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Redditch, Worcestershire [3]

Birmingham [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Battersea, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Dormston, Worcestershire [1]

Dover [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grassendale, Lancashire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Holy Cross, Pershore, Worcestershire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Overly Green, Warwickshire [1]

Oxfordshire, England [1]

Portsmouth England [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Queenstown, Cork [1]

Shoreditch [1]

Stafford [1]

Talia South Australia [1]

Talim West Coast South Australia [1]

Walsall.Staffs [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Wilsden, Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Yackandandah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Corporal [16]

Driver [15]

Gunner [13]

Serjeant [12]

Sapper [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Captain (Retd) [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pioneer /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Depot [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Medical Department [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Reserve of Officers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Service

British Army [219]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [281]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [275]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Redditch, Worcestershire [3] Birmingham [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Battersea, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Dormston, Worcestershire [1] Dover [1] Enfield, London [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grassendale, Lancashire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Holy Cross, Pershore, Worcestershire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Overly Green, Warwickshire [1] Oxfordshire, England [1] Portsmouth England [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Queenstown, Cork [1] Shoreditch [1] Stafford [1] Talia South Australia [1] Talim West Coast South Australia [1] Walsall.Staffs [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Wilsden, Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Yackandandah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [135] Corporal [16] Driver [15] Gunner [13] Serjeant [12] Sapper [9] Lieutenant [8] Captain [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Temporary Major [3] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Commander [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Captain (Retd) [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Pioneer [1] Pioneer /Acting Serjeant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain /Temporary Major [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Depot [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Medical Department [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Service

British Army [219] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [281] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [275] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [4] India [1]

John Dolphin

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 34654 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 34654 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Dolphin

Died 1917

British Army 5139 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 5139 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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William Horner Dolphin

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 34459 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34459 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Arthur Dolphin

Born 1885

Died 1942

British Army 15/1252 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Egbert Dolphin

Born 1877

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 190015

Canadian Expeditionary Force 190015 Private Canadian Infantry

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Walter Dolphin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195691

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Anthony Edward Dolphin

Born 1878

Died 1924

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/3615 Canterbury Infantry Regiment, No 1 Group Defence, Headquarters Medical 1st Battalion

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John Dolphin

Australian Imperial Force 5010

Australian Imperial Force 58319

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Edgar Leslie Dolphin

Australian Imperial Force 55

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William George Dolphin

Australian Imperial Force 58697

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Frank Rueben Dolphin

Australian Imperial Force 477

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Charles James Dolphin

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J8019 Able Seaman HMS BLACK PRINCE

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George Alexander Dolphin

Died 1971

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/2054 New Zealand Medical Corps

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Edward Dolphin

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy RFR/B/3976 Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth

Royal Navy SS/102049 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Malaya

Royal Navy SS102049 Stoker 1st Class HMS Malaya

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Dorothy Ellen Dolphin

Royal Navy G5850

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Arthur William Dolphin

Born 1872

Royal Navy 3662 Royal Marine Artillery

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Guy Ronald Dolphin

Born 1880

Died 1965

Royal Navy Commander HMS Q36

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Gordon Hine Dolphin

Australian Imperial Force 737

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Frank Alexander Stewart Dolphin

Australian Imperial Force 2011

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Desmond Fitz Harry Dolphin

Born 1884

Died 1940

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Captain (Retd)

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS NEPTUNE

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