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Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Leven, Yorkshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Brackbridge, Lincolnshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Collington South Australia [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Driffield, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Gravesend England [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Parkgate [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Taunton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Driver [8]

Sapper [6]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Frontier Force [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Connaught Rangers attached Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps ex Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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E [148]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Leven, Yorkshire [2] Nottingham [2] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Brackbridge, Lincolnshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Collington South Australia [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Driffield, Yorkshire [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Gravesend England [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Parkgate [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Taunton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [69] Driver [8] Sapper [6] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Able Seaman [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Corporal [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Labour Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Frontier Force [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Connaught Rangers attached Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps ex Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Norfolk Yeomanry [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

E [148]

Contribution

Military Service [144] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Alfred Elvidge

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 25539 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 25539 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Edwin Thomas Elvidge

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194888

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Louis Barber Elvidge

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215829

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Ernest Paul Ewart Elvidge

Died 1916

British Army 3476 Private London Regiment

British Army 281229 Private London Regiment

British Army 281229 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur James Elvidge

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219092

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Charles Frederick Elvidge

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233919

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John G H Elvidge

Died 1917

British Army 202185 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles W Elvidge

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6391 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Henry Elvidge

Died 1917

British Army 24701 Private Grenadier Guards

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William Edward Arthur Elvidge

Died 1917

British Army 44121 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 44121 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Percy Elvidge

Died 1917

British Army 306510 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 306510 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Stanley Elvidge

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12351

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Harold Elvidge

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 105267 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur William Elvidge

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 53448 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Edward Elvidge

Died 1915

British Army 8867 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Elvidge

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8521 Colour Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8521 Warrant Officer Class 2 York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8521 Company Serjeant Major York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Valle Elvidge

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 145159 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 145159 Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Elvidge

Died 1917

British Army 29186 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 29186 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Archibald John Elvidge

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 36920 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Laurence Elvidge

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers attached Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

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