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Dagenham, Essex [4]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Headley, Hampshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Angaston South Australia [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Cahir [2]

Callington, Cornwall [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dublin [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Islington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mallala South Australia [2]

Ourimbah New South Wales [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Seaford, Sussex [2]

Seaford, Sussex, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Uckfield, Sussex [2]

Warren New South Wales [2]

33 George Street, Weston-super-Mare [1]

65 Grosvenor Street, London [1]

Abergwessin, Brecknockshire [1]

Acton, London [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Aldborough Norfolk [1]

Aldgate, London [1]

Allandale South Australia [1]

Alpha Queensland [1]

Aslington, Northumberland [1]

Atkinson's Hotel, Torquay [1]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bannockburn Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [516]

Corporal [60]

Gunner [51]

Serjeant [45]

Driver [41]

Sapper [36]

Captain [30]

Lieutenant [29]

Major [22]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Colonel [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [4]

Major General [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Honorary Colonel [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Nurse [2]

Signaller [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Company Inspector of Post [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [61]

Royal Engineers [60]

Royal Field Artillery [58]

Army Service Corps [55]

London Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Border Regiment [22]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Staff [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Hussars [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [877]

Royal Navy [89]

Australian Imperial Force [69]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

E [1125]

B [10]

H [7]

A [6]

C [4]

F [4]

L [4]

M [4]

O [4]

T [4]

D [3]

G [3]

K [3]

P [3]

V [2]

W [2]

J [1]

N [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1164]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

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Dagenham, Essex [4] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Headley, Hampshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Angaston South Australia [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Brixton, London [2] Cahir [2] Callington, Cornwall [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dublin [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Islington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mallala South Australia [2] Ourimbah New South Wales [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Seaford, Sussex [2] Seaford, Sussex, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Uckfield, Sussex [2] Warren New South Wales [2] 33 George Street, Weston-super-Mare [1] 65 Grosvenor Street, London [1] Abergwessin, Brecknockshire [1] Acton, London [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Aldborough Norfolk [1] Aldgate, London [1] Allandale South Australia [1] Alpha Queensland [1] Aslington, Northumberland [1] Atkinson's Hotel, Torquay [1] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bannockburn Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [516] Corporal [60] Gunner [51] Serjeant [45] Driver [41] Sapper [36] Captain [30] Lieutenant [29] Major [22] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Lance Serjeant [10] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [4] Brigadier General [4] Colonel [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [4] Major General [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Honorary Colonel [2] Lieutenant General [2] Nurse [2] Signaller [2] Temporary Major [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Company Inspector of Post [1] Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [61] Royal Engineers [60] Royal Field Artillery [58] Army Service Corps [55] London Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Rifle Brigade [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Border Regiment [22] Middlesex Regiment [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Suffolk Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Yorkshire Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Highland Light Infantry [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Staff [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Hussars [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Grenadier Guards [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [877] Royal Navy [89] Australian Imperial Force [69] Canadian Expeditionary Force [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

E [1125] B [10] H [7] A [6] C [4] F [4] L [4] M [4] O [4] T [4] D [3] G [3] K [3] P [3] V [2] W [2] J [1] N [1] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1164] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Herbert Earl

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227669

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Thomas George Earl

Died 1918

British Army 18587 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 18587 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Harrison Earl

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2523 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 260649 Private Border Regiment

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Wilfred Earl

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 10865 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William J. Earl

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 41643 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Earl

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131904

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William John Earl

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61556

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James Ivison Earl

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 3073 Private Border Regiment

British Army 240992 Private Border Regiment

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William Henry Earl

Died 1915

British Army 938 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 45th Battalion

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Ernest George Hipwell Earl

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers 51st Lancashire Anti-Aircraft Company

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Jeffery Earl

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 54407 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Earl

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199274

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Alfred James Earl

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75680

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James Earl

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121683

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Thomas James Earl

Born 1889

Royal Navy M12372 Engine Room Artificer 3c Europa II - M 33

Royal Navy M12372 Engine Room Artificer 2c Europa II - M 33

Royal Navy M12372 Engine Room Artificer 3c Vivid II - M 33

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Thomas Pakenham

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army Brigadier General Headquarters Staff 2 Mounted Brigade

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George Henry Earl

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107467

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Ernest Earl

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243236

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Henry Ernest Earl

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206807

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James Bradford Purdie Earl

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165660

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