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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]

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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]

Frederick George Dickens

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158707

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Luke Dickens

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92363

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Edward Dickens

Died 1918

British Army 42659 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Cyril Irving Dickens

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11097 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Edward Cecil Dickens

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 40262 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Sidney R Dickens

Died 1917

British Army 152833 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Dickens

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1271 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 201575 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Dickens

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 17324 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Hugh Cyril Dickens

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3791 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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George Dickens

Died 1917

British Army 10287 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 3550 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 201145 Private Essex Regiment

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Percy Dickens

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 51262 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Oliver Dickens

Died 1918

British Army 9245 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 9245 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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George Dickens

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 8171 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8171 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Richard Frederick Dickens

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 18258 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Thomas Dickens

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 218484 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leonard Dickens

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 25762 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 43473 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Dickens

Died 1914

British Army 3/10529 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles E. Dickens

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3048 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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George V Dickens

Died 1917

British Army 216973 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John William Dickens

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 235004 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 204776 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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