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Sandown, Isle of Wight [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Coolamon New South Wales [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Sompting England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Billingshurst, Sussex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brigden, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Camberwell, South London [1]

Canford, Dorset [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Charlton Marshall, Dorset [1]

Croydon [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Finsbury Park, London, Middlesex [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Greta Victoria [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Longreach Queensland [1]

Manston, Kent [1]

Mereworth, Kent [1]

Moore Twp., Lambton, Ontario [1]

Murrurundi New South Wales [1]

Petersfield, Hampshire [1]

Poole, Dorset [1]

Prospect South Australia [1]

Romsey, Hampshire [1]

Sandown, Isle of wright [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sompting, Sussex [1]

St Mary Cray, Kent [1]

Sussex [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Throwley, Kent [1]

Todmorden [1]

Rank

Private [206]

Corporal [27]

Serjeant [27]

Gunner [20]

Sapper [15]

Driver [13]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Class Mechanic [1]

Acting Assistant Forewoman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sanitary Inspector [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signalman [1]

Warrant Office Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Engineers [25]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Military Mounted Police [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [320]

Royal Navy [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [426]

Contribution

Military Service [415]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [426] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sandown, Isle of Wight [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Coolamon New South Wales [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Sompting England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Wimborne, Dorset [2] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Billingshurst, Sussex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brigden, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Camberwell, South London [1] Canford, Dorset [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Charlton Marshall, Dorset [1] Croydon [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Finsbury Park, London, Middlesex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Greta Victoria [1] Kensington, London [1] Lancashire England [1] Longreach Queensland [1] Manston, Kent [1] Mereworth, Kent [1] Moore Twp., Lambton, Ontario [1] Murrurundi New South Wales [1] Petersfield, Hampshire [1] Poole, Dorset [1] Prospect South Australia [1] Romsey, Hampshire [1] Sandown, Isle of wright [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sompting, Sussex [1] St Mary Cray, Kent [1] Sussex [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Throwley, Kent [1] Todmorden [1]

Rank

Private [206] Corporal [27] Serjeant [27] Gunner [20] Sapper [15] Driver [13] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Corporal [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Class Mechanic [1] Acting Assistant Forewoman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Sanitary Inspector [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signal Boy [1] Signalman [1] Warrant Office Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [28] Royal Engineers [25] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [20] Hampshire Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [16] South Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] London Regiment [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Military Mounted Police [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [320] Royal Navy [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [426]

Contribution

Military Service [415] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Frank Dennett

Died 1916

British Army T3/029416 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T3/029416 Driver Army Service Corps

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Percy James Claude Dennett

Died 1917

British Army 202764 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edward Dennett

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 3/7704 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Edward Dennett

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 8759 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 72003 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 06795 Private Hampshire Regiment

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John Dennett

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3335 Private Royal Scots

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George Dennett

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7538

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George Dennett

Born 1885

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12757 New Zealand Field Artillery

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Alfred Dennett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 40034 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Ronald Dennett

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 1000 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Dennett

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3524 Manchester Regiment

British Army 251042 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Dennett

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 19250 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 53605 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter Dennett

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 9442 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 9442 Private Scots Guards

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Thomas C Dennett

Died 1918

British Army 11343 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 11243 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Harold Dennett

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 3592 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266176 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

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John Dennett

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 194248 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Charles Dennett

Born 1897

British Army 20060 (incomplete) Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1417666 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Dennett

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1444 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1444 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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James Edward Dennett

Died 1915

British Army 7975 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 7975 Acting Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 7975 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Ernest Edward Dennett

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 407082

Canadian Expeditionary Force 407082 Private Canadian Infantry

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Stewart Dennett

Born 1900

Royal Navy Z/5206 Mersey Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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