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Enfield, Middlesex [2] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Hampstead, London [1] Kennington, London [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Pontypridd Wales [1] Surry Hills New South Wales [1]

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Private [28] Driver [5] Gunner [4] Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Trumpeter [1]

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Army Service Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 10th Entrenching Battalion [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Labour Corps Southern Command ex Devon Regiment [1] Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

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British Army [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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Military Service [59]

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United Kingdom [1]

Ernest William Dearsley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11547

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Sidney Henry Dearsley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210781

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James Alfred Dearsley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220977

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Samuel Dearsley

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 22315 Private Essex Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

British Army 22315 Private Essex Regiment

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Edward Dearsley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155362

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Ernest William Dearsley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78659

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Percy Dearsley

Died 1917

British Army 68065 Trumpeter Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army 68065 Trumpeter Royal Field Artillery

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Henry George Dearsley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12255 Lance Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12255 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12255 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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James Dearsley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44293

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Walter Dearsley

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 5/579 Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert James Dearsley

Australian Imperial Force 583

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Edward Dearsley

Australian Imperial Force 3631

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Willie Dearsley

Born 1898

British Army 70010 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 5820137 Private Suffolk Regiment

Royal Navy R/1373 Able Seaman 10th Entrenching Battalion

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Sidney Henry Dearsley

Born 1893

Royal Navy F10781

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James Alfred Dearsley

Born 1882

Royal Navy F20977

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Hector Alfred Dearsley

Born 1884

Royal Navy SS106842

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John G Dearsley

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 842308

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Sydney George Dearsley

Born 1887

Royal Navy 225851

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Sidney F A Dearsley

British Army 15994 Corporal Army Pay Corps

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Samuel Dearsley

British Army 23986 Private Northumberland Regiment 9th northumberland Battalion

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