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London England [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Kentish Town, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Shepparton Victoria [3]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [2]

Bagshot, Surrey [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bridgetown Western Australia [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chiddingstone, Kent [2]

Cork [2]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Parkes New South Wales [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Stone, Dartford, Kent [2]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [2]

West Ham, London [2]

Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Wood Green, Worcestershire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Allandale New South Wales [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Baltana South Australia [1]

Banstead, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [808]

Gunner [88]

Driver [84]

Corporal [71]

Serjeant [59]

Sapper [42]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [11]

Pioneer [9]

Captain [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Guardsman [2]

Signaller [2]

Temporary Captain /Acting Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [98]

Labour Corps [94]

Royal Engineers [94]

Royal Field Artillery [90]

Royal Army Medical Corps [58]

London Regiment [57]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [31]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Wiltshire Regiment [19]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Coldstream Guards [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1251]

Royal Navy [144]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [113]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95]

Australian Imperial Force [84]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [1722]

Contribution

Military Service [1699]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

London England [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Kentish Town, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Shepparton Victoria [3] Arreton, Isle of Wight [2] Bagshot, Surrey [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bridgetown Western Australia [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chiddingstone, Kent [2] Cork [2] Cowes, Isle of Wight [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hampton Hill, Middlesex [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hoxton, London [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Parkes New South Wales [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Stone, Dartford, Kent [2] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [2] West Ham, London [2] Widnes, Lancashire [2] Wood Green, Worcestershire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Allandale New South Wales [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Baltana South Australia [1] Banstead, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [808] Gunner [88] Driver [84] Corporal [71] Serjeant [59] Sapper [42] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [20] Lieutenant [18] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [11] Pioneer [9] Captain [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Rifleman [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Major [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] Guardsman [2] Signaller [2] Temporary Captain /Acting Major [2] Trooper [2] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Steward [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [98] Labour Corps [94] Royal Engineers [94] Royal Field Artillery [90] Royal Army Medical Corps [58] London Regiment [57] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Royal Fusiliers [36] Machine Gun Corps [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [31] Middlesex Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] Manchester Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Leicestershire Regiment [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Wiltshire Regiment [19] Hampshire Regiment [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Devonshire Regiment [13] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13] West Riding Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Coldstream Guards [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Horse Artillery [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1251] Royal Navy [144] Canadian Expeditionary Force [113] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95] Australian Imperial Force [84] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [1722]

Contribution

Military Service [1699] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] India [1]

Roger Francis Draper

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Captain York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Albany Draper

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 28011 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Albert John Draper

Born 1883

Died 1957

British Army 7070 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Alfred E F Draper

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 14026 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Edward Draper

Born 1880

Died 1951

British Army 146616 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army

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Frederick George Draper

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 510 Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Field Company, 47th Division Engineers TF

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Donald Stewart Draper

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3889 Private London Regiment

British Army 471253 Private London Regiment

British Army 471253 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Robert William Draper

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army M2/118876 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Albert J Draper

Born 1884

Died 1961

British Army 24029 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 24029 Sergeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Buckett Draper

British Army CNT/654 Private Army Service Corps

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Egbert Cecil Draper

Born 1882

Died 1940

British Army S/407464 Private Army Service Corps

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William Charles Draper

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130154

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George Ernest Draper

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196232

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Edward Draper

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103222

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Henry James Draper

Born 1875

Died 1942

British Army P9 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Thomas George Draper

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116605

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Horace Draper

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32683

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Walter Draper

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302535

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Herbert George Draper

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194656

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Charles Clifford Draper

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133996

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