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Exeter, Devon [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

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Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [193]

Gunner [21]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Lance Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2/Lt [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

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Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [21]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Ministry of Munitions [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [278]

Royal Navy [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

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E [370]

Contribution

Military Service [361]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

India [1]

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People [370] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Exeter, Devon [3] Battersea, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Surrey [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Blackpool England [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Camden Town, London [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Clapton, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Crediton, Exeter [1] Cullompton, Devon [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Derby England [1] Devonport [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire [1] Grantham, Lincs [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Holloway, London [1] Lancashire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Merino Victoria [1] Minto New South Wales [1] Norseman Western Australia [1] Norwood South Australia [1] Oxford [1] Paddington, London [1] Quebec [1] Sale Victoria [1] Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Sheffield [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] South Kirby [1]

Rank

Private [193] Gunner [21] Driver [13] Serjeant [13] Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Lance Corporal [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Major [2] Munitions Worker [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2/Lt [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Sister [1] Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [21] Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Ministry of Munitions [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [278] Royal Navy [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [370]

Contribution

Military Service [361] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13] India [1]

Walter Elston

British Army 18965 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 156198 Private Royal Engineers

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Alexander W Elston

British Army 69957 Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 41290 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Elston

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 37790

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Florence K Elston

British Army 37867 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Catherine Elston

British Army Sister General Hospital

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J Elston

British Army Salvation Army

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T Elston

British Army 332968 Lance Corporal Attached Liverpool Regiment

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G H Elston

British Army 8523 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Elston

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1042566

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Philip Aubrey Elston

Canadian Expeditionary Force 207004

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