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Brisbane Queensland [3]

South Brisbane Queensland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Wareham, Dorset [3]

Bordertown South Australia [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Malton, Yorkshire [2]

North Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Ryde, Hampshire [2]

Southampton England [2]

Watervale South Australia [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Acton, London [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Belfast [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishopstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bloxwich England [1]

Borough, London [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Buckfastleigh, Devon [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cheadle, Cheshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chiswick, London [1]

Christ Church, New Zealand [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clapham, Wandsworth [1]

Creech St Michael, Somerset [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Darlington New South Wales [1]

Dorset England [1]

Dorsetshire England [1]

East Grinstead [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Freehold England [1]

Godshill, Isle of Wight [1]

Handley, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Horwich, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [316]

Corporal [47]

Driver [38]

Gunner [37]

Sapper [22]

Serjeant [21]

Lance Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Chief [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Leading Fireman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer Sapper [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Engineer [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Volunteer [1]

Waggoner [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Army Service Corps [30]

Labour Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

London Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Royal Naval Division [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Scots [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [520]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Royal Navy [50]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [718]

Contribution

Military Service [701]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Brisbane Queensland [3] South Brisbane Queensland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Wareham, Dorset [3] Bordertown South Australia [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Liverpool England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Malton, Yorkshire [2] North Fremantle Western Australia [2] Ryde, Hampshire [2] Southampton England [2] Watervale South Australia [2] Willesden, London [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Acton, London [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Belfast [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishopstoke, Hampshire [1] Bloxwich England [1] Borough, London [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Buckfastleigh, Devon [1] Burra South Australia [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cheadle, Cheshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chiswick, London [1] Christ Church, New Zealand [1] Clapham, London [1] Clapham, Wandsworth [1] Creech St Michael, Somerset [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Darlington New South Wales [1] Dorset England [1] Dorsetshire England [1] East Grinstead [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Enfield, London [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Freehold England [1] Godshill, Isle of Wight [1] Handley, Chester, Cheshire [1] Horwich, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [316] Corporal [47] Driver [38] Gunner [37] Sapper [22] Serjeant [21] Lance Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant [6] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Major [2] Midshipman [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Chief [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Captain [1] Leading Fireman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer Sapper [1] Rifleman [1] Second Engineer [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Squadron Commander [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Captain [1] Volunteer [1] Waggoner [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42] Royal Field Artillery [39] Army Service Corps [30] Labour Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [17] Yorkshire Regiment [15] London Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Royal Naval Division [7] West Riding Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Canadian Infantry [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Scots [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [520] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Royal Navy [50] Australian Imperial Force [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [718]

Contribution

Military Service [701] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Ireland [1]

Reginald S Dunning

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army R292 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R292 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edwin Harris Dunning

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Squadron Commander RNAS, HMS Furious

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John Dunning Dunning

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 11918 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 11918 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 11918 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Charles Dunning

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 7883 Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 1956 Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Wilfred Ewart Dunning

Born 1898

Died 1976

Royal Navy J41393

Royal Navy J41393 Able Seaman HMS Revenge

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Ethel Dunning

Born 1885

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Auxiliary Military Hospital, Acton, Nantwich

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Thomas Adolphus Dunning

Born 1887

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208502

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Leonard David Dunning

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 35856 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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John Denzil Dunning

Born 1895

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 27

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Henry Nicholas Dunning

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173170

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Tom Dunning

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81428

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Ernest James Dunning

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 20568 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/20568 Private RMLI HMS Almanzora

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Joseph Dunning

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42324

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Arthur Dunning

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125721

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Thomas Dunning

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75176

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Alfred Dunning

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120723

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Edward Bernard Dunning

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185522

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Ernest John Dunning

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306891

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John Dunning

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106124

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Alfred Dunning

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104297

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