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Lambeth, London [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Olney, Bucks [3]

Casterton Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Haverhill, Suffolk [2]

Holt, Norfolk [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Moora Western Australia [2]

Stafford England [2]

Westminster, Middlesex [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Aldsworth England [1]

Auckland [1]

Balwyn Victoria [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1]

Benala [1]

Benalla [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Charters Towers Victoria [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

East Melbourne Victoria [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Essex [1]

Flitwick, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Flitwick, Bedfordshire [1]

Geddington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Gimingham, Norfolk [1]

Glenelg South Australia [1]

Gough New South Wales [1]

Greta New South Wales [1]

Gt Bircham Norfolk [1]

Hanley England [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Heacham, Norfolk [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

India, British Subject [1]

Kenninghall, Diss, Norfolk [1]

Kettering England [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [357]

Gunner [42]

Corporal [36]

Driver [32]

Serjeant [32]

Sapper [19]

Lance Corporal [10]

Pioneer [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Bugler [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Forewoman Cook [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Motor Driver [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Rigger [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Steward [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [47]

Labour Corps [46]

Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

London Regiment [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Norfolk Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Monmouthshire Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [556]

Royal Navy [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

D [727]

Contribution

Military Service [708]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Ireland [1]

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People [727] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lambeth, London [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Olney, Bucks [3] Casterton Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Haverhill, Suffolk [2] Holt, Norfolk [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Moora Western Australia [2] Stafford England [2] Westminster, Middlesex [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Aldsworth England [1] Auckland [1] Balwyn Victoria [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1] Benala [1] Benalla [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brixton, London [1] Charters Towers Victoria [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Christchurch [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] East Melbourne Victoria [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Essex [1] Flitwick, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Flitwick, Bedfordshire [1] Geddington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Gimingham, Norfolk [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Gough New South Wales [1] Greta New South Wales [1] Gt Bircham Norfolk [1] Hanley England [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Heacham, Norfolk [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] India, British Subject [1] Kenninghall, Diss, Norfolk [1] Kettering England [1] Lancashire England [1] Landport, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [357] Gunner [42] Corporal [36] Driver [32] Serjeant [32] Sapper [19] Lance Corporal [10] Pioneer [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Lieutenant [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1] Bugler [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Forewoman Cook [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Motor Driver [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Rigger [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Steward [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [47] Labour Corps [46] Army Service Corps [41] Royal Field Artillery [41] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] London Regiment [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [16] Norfolk Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] Monmouthshire Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [556] Royal Navy [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Australian Imperial Force [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

D [727]

Contribution

Military Service [708] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Ireland [1]

Thomas Dix

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 387075 Lance Corporal Labour Corps 264th Area Employment Company

British Army 51542 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

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Stephen Hamilton Dix

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Leinster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Leinster Regiment attd Northumberland Regt 12th/13th Battalion

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Alfred Boon Dix

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 18017 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Edward John Dix

Born 1891

Died 1921

Royal Navy 1700 Motor Driver Royal Marine Artillery

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William Ernest Dix

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 14600 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Samuel John Dix

Born 1879

Died 1960

British Army 106958 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Falconer Dix

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 81101 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Frank Dix

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 9684 Private Hampshire Regiment Command Depot

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Priscilla Beatrice Dix

Born 1877

Died 1949

Royal Navy G5454 Rigger

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Ernest Charles Dix

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265630

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Richard Dix

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278320

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Charles Dix

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2378 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Ernest Dix

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34697

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James Dix

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27885

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Matthew Hall Dix

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 37286 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Edward Albert Dix

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237634

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Joseph Dix

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241523

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William Charles Dix

Born 1896

Died 1922

British Army 4874 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 32113 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Albert John Dix

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army S/17205 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/17205 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 13th

British Army S/17205 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Thomas George Dix

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1757 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 301857 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 6241 Private Durham Light Infantry

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