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Stonehouse, Devon [3]

Willesden, London [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Great Budworth Cheshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

London England [2]

Pill, Somerset, England [2]

Pimlico, London [2]

Stewkley, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

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Bedminster, Somerset [1]

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Blackwell Mansfield [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Blinman South Australia [1]

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Buckinghamshire, England [1]

Bulla Victoria [1]

Chatswood New South Wales [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

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Horwich, Lancashire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Islington, North London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensworth, Bedfordshire [1]

Kilroy Queensland [1]

Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [1]

Ladywood, Warwickshire [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Rank

Private [477]

Driver [53]

Gunner [53]

Corporal [39]

Sapper [32]

Serjeant [32]

Lance Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Commander [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Major [1]

Private (Cook) [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Royal Engineers [67]

Labour Corps [56]

Army Service Corps [55]

London Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Bedfordshire Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Hussars [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Service

British Army [728]

Royal Navy [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [895]

S [2]

Contribution

Military Service [875]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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Stonehouse, Devon [3] Willesden, London [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Brixton, London [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Great Budworth Cheshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] London England [2] Pill, Somerset, England [2] Pimlico, London [2] Stewkley, Buckinghamshire [2] Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Binham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackwell Mansfield [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Blinman South Australia [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Brentford, London [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Buckinghamshire, England [1] Bulla Victoria [1] Chatswood New South Wales [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Deptford, London [1] Droylesdon Manchester, Lancashire [1] Droylsden Manchester, Lancashire [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Great Budworth [1] Hackney, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Holloway, London [1] Horwich, Lancashire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Islington, North London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensworth, Bedfordshire [1] Kilroy Queensland [1] Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [1] Ladywood, Warwickshire [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth, London [1]

Rank

Private [477] Driver [53] Gunner [53] Corporal [39] Sapper [32] Serjeant [32] Lance Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [14] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant [10] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Rifleman [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Commander [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Major [1] Private (Cook) [1] Private /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72] Royal Engineers [67] Labour Corps [56] Army Service Corps [55] London Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26] Machine Gun Corps [22] Bedfordshire Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Hussars [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Grenadier Guards [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Service

British Army [728] Royal Navy [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Australian Imperial Force [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [895] S [2]

Contribution

Military Service [875] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Canada [1] United States [1]

Herbert Alfred Dickens

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 2028 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2028 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1 Battalion

British Army 2028 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1 Battalion

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Maurice Wilfred Dickens

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20147 25 Squadron

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Frederick Dickens

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 11574 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Richard Dickens

Born 1895

British Army Private Colored K K

British Army 46549 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Dickens

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 20760 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 20760 Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 5th

British Army 31486 Suffolk Regt.

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John Francis Dickens

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1727 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 1727 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1727 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Henry John Dickens

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38676

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John Dickens

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94499

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Tom Dickens

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112520

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Henry George Dickens

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306506

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John William Dickens

Born 1899

British Army 77260 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 193502 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John H Dickens

Died 1916

British Army 15416 Private Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

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Frederick E Dickens

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 13/42223 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Thomas George Jefferson Dickens

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 23763 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 23763 Acting Corporal Grenadier Guards

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John Lewis Dickens

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 20904 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas William Dickens

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12314 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/12314 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Boadicea."

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Henry Walter Dickens

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13610

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Edward Dickens

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 107946 Sapper Royal Engineers 283rd Army Troops Coy.

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Albert Edward Dickens

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94733

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Charles Dickens

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50297

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