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Sydney New South Wales [22]

Plymouth, Devon [17]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

Newcastle, Northumberland [14]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [12]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

Devonport, Devon [9]

London, Middlesex [9]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Sunderland, Durham [9]

Gateshead, Durham [8]

London England [8]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [7]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

South Shields, Durham, England [7]

Stonehouse, Devon [7]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Carlton Victoria [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Maryborough Victoria [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Chatham, Kent [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Ipswich Queensland [5]

Kingsbridge, Devon [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Port Melbourne Victoria [5]

Portsea, Hampshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

Blackall Queensland [4]

Coventry, Warwickshire [4]

Durham, Durham [4]

Eaglehawk Victoria [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Liverpool [4]

Morpeth, Northumberland [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Totnes, Devon [4]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Dunstable England [3]

Rank

Private [3555]

Gunner [417]

Corporal [294]

Driver [276]

Serjeant [253]

Sapper [227]

Second Lieutenant [138]

Lance Corporal [132]

Lieutenant [122]

Captain [68]

Acting Corporal [54]

Acting Serjeant [49]

Pioneer [43]

Bombardier [41]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [29]

Major [25]

Staff Serjeant [24]

Rifleman [19]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Acting Bombardier [14]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Acting Captain [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Sister [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Nurse [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Forewoman [4]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [439]

Royal Engineers [427]

Labour Corps [403]

Army Service Corps [377]

Royal Garrison Artillery [288]

Northumberland Fusiliers [233]

Royal Army Medical Corps [211]

London Regiment [184]

Machine Gun Corps [169]

Durham Light Infantry [156]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [119]

Royal Fusiliers [114]

Leicestershire Regiment [83]

Royal Army Service Corps [80]

West Yorkshire Regiment [76]

Middlesex Regiment [74]

Royal Irish Rifles [72]

Border Regiment [71]

Rifle Brigade [71]

Liverpool Regiment [70]

The Queen's Regiment [68]

Devonshire Regiment [65]

York and Lancaster Regiment [65]

Gloucestershire Regiment [64]

Royal Sussex Regiment [64]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [61]

Lancashire Fusiliers [59]

Royal Naval Division [58]

Essex Regiment [56]

Hampshire Regiment [56]

Manchester Regiment [56]

Yorkshire Regiment [53]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [50]

Canadian Infantry [48]

Royal West Kent Regiment [48]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [46]

East Surrey Regiment [46]

Highland Light Infantry [46]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [46]

Army Ordnance Corps [45]

Lincolnshire Regiment [45]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [45]

East Yorkshire Regiment [44]

Northamptonshire Regiment [43]

Welsh Regiment [43]

Wiltshire Regiment [43]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [42]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

Royal Defence Corps [40]

Somerset Light Infantry [40]

Service

British Army [5534]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [670]

Royal Navy [662]

Australian Imperial Force [498]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [436]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [85]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

E [8081]

B [2]

F [2]

M [2]

R [2]

S [2]

T [2]

D [1]

G [1]

J [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7872]

Merchant Navy [155]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [141]

Canada [3]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Guernsey [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [22] Plymouth, Devon [17] London, Middlesex, England [15] Newcastle, Northumberland [14] Southampton, Hampshire, England [12] Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] Devonport, Devon [9] London, Middlesex [9] Melbourne Victoria [9] Sunderland, Durham [9] Gateshead, Durham [8] London England [8] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [7] Hobart Tasmania [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] South Shields, Durham, England [7] Stonehouse, Devon [7] Bishop Auckland, Durham [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Carlton Victoria [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Maryborough Victoria [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Bendigo Victoria [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Brighton, Sussex [5] Chatham, Kent [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Ipswich Queensland [5] Kingsbridge, Devon [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Port Melbourne Victoria [5] Portsea, Hampshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Aldershot, Hampshire [4] Blackall Queensland [4] Coventry, Warwickshire [4] Durham, Durham [4] Eaglehawk Victoria [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Liverpool [4] Morpeth, Northumberland [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Totnes, Devon [4] Croydon, Surrey [3] Dunstable England [3]

Rank

Private [3555] Gunner [417] Corporal [294] Driver [276] Serjeant [253] Sapper [227] Second Lieutenant [138] Lance Corporal [132] Lieutenant [122] Captain [68] Acting Corporal [54] Acting Serjeant [49] Pioneer [43] Bombardier [41] Warrant Officer Class 2 [29] Major [25] Staff Serjeant [24] Rifleman [19] Lance Serjeant [15] Able Seaman [14] Acting Bombardier [14] Company Serjeant Major [13] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Stoker 1st Class [11] Acting Captain [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Deck Hand [8] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Sister [7] Temporary Captain [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Nursing Sister [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Nurse [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Forewoman [4] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [439] Royal Engineers [427] Labour Corps [403] Army Service Corps [377] Royal Garrison Artillery [288] Northumberland Fusiliers [233] Royal Army Medical Corps [211] London Regiment [184] Machine Gun Corps [169] Durham Light Infantry [156] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [119] Royal Fusiliers [114] Leicestershire Regiment [83] Royal Army Service Corps [80] West Yorkshire Regiment [76] Middlesex Regiment [74] Royal Irish Rifles [72] Border Regiment [71] Rifle Brigade [71] Liverpool Regiment [70] The Queen's Regiment [68] Devonshire Regiment [65] York and Lancaster Regiment [65] Gloucestershire Regiment [64] Royal Sussex Regiment [64] King's Royal Rifle Corps [61] Lancashire Fusiliers [59] Royal Naval Division [58] Essex Regiment [56] Hampshire Regiment [56] Manchester Regiment [56] Yorkshire Regiment [53] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [50] Canadian Infantry [48] Royal West Kent Regiment [48] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [46] East Surrey Regiment [46] Highland Light Infantry [46] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [46] Army Ordnance Corps [45] Lincolnshire Regiment [45] Royal Irish Fusiliers [45] East Yorkshire Regiment [44] Northamptonshire Regiment [43] Welsh Regiment [43] Wiltshire Regiment [43] Yorkshire Light Infantry [42] Cheshire Regiment [40] Royal Defence Corps [40] Somerset Light Infantry [40]

Service

British Army [5534] Canadian Expeditionary Force [670] Royal Navy [662] Australian Imperial Force [498] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [436] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [85] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

E [8081] B [2] F [2] M [2] R [2] S [2] T [2] D [1] G [1] J [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7872] Merchant Navy [155] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [141] Canada [3] France [1] Germany [1] Guernsey [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Frederick Henry Elliott

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3101 Private London Regiment

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Richard Elliott

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17319 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17319 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn.

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Oswald Carr Fiennes Elliott

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 10th Battalion

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Walter Joseph Elliott

Died 1917

British Army 45479 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edwin William Elliott

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 13097 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Leila Mabel Elliott

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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John Francis Elliott

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 288465 Stoker 1st Class HMS Amythyst

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Frank Elliott

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy 147245 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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Harold Seymour Elliott

Born 1890

Died 1915

Indian Army Lieutenant 5th Light Infantry

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Charles Lacey Elliott

Born 1880

Died 1970

British Army T2/015666 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army M/417888 Private Army Service Corps

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Ernest A Elliott

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 56163 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 373886 Gunner Labour Corps

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George Elliott

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114689

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Herbert Elliott

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167267

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Richard Elliott

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56785

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Ernest Charles Elliott

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28160

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John Edwin Elliott

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301975

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George Elliott

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166684

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Arthur Franklin Elliott

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209165

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William Elliott

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280009

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Rowland Elliott

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172517

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