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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Bombala New South Wales [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Frodingham, Lincolnshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Kendal, Westmoreland [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Penrith, Cumberland [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Abbotsford New South Wales [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Alexandria New South Wales [1]

Apleby England [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Ashbourne South Australia [1]

Aston Manor, Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Balgownie New South Wales [1]

Barnawartha Victoria [1]

Barnupfield England [1]

Bath England [1]

Bathm Somerset [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Bedford [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Bexley New South Wales [1]

Biliinda Queensland [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bolwarrah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [606]

Gunner [61]

Corporal [56]

Driver [53]

Sapper [50]

Serjeant [45]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lance Corporal [27]

Lieutenant [27]

Captain [25]

Bombardier [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

2/Lieutenant [1]

Act ERA 3 cl [1]

Acting Ch ERA 2 cl [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79]

Army Service Corps [78]

Royal Field Artillery [76]

Labour Corps [58]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

London Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Border Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Coldstream Guards [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Dragoon Guards [6]

Hussars [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [975]

Royal Navy [101]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74]

Australian Imperial Force [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [56]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [1328]

L [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1304]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [3]

China [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] London, Middlesex, England [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Bombala New South Wales [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Frodingham, Lincolnshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Kendal, Westmoreland [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Penrith, Cumberland [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Abbotsford New South Wales [1] Aldershot England [1] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Apleby England [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Ashbourne South Australia [1] Aston Manor, Warwickshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Balgownie New South Wales [1] Barnawartha Victoria [1] Barnupfield England [1] Bath England [1] Bathm Somerset [1] Bayswater, London [1] Bedford [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Bexley New South Wales [1] Biliinda Queensland [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolwarrah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [606] Gunner [61] Corporal [56] Driver [53] Sapper [50] Serjeant [45] Second Lieutenant [38] Lance Corporal [27] Lieutenant [27] Captain [25] Bombardier [11] Acting Corporal [8] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [4] Temporary Captain [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nurse [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Corporal [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] 2/Lieutenant [1] Act ERA 3 cl [1] Acting Ch ERA 2 cl [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79] Army Service Corps [78] Royal Field Artillery [76] Labour Corps [58] Durham Light Infantry [55] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] London Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] Yorkshire Regiment [23] Royal Fusiliers [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Border Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] West Riding Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Tank Corps [12] Coldstream Guards [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Essex Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Royal Air Force [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Dragoon Guards [6] Hussars [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] The Queen's Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [975] Royal Navy [101] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74] Australian Imperial Force [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [56] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [1328] L [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1304] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [3] China [1]

Joseph Leslie Dent

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William George Dent

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 125884 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel Dent

Born 1885

Died 1948

British Army T4/199514 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 562888 Private Labour Corps 975 Company

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John Ralph Congreve Dent

Born 1884

Died 1969

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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James Moat Dent

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy 270028 ERA 3 cl Caesar

Royal Navy 270028 ERA 2 cl Powerful

Royal Navy 270028 Acting Ch ERA 2 cl Hecla

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Eric Ian Kirkup Dent

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 5894 Private London Regiment 24 lond Battalion

British Army 722726 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's).

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William Thomas Dent Young

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Infantry 11 Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 956 Private Australian Infantry 11 Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Sergeant Australian Infantry 11 Battalion

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Spencer William Dent

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 3087

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Howard Henry Congreve Dent

Born 1874

Died 1972

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps 1/3rd North Midland Field Ambulance

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James Dent

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405859

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Spencer William Dent

Died 1931

Australian Imperial Force 20914

Australian Imperial Force Private

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John Dent

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97343

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George Dent

Died 1920

British Army 31141 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 5028 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Dent

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 270528 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Barham 5th.Battle Squadron.

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Samuel George Dent

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307342

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Alfred Dent

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189963

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William Harold Dent

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106920

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George William Glover Dent

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277980

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Charles Dent

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268312

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Arthur Dent

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 14830 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 14830 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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