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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Goole, Yorkshire [4]

Hatfield Peverel, Essex [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [3]

Arbroath, Scotland [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cromer, Norfolk [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Halstead, Essex [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Houghton South Australia [2]

Islington, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Ryde New South Wales [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Taree New South Wales [2]

Wedderburn Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Arboath Scotland [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Arundel, Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barton, Monton, Lancashire [1]

Blean, Kent [1]

Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Bossington, Hampshire [1]

Brenchwood, Essex [1]

Brighouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton,Sussex [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Chatham England [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Cowbit, Spalding, Lincolnshire [1]

Cricklade, Wiltshire [1]

Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Rank

Private [599]

Gunner [64]

Corporal [54]

Serjeant [42]

Sapper [40]

Driver [37]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Corporal [18]

Captain [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Sister [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Agent [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Army Chaplain 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bandsman [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [70]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Royal Engineers [65]

Army Service Corps [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [32]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

London Regiment [29]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [910]

Royal Navy [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [55]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [1174]

C [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1156]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [5] Goole, Yorkshire [4] Hatfield Peverel, Essex [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Lambeth, London [3] Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [3] Arbroath, Scotland [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cromer, Norfolk [2] Deal, Kent [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Eastbourne [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Halstead, Essex [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Houghton South Australia [2] Islington, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Ryde New South Wales [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Taree New South Wales [2] Wedderburn Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Arboath Scotland [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Arundel, Littlehampton, Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barton, Monton, Lancashire [1] Blean, Kent [1] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Bossington, Hampshire [1] Brenchwood, Essex [1] Brighouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Brighton,Sussex [1] Burham, Kent [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Chatham England [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Cowbit, Spalding, Lincolnshire [1] Cricklade, Wiltshire [1] Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1] Deptford, London [1]

Rank

Private [599] Gunner [64] Corporal [54] Serjeant [42] Sapper [40] Driver [37] Second Lieutenant [28] Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Corporal [18] Captain [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Sister [3] Worker [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Agent [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Army Chaplain 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bandsman [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [70] Royal Field Artillery [67] Royal Engineers [65] Army Service Corps [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [32] Machine Gun Corps [32] London Regiment [29] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [21] East Kent Regiment [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] West Riding Regiment [13] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Rifle Brigade [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Border Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Royal Irish Fusiliers [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] East Lancashire Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [910] Royal Navy [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] Canadian Expeditionary Force [55] Australian Imperial Force [40] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [1174] C [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1156] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Canada [1]

Tom Drury

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 15452 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 15996 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Edward Drury

Born 1897

Died 1988

British Army 3546 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 241249 Private Leicestershire Regiment 11th Pioneer Battalion

British Army 3546 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battallion

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Harry Drury

Born 1889

Died 1936

British Army T2/016710 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T2/016710 Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T2/016710 Lance Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

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Edward G Drury

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 27 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Transport

British Army T4/247016 Driver Army Service Corps

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Follett Mcneil Drury

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 811 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army 811 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1/1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Harry Drury

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 28069 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 554498 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Drury

Born 1891

Died 1943

British Army 156348 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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David Drury

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 14564 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 14564 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Frederick John Drury

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army 23765 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 26614 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 242862 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Walter William Drury

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8119 Private Essex Regiment

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James Edward Drury

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 2660 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/2660 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Walter Harry Drury

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army 1155 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 538070 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Philip Charles Drury

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3259 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Fred Drury

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3840 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 201269 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Drury

Died 1918

British Army 374129 Private London Regiment

British Army 374129 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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David Drury

Born 1892

Died 1973

Canadian Expeditionary Force Dr

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Leonard George Drury

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 19162 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/19162 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Albert J Drury

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army G/3769 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/3769 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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George Heygate Drury

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198314

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Owen John Drury

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211443

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