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Launceston Tasmania [5]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Emberton, Bucks [3]

Tiaro Queensland [3]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

bristol [2]

Abricarn, West Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Acton [1]

Alveston, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Arreton Isle of Wight [1]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [1]

Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston Le Walls, Oxon [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Benham, Suffolk [1]

Beverley, East Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boorowa New South Wales [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Bow England [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Brentwood England [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Bundarra New South Wales [1]

Bungendore New South Wales [1]

Burry Port, Carmarthen [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Chingford, Essex [1]

Dolanog, Montgomeryshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Dunster, Somerset [1]

Emberton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [475]

Driver [53]

Gunner [50]

Serjeant [46]

Sapper [34]

Corporal [32]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [17]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Captain [13]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [7]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Aircraftsman [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

7th Staff Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Master [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [79]

Royal Engineers [69]

Labour Corps [52]

Army Service Corps [49]

Welsh Regiment [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

London Regiment [30]

South Wales Borderers [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Monmouthshire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Army Pay Corps [6]

Lancers [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Service

British Army [762]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

Royal Navy [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [995]

Contribution

Military Service [975]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

France [2]

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Place of birth

Launceston Tasmania [5] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Emberton, Bucks [3] Tiaro Queensland [3] Hastings, Sussex [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] bristol [2] Abricarn, West Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Acton [1] Alveston, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Arreton Isle of Wight [1] Arreton, Isle of Wight [1] Aston Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston Le Walls, Oxon [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Benham, Suffolk [1] Beverley, East Yorkshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boorowa New South Wales [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1] Bow England [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Brentwood England [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Brighton England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Bundarra New South Wales [1] Bungendore New South Wales [1] Burry Port, Carmarthen [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Chingford, Essex [1] Dolanog, Montgomeryshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Dunster, Somerset [1] Emberton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [475] Driver [53] Gunner [50] Serjeant [46] Sapper [34] Corporal [32] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [17] Second Lieutenant [17] Captain [13] Pioneer [11] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [7] Rifleman [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Aircraftsman [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Sub Conductor [2] 7th Staff Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1] Commander [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Master [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [79] Royal Engineers [69] Labour Corps [52] Army Service Corps [49] Welsh Regiment [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] London Regiment [30] South Wales Borderers [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Hampshire Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] Liverpool Regiment [14] Monmouthshire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Manchester Regiment [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Army Pay Corps [6] Lancers [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Service

British Army [762] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] Royal Navy [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Australian Imperial Force [41] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [995]

Contribution

Military Service [975] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [29] France [2]

John Edmunds

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 25593 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Bn.

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Christmas Edmunds

Born 1877

British Army 6105 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 6105 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6105 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward Edmunds

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 30097 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 30097 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4183 East Yorkshire Regiment 3/4th Battalion

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Thomas Edmunds

Died 1916

British Army 35399 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Edmunds

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 33601 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 7392 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7392 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

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Edward John Edmunds

Born 1897

Died 1914

British Army 11480 Private Coldstream Guards

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Joseph Cephas Mcdonald Edmunds

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 9050 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Arthur Edmunds

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 144 Sapper 1st Australian Division Signals Company

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William James Edmunds

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3/5236 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Isaac Edmunds

Born 1870

Died 1938

British Army 3355 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 49785 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 49785 Private Royal Defence Corps

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John Edmunds

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 19541 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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John Graves Edmunds

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 11438 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Melbourne Edmunds

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army T/33229 Driver Army Service Corps

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Roy Bolton Edmunds

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3667 Private London Regiment

British Army 510676 Corporal London Regiment (London Scottish)

British Army 510676 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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David Edmunds

Born 1871

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Master Tangistan

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Llewellyn Edmunds

Born 1886

British Army 8302 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Henry Edmunds

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24860

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Walter Charles Edmunds

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298924

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Timothy Edmunds

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37025 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 57568 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Frederick Charles Edmunds

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94091

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