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Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Chester, Cheshire [2]

Emerald Queensland [2]

London [2]

Abbotabad [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bloxham, Oxfordshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Crewe [1]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Ellesmere England [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Havre [1]

Hockley, Birmingham [1]

Kensington [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London England [1]

London Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middlewich, Cheshire [1]

Mier Lane, Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Mold, Flintshire [1]

North Adelaide South Australia [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Northwick, Cheshire [1]

Oakey Creek Queensland [1]

Over, Cheshire [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Portsea England [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Quetta [1]

Robertsbridge, Sussex [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Sandbach England [1]

Southampton, London [1]

St George Street, Seamour Place, Hanover Square, London [1]

St George, Hanover Square, London [1]

St Helens Queensland [1]

Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Strathdownie Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [171]

Captain [27]

Lieutenant [21]

Serjeant [17]

Gunner [14]

Corporal [13]

Driver [10]

Major [10]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Commander [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Major General [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant General [3]

Rear Admiral [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Drummer [2]

Major General/ Major General [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Vice-Admiral [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal Driver [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commandant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Gunner Temporary Bombardier [1]

Honorary Nursing Sister [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Masseuse [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [26]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Hussars [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Church Army [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

French Red Cross [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Border Regiment [3]

General Headquarters Staff [3]

Indian Army [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

18th Cavalry [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lady Helpers [2]

Lancers [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [320]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [406]

Contribution

Military Service [398]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Bicester, Oxfordshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Chester, Cheshire [2] Emerald Queensland [2] London [2] Abbotabad [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bloxham, Oxfordshire [1] Brighton [1] Chelsea London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Crewe [1] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [1] Ellesmere England [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Havre [1] Hockley, Birmingham [1] Kensington [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London England [1] London Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middlewich, Cheshire [1] Mier Lane, Longton, Staffordshire [1] Mobberley Cheshire [1] Mold, Flintshire [1] North Adelaide South Australia [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Northwick, Cheshire [1] Oakey Creek Queensland [1] Over, Cheshire [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Poplar, London [1] Portsea England [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Quetta [1] Robertsbridge, Sussex [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Sandbach England [1] Southampton, London [1] St George Street, Seamour Place, Hanover Square, London [1] St George, Hanover Square, London [1] St Helens Queensland [1] Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Strathdownie Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [171] Captain [27] Lieutenant [21] Serjeant [17] Gunner [14] Corporal [13] Driver [10] Major [10] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Commander [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Lance Corporal [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Major General [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant General [3] Rear Admiral [3] Sister [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Drummer [2] Major General/ Major General [2] Pioneer [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Vice-Admiral [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal Driver [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commandant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Gunner Temporary Bombardier [1] Honorary Nursing Sister [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Masseuse [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [26] Cheshire Regiment [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Manchester Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Hampshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Hussars [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Church Army [4] Coldstream Guards [4] French Red Cross [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Border Regiment [3] General Headquarters Staff [3] Indian Army [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] 18th Cavalry [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lady Helpers [2] Lancers [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [320] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [406]

Contribution

Military Service [398] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [1] Malta [1]

Wilfrid Allan Egerton

Born 1881

Died 1931

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

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William Thomas Egerton

Australian Imperial Force 3825

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George Egerton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 26518 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Egerton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159450

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James Egerton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118974

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William Egerton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113041

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John Thomas Egerton

Died 1917

British Army 90209 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 90209 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles Victor Egerton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 510414 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Egerton

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 8910 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Egerton

Died 1918

British Army 12570 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 12570 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Egerton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Major Royal Irish Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major

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Gordon Joseph Egerton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 74445 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Egerton

Died 1917

British Army 5769 Private London Regiment

British Army 492652 Private London Regiment

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John Egerton

Died 1917

British Army 3057 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 305827 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Egerton

Born 1869

Died 1920

British Army 22606 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Egerton

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 60197 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 109027 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 109027 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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James A Egerton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/21858 Private Gordon Highlanders

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William Egerton

Died 1917

British Army 21922 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 21922 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Charles Caledon Egerton

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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Bertram William Egerton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245299

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