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Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Gillingham, Kent [3]

Grays, Essex [3]

Ipswich Queensland [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Padstow, Cornwall [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Finsbury, Middlesex [2]

Goole [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Herne Bay, Kent [2]

Ingham Queensland [2]

Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newport, Shropshire [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Airmyn, Goole [1]

Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Alfreton [1]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire [1]

Berrima New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [701]

Gunner [90]

Corporal [67]

Driver [57]

Serjeant [56]

Sapper [46]

Lance Corporal [31]

Lieutenant [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Captain [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [8]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91]

Army Service Corps [80]

Royal Engineers [79]

Labour Corps [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [51]

London Regiment [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [21]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Welsh Regiment [20]

West Riding Regiment [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Grenadier Guards [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Tank Corps [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Army Pay Corps [8]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1100]

Royal Navy [140]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [79]

Australian Imperial Force [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

E [1509]

A [1]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1469]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Canada [3]

France [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Exeter, Devon [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Gillingham, Kent [3] Grays, Essex [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Padstow, Cornwall [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Deal, Kent [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Finsbury, Middlesex [2] Goole [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Herne Bay, Kent [2] Ingham Queensland [2] Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newport, Shropshire [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Airmyn, Goole [1] Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Alfreton [1] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire [1] Berrima New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [701] Gunner [90] Corporal [67] Driver [57] Serjeant [56] Sapper [46] Lance Corporal [31] Lieutenant [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Captain [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [11] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [8] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chaplain [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Trumpeter [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91] Army Service Corps [80] Royal Engineers [79] Labour Corps [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [51] London Regiment [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [29] Royal Fusiliers [28] Manchester Regiment [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Somerset Light Infantry [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Yorkshire Light Infantry [21] Machine Gun Corps [20] Welsh Regiment [20] West Riding Regiment [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Grenadier Guards [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Tank Corps [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Army Pay Corps [8] Highland Light Infantry [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1100] Royal Navy [140] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91] Canadian Expeditionary Force [79] Australian Imperial Force [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

E [1509] A [1] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1469] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Canada [3] France [1] India [1] Jamaica [1]

Sidney James Leonard England

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227311

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Henry Walter England

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234208

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Harold Russell England

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77490

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77490 Corporal Canadian Corps Military Police

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Lloyd England

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654393

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Enos England

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 9421 Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 9421 Company Serjeant Major Dorsetshire Regiment

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Bertie James England

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305850

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George Nicholas England

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317527 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317527 Royal Flying Corps

British Army 4/31119 Private Welsh Regiment 51st (G) Battalion

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George Baden England

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262875

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Edwin Robert England

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25329

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Ernest Charles England

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 38682 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Jack Ernest Taylor England

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40354

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Frederick England

Born 1864

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404078

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Albert George England

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J30013 Boy 1st Class HMS Defence

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Percy George England

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220328

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Herbert Percy England

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233629

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George England

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252423

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Bertie Charles Martin England

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 301246 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 301246 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 301426 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Joseph England

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 18886 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 18886 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Charles Edward England

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9782 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Randell England

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9108 Private Norfolk Regiment

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