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Eastbourne, Sussex [8]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [6]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Harwich, Essex [3]

London England [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Aldenham, Hertfordshire [2]

Belvedere, Kent [2]

Boggabri New South Wales [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cromer, Norfolk [2]

Erith, Kent [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Kessingland, Suffolk, England [2]

Kirdford, Petworth, Sussex [2]

Kirdford, Sussex [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [2]

Norfolk [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Studley, Warwickshire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Walton, Woodbridge, Suffolk [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Wickham Market, Suffolk [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Woodbridge, Suffolk [2]

Alysham, Norfolk [1]

Anerley, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Barnes, London [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Benhall, Suffolk [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bexhill on Sea, Sussex [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Blatchington, Sussex [1]

Bloxworth, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [566]

Gunner [87]

Corporal [60]

Driver [46]

Serjeant [46]

Lance Corporal [26]

Sapper [26]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Acting Corporal [14]

Captain [10]

Pioneer [10]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Bombardier [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant/Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Articifer 4th class [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89]

Army Service Corps [72]

Royal Engineers [66]

Labour Corps [60]

Royal Garrison Artillery [54]

London Regiment [40]

Norfolk Regiment [40]

Suffolk Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Essex Regiment [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

Royal Sussex Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Border Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Hussars [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [909]

Royal Navy [134]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [1207]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1171]

Merchant Navy [23]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [1]

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Eastbourne, Sussex [8] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [6] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Harwich, Essex [3] London England [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Aldenham, Hertfordshire [2] Belvedere, Kent [2] Boggabri New South Wales [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cromer, Norfolk [2] Erith, Kent [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Kessingland, Suffolk, England [2] Kirdford, Petworth, Sussex [2] Kirdford, Sussex [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [2] Norfolk [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Studley, Warwickshire [2] Tottenham, London [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Walton, Woodbridge, Suffolk [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Wickham Market, Suffolk [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Woodbridge, Suffolk [2] Alysham, Norfolk [1] Anerley, Croydon, Surrey [1] Barnes, London [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Battersea, London [1] Benhall, Suffolk [1] Bermondsey [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bexhill on Sea, Sussex [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Blatchington, Sussex [1] Bloxworth, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [566] Gunner [87] Corporal [60] Driver [46] Serjeant [46] Lance Corporal [26] Sapper [26] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Acting Serjeant [15] Acting Corporal [14] Captain [10] Pioneer [10] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Bombardier [4] Deck Hand [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant/Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Articifer 4th class [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89] Army Service Corps [72] Royal Engineers [66] Labour Corps [60] Royal Garrison Artillery [54] London Regiment [40] Norfolk Regiment [40] Suffolk Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [37] Royal Fusiliers [32] Essex Regiment [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] Royal Sussex Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Naval Division [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] British West Indies Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Border Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Hussars [5] Royal Air Force [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [909] Royal Navy [134] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [1207] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1171] Merchant Navy [23] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [1]

Amos Durrant

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121270

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Thomas Durrant

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33761

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Edward Durrant

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81909

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Herbert Durrant

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J30769

Royal Navy J30769 Ordinary Seaman HMS Defence

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William Harold Durrant

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 85/1663 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army 9049 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 203463 Serjeant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/8 T.F. Battallion

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Philip Walter Donald Durrant

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233704

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Walter Whall Durrant

Born 1879

Died 1956

British Army G/25202 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army G/25202 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Samuel William Durrant

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319974

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Harold Frederick Durrant

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276872

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Robert Henry Durrant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162079

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Sidney Lancelot Durrant

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276492

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Harry Stanley Durrant

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 45467 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Jarrod William Durrant

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215071

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Frederick Walter Durrant

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228533

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Octavius Powys Durrant

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234336

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Russell William Durrant

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235457

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Albert J Durrant

Died 1916

British Army 23731 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Durrant

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 4606 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion (Prince Consorts Own)

British Army 4606 Private Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion (Prince Consorts Own)

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Alpheus Durrant

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 16741 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Robert Durrant

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 7923 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 7923 Acting Colour Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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