muleteer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Rifleman/Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Surgeon [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [39]

Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Engineers [32]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Bedfordshire Regiment [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Rifle Brigade [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

7th Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps ex Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [394]

Royal Navy [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

D [555]

Contribution

Military Service [537]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Southampton, Hampshire, England [10] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Chiswick, London [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Dover, Kent [2] Finsbury, London [2] Fulham, London [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] London [2] London England [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Reading England [2] Tumut New South Wales [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Woolston, Hampshire [2] Amesbury, Wiltshire [1] Arbroath, Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon [1] Balham, Surrey [1] Bannockburn Victoria [1] Bedford [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Hants [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1] Cospicua, Malta [1] Ealing, London [1] Egremont, Cheshire [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Fordingbridge, Hampshire [1] Forfar [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hampshire, England [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Kew, Surrey [1] Kingston, Canada [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [256] Corporal [28] Gunner [26] Driver [25] Sapper [17] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Pioneer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Aircraftman 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Highlander [1] L/Mechanic [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanist Serjeant [1] Muleteer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Rifleman/Lance Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Surgeon [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [39] Army Service Corps [38] Royal Engineers [32] London Regiment [30] Royal Field Artillery [30] Bedfordshire Regiment [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Middlesex Regiment [16] Hampshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [13] Rifle Brigade [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Highlanders [8] Wiltshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] 7th Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps ex Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [394] Royal Navy [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

D [555]

Contribution

Military Service [537] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Thomas Dear

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army S/21574 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Charles James Dear

Died 1917

British Army 26937 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest Charles Dear

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297362

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George Alfred Dear

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215402

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James Dear

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147312

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James Dear

Australian Imperial Force 2398

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Frank Reginald Dear

Australian Imperial Force

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Alfred George Dear

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 614165 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 614165 Private London Regiment

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Frank Ernest Dear

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 15653 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15653 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William C. Dear

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10380 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 10380 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Douglas Gauntlett Dear

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 200384 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 4/2263 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Ernest Dear

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 6650 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6650 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Archibald Dee Dear

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1948 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 240454 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Leonard Percy Dear

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 350129 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3161 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 350129 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edmund Dear

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100422

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Roy Dear

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159598

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Conrad Burton Dear

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14257

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George Henry Dear

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202370

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Frederick Ernest Dear

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/2179 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Herbert Leslie Dear

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30562

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