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Holkham Norfolk [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Stawell Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Louth, Lincolnshire [2]

Moonta South Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armagh [1]

Attrill, West Derby Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barrowden Rutland, Northamptonshire [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Boggabilla New South Wales [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broxbury Scotland [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Castle Bromwich, Warks [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Clifden, Galway [1]

Collon, County Louth [1]

Collon, Drogheda, Co Louth [1]

Consett, Co Durham [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Eastwood New South Wales [1]

Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Emmerville New South Wales [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hexham [1]

Hexham, Northumberland [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hillgrove New South Wales [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Ioona New South Wales [1]

Kogarah New South Wales [1]

Lavenham, Suffolk [1]

Leicester [1]

Leyton, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [256]

Corporal [31]

Gunner [31]

Lance Corporal [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Driver [15]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Major [11]

Captain [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seamn [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captin [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Mechanic Corporal [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private RIR and Second Lieutenant RIF [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Honorary Major RAMC [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Tank Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Service

British Army [418]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Royal Navy [40]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [607]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [603]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Ireland [3]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Holkham Norfolk [3] London, Middlesex [3] Stawell Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Louth, Lincolnshire [2] Moonta South Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armagh [1] Attrill, West Derby Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barrowden Rutland, Northamptonshire [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Boggabilla New South Wales [1] Bow, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broxbury Scotland [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Castle Bromwich, Warks [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Clifden, Galway [1] Collon, County Louth [1] Collon, Drogheda, Co Louth [1] Consett, Co Durham [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dublin [1] Eastwood New South Wales [1] Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Emmerville New South Wales [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hexham [1] Hexham, Northumberland [1] Highbury, London [1] Hillgrove New South Wales [1] Hull [1] Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Ioona New South Wales [1] Kogarah New South Wales [1] Lavenham, Suffolk [1] Leicester [1] Leyton, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [256] Corporal [31] Gunner [31] Lance Corporal [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Driver [15] Sapper [14] Serjeant [13] Lieutenant [12] Major [11] Captain [9] Acting Corporal [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seamn [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captin [1] Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Mechanic Corporal [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private RIR and Second Lieutenant RIF [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Temporary Honorary Major RAMC [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Royal Field Artillery [26] Labour Corps [25] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Machine Gun Corps [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Irish Rifles [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Tank Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Service

British Army [418] Canadian Expeditionary Force [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Royal Navy [40] Australian Imperial Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [607] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [603] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Ireland [3] Canada [1]

John Miller Emerson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3944 /201309 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Theodore Alexander Emerson

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6434 Private London Regiment

British Army 253074 Private London Regiment

British Army 253074 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st/3rd Bn.

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John Cyril Emerson

Born 1896

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Sam Jarvis Emerson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63475

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Hubert Emerson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46288

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45535

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James Samuel Emerson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14430 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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George Cuthbert Emerson

Born 1893

Died 1983

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick John Emerson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73211

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George Alfred Emerson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163646

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Cyril Ralph Emerson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249804

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James Samuel Emerson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 14430 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Service record 2 Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Batallion

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Sydney Espin Emerson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32705

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Herbert Emerson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2216 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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John Emerson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44562

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Charles Marlborough Emerson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208632

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Max William Pailthorpe Emerson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Robert John Emerson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276394

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Harry Bernard Emerson

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy Able Seamn HMS Faulkner

Royal Navy J14283 Able Seaman HMS Amphion

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Andrew Wallace T Emerson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260313

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