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Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Horsham Victoria [3]

Nottingham [3]

Barham New South Wales [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Kerang Victoria [2]

Nunhead, London [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

45 Sunwell Street, Peckham, London [1]

Ashford, Middlesex [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Brixton [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Camberwell, South London [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Crystal Brook South Australia [1]

Durham, Norfolk [1]

East Dereham, Norfolk [1]

East Greenwich, Kent [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Harlesden, London, Middlesex [1]

Harlesden, Middlesex [1]

Harrisville Queensland [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Katoomba New South Wales [1]

Leytonstone, London [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Little Bredy, Dorset [1]

Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

North Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Petersburg South Australia [1]

Port Pirie South Australia [1]

Preston, Suffolk [1]

Rothwell, Northants [1]

Sandlake, Oxford [1]

Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [212]

Gunner [30]

Corporal [27]

Driver [20]

Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Commander Engineer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Major [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rough Rider [1]

Royal Marine Gunner [1]

Senior Nursing Sister [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Subordinate Conductor [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

London Regiment [17]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Essex Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2]

Hussars [2]

Indian Ordnance Department [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [333]

Royal Navy [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

E [479]

D [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [466]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Greenwich, Kent [3] Horsham Victoria [3] Nottingham [3] Barham New South Wales [2] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Holloway, London [2] Kerang Victoria [2] Nunhead, London [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] 45 Sunwell Street, Peckham, London [1] Ashford, Middlesex [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Brixton [1] Brixton, London [1] Camberwell, South London [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Crystal Brook South Australia [1] Durham, Norfolk [1] East Dereham, Norfolk [1] East Greenwich, Kent [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hackney, London [1] Harlesden, London, Middlesex [1] Harlesden, Middlesex [1] Harrisville Queensland [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Katoomba New South Wales [1] Leytonstone, London [1] Limehouse, London [1] Little Bredy, Dorset [1] Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] North Kensington, Middlesex [1] Petersburg South Australia [1] Port Pirie South Australia [1] Preston, Suffolk [1] Rothwell, Northants [1] Sandlake, Oxford [1] Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [212] Gunner [30] Corporal [27] Driver [20] Serjeant [16] Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Chief Stoker [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Commander Engineer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Major [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rough Rider [1] Royal Marine Gunner [1] Senior Nursing Sister [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Subordinate Conductor [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45] Royal Field Artillery [36] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [19] London Regiment [17] Norfolk Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [14] Essex Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2] Hussars [2] Indian Ordnance Department [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Norfolk Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [333] Royal Navy [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

E [479] D [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [466] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [14] India [1]

Henry Lawrence Eagle

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 375315 Private London Regiment

British Army 375315 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Eagle

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 24899 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Bn.

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Albert Edward Eagle

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10882 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Frederick Eagle

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20750 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 268491 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Alfred Eagle

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45821

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Edwin Eagle

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31206

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Ernst George Eagle

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286556

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Arthur Alfred Eagle

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54658

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George Eagle

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260604

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James George Eagle

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34896

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Leonard Walter Eagle

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118810

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Albert Clement Eagle

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196811

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George Arthur Charles Lewis Eagle

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313708

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Percy Rouse Eagle

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy London Z/1291 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1291 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion

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Claude William Eagle

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army 534190 Private London Regiment

British Army 669393 Private Labour Corps

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Frank Walter Eagle

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Sidney Elijar Eagle

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2769 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240505 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William Robert Eagle

Died 1917

British Army 23856 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Eagle

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58932

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Albert Eagle

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2653 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240448 Private Norfolk Regiment

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