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Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Bozeat, Northamptonshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Gulgong New South Wales [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

North Cerney, Gloucestershire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ardwick Manchester Lancashire [1]

Ballintleva, Galway [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea London [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Castlecomer [1]

Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Eaking near Newark [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Glasgow,Scotland [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grafton New South Wales [1]

Grimsby England [1]

Grimsby, Lancashire [1]

Houghbury, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kingston upon Hull [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Limehouse, London, Middlesex [1]

Lincoln [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mount Morgan Queensland [1]

Myton Hull [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Plumstead England [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Prospect South Australia [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Saltburn, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

South Yarra Victoria [1]

Sowden, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [253]

Serjeant [30]

Corporal [26]

Gunner [25]

Driver [19]

Sapper [16]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Guardsman [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Brevet Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Colonel [2]

/Temporary Major Captain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier [1]

Chief Commissioner of Balochistan [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Political Officer [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signaller [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [38]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

London Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Hussars [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

92nd Punjabis [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [436]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Royal Navy [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

D [556]

Contribution

Military Service [551]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [556] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Bozeat, Northamptonshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Gulgong New South Wales [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] North Cerney, Gloucestershire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ardwick Manchester Lancashire [1] Ballintleva, Galway [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea London [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham [1] Castlecomer [1] Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Eaking near Newark [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glasgow,Scotland [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grafton New South Wales [1] Grimsby England [1] Grimsby, Lancashire [1] Houghbury, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kingston upon Hull [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Limehouse, London [1] Limehouse, London, Middlesex [1] Lincoln [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mount Morgan Queensland [1] Myton Hull [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Plumstead England [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Prospect South Australia [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Saltburn, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Yarra Victoria [1] Sowden, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [253] Serjeant [30] Corporal [26] Gunner [25] Driver [19] Sapper [16] Captain [13] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [7] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Guardsman [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Brevet Major [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Colonel [2] /Temporary Major Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier [1] Chief Commissioner of Balochistan [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Lieutenant Colonel [1] Political Officer [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Pte [1] Rifleman [1] Signaller [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [38] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [28] Labour Corps [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] London Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Hussars [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Essex Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] 92nd Punjabis [2] Cheshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [436] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Royal Navy [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

D [556]

Contribution

Military Service [551] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

James Appleyard Dobbs

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10/507 Private Late East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10/507 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Henry Charles Dobbs

Died 1915

British Army 23899 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Cathcart Eric Stewart Dobbs

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Brigadier Army Service Corps

British Army Royal Army Service Corps

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Daisy Ellen Caroline Ansell Dobbs

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Herbert Dobbs

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91801

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Ernest Arthur Dobbs

Born 1900

Died 1927

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315008

Royal Navy J45731 Boy 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Ernest Edgar Dobbs

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146798

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Thomas Dobbs

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122295

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Rayner George Dobbs

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162670

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Stanley Dobbs

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26146

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Joseph Henry Dobbs

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44939

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Roy Edward Dobbs

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74316

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Harry Armstrong Dobbs

Died 1916

British Army 24444 Private Grenadier Guards

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Samuel Dobbs

Died 1916

British Army 16415 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur Henry Dobbs

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 34493 Private Welsh Regiment

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Joseph W. Dobbs

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 11/1405 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest Dobbs

Died 1918

British Army 5917 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250861 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John A Dobbs

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 154127 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Edward Dobbs

Died 1917

British Army 24526 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Joseph Dobbs

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 48695 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 48695 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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