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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Clapton, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Islington, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Manchester England [3]

North Sydney New South Wales [3]

Poole, Dorset [3]

Beaminster, Dorset [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Cobram Victoria [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hurley, Berkshire [2]

Lambton New South Wales [2]

London England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mereworth, Kent [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Penrith New South Wales [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Tooborac Victoria [2]

16 Bolt Street, Newport [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Armagh [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bankstown New South Wales [1]

Basford England [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedford [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Gloucester, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1054]

Gunner [128]

Corporal [90]

Driver [82]

Serjeant [75]

Sapper [57]

Lieutenant [40]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lance Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Pioneer [18]

Acting Corporal [17]

Captain [16]

Bombardier [7]

Major [7]

Rifleman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Drummer [3]

Nurse [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Mechanic [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Civilian [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [134]

Royal Field Artillery [134]

Labour Corps [126]

Army Service Corps [100]

London Regiment [71]

Royal Garrison Artillery [69]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [53]

Liverpool Regiment [52]

Manchester Regiment [46]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [40]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

North Staffordshire Regiment [37]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [22]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

South Staffordshire Regiment [21]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Royal Horse Artillery [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Service

British Army [1612]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [155]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142]

Royal Navy [127]

Australian Imperial Force [74]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [2164]

D [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2136]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Canada [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Clapton, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Chelmsford, Essex [3] Hackney, London [3] Islington, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Manchester England [3] North Sydney New South Wales [3] Poole, Dorset [3] Beaminster, Dorset [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Cobram Victoria [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Darlaston, Staffordshire [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Hoxton, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hurley, Berkshire [2] Lambton New South Wales [2] London England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mereworth, Kent [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Penrith New South Wales [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Tooborac Victoria [2] 16 Bolt Street, Newport [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Armagh [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Bangalore [1] Bankstown New South Wales [1] Basford England [1] Battersea, London [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedford [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Gloucester, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [1054] Gunner [128] Corporal [90] Driver [82] Serjeant [75] Sapper [57] Lieutenant [40] Second Lieutenant [31] Lance Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [18] Pioneer [18] Acting Corporal [17] Captain [16] Bombardier [7] Major [7] Rifleman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Worker [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Drummer [3] Nurse [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Mechanic [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Civilian [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [134] Royal Field Artillery [134] Labour Corps [126] Army Service Corps [100] London Regiment [71] Royal Garrison Artillery [69] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [53] Liverpool Regiment [52] Manchester Regiment [46] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [40] Cheshire Regiment [38] North Staffordshire Regiment [37] Royal Fusiliers [36] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [31] Middlesex Regiment [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [22] Leicestershire Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Essex Regiment [21] South Staffordshire Regiment [21] East Surrey Regiment [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Royal Berkshire Regiment [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Welsh Regiment [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Devonshire Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Royal Horse Artillery [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] East Lancashire Regiment [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Defence Corps [11]

Service

British Army [1612] Canadian Expeditionary Force [155] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142] Royal Navy [127] Australian Imperial Force [74] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [2164] D [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2136] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Canada [2]

James Eaton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296053

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Edward Eaton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402493

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Frank Bertram Eaton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68074

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Frederick Herbert Eaton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109542

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George James Eaton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3/7505 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold Eaton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5652 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Ewart Gladstone Eaton

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 14886 Private Grenadier Guards

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John Eaton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 11783 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55197 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Joseph Eaton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 1947 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240331 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240331 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Howard Eaton

Died 1918

British Army 16779 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 73632 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 73632 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Edward Eaton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 16781 Private Border Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion.

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George Henry Eaton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313985

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Arthur Onesimus Eaton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 54030 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton

Born 1871

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

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Harry Eaton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228602

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William John Jego Eaton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239494

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Arthur Wellesley Eaton

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63314

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63314 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Dumbling Eaton

Born 1893

Died 1986

Royal Navy J5661

Royal Navy J5661 Able Seaman Dido (Laurel, Laverock and Redoubt)

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William Ernest Eaton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282972

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John Frederick Eaton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5346

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