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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Heatherton Victoria [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Bolton England [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [2]

Leamington, Warwickshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Mobberley Cheshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Suffolk [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Aldershot [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Bitterne, Hampshire, England [1]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Cliffe, Warwickshire [1]

Clingford England [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Devon [1]

Dulwich England [1]

Glen Forbes Victoria [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Walford, Warwickshire [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Grendon, Northamptonshire [1]

Halesowen, Worcestershire [1]

Hallsowen, Worcestershire [1]

Harrow on the Hill, London [1]

Horwich, Essex [1]

Islington [1]

Islington, London [1]

Jika Jika Victoria [1]

Kingsland, London [1]

Knutsford [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Lighthorne, Warwickshire [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1]

London, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [397]

Gunner [41]

Driver [31]

Serjeant [31]

Corporal [27]

Sapper [22]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [13]

Pioneer [11]

Major [10]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Special Military Probationer [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Civilian [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60]

Royal Engineers [49]

Labour Corps [45]

Army Service Corps [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Devonshire Regiment [20]

London Regiment [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Artillery [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [637]

Royal Navy [66]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [813]

R [2]

Contribution

Military Service [801]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Heatherton Victoria [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Hammersmith, London [3] Bolton England [2] Canning Town, London [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [2] Leamington, Warwickshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Mobberley Cheshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Suffolk [2] Warwickshire [2] Aldershot [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Bitterne, Hampshire, England [1] Bourne, Lincolnshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire [1] Christchurch [1] Cliffe, Warwickshire [1] Clingford England [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Devon [1] Dulwich England [1] Glen Forbes Victoria [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Great Walford, Warwickshire [1] Greenwich, London [1] Grendon, Northamptonshire [1] Halesowen, Worcestershire [1] Hallsowen, Worcestershire [1] Harrow on the Hill, London [1] Horwich, Essex [1] Islington [1] Islington, London [1] Jika Jika Victoria [1] Kingsland, London [1] Knutsford [1] Lancashire England [1] Lighthorne, Warwickshire [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [1] London, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [397] Gunner [41] Driver [31] Serjeant [31] Corporal [27] Sapper [22] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [13] Pioneer [11] Major [10] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Worker [3] Acting Corporal [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Special Military Probationer [2] Temporary Captain [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Civilian [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Drummer [1] Engineman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60] Royal Engineers [49] Labour Corps [45] Army Service Corps [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Devonshire Regiment [20] London Regiment [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Worcestershire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Highlanders [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Artillery [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [637] Royal Navy [66] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [813] R [2]

Contribution

Military Service [801] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

George Edward Eden

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 15732 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert Eden

Died 1918

British Army 21901 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Harold Eden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12083 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 30321 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 12083 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Henry Eden

Born 1887

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1709

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William Ward Eden

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy SA 2641 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2641/SA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "W. Elliott."

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Charles Eden

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26569

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Vincent Eden

Born 1884

Died 1948

British Army 8273 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 388273 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Eden

Died 1915

British Army 5966 Corporal Acting Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 5966 Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

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John Eden

Died 1917

British Army 47813 Private Manchester Regiment

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Percy Arnold Eden

Born 1893

Died 1950

British Army 33427 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 434199 Private Labour Corps

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Geoffrey Morton Eden

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Acting Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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The Hon. William Alfred Morton Eden

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Honorary King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Timothy Calvert Eden

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 54611 Durham Light Infantry

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Terence Eden

Born 1892

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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Albert Victor Eden

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232309

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Bert Eden

Died 1917

British Army 31875 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Edward Eden

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15113 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3/18243 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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George Eden

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 17802 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Eden

Died 1915

British Army 9329 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 9329 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ernest Eden

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 11295 Private Coldstream Guards

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