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Goole, Yorkshire, England [4]

Ilkeston, Derbyshire [4]

Dulwich, London [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Heanor, Derbyshire [2]

Kniveton, Derbyshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Owen South Australia [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Saint Saviours, Leicester [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

18 Nottingham Road, Derby [1]

Agra, Uttar Pradesh [1]

Alverstone, Derbyshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Barton Blount, Derbyshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Buln Buln Victoria [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Camberley, Surrey [1]

Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1]

Cobar New South Wales [1]

Cresswell, Derbyshire [1]

Denton, Lancashire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Derby [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Duffield, Derbyshire [1]

Eastwood, Nottingham [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Galway [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Harpur Hill, Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Heathcote Victoria [1]

Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1]

Holborn, Middlesex [1]

Holborne, London [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ipswich England [1]

Islington New South Wales [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kingstown [1]

Rank

Private [403]

Driver [41]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Gunner [29]

Serjeant [26]

Captain [20]

Corporal [20]

Lance Corporal [16]

Sapper [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Saddler/Corporal [1]

Secretary [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Army Service Corps [42]

Labour Corps [41]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35]

Royal Engineers [31]

Manchester Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [603]

Royal Navy [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

E [789]

M [2]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [783]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Goole, Yorkshire, England [4] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [4] Dulwich, London [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Heanor, Derbyshire [2] Kniveton, Derbyshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Owen South Australia [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Saint Saviours, Leicester [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] 18 Nottingham Road, Derby [1] Agra, Uttar Pradesh [1] Alverstone, Derbyshire [1] Auckland [1] Barton Blount, Derbyshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Buln Buln Victoria [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Camberley, Surrey [1] Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1] Cobar New South Wales [1] Cresswell, Derbyshire [1] Denton, Lancashire [1] Deptford, London [1] Derby [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Duffield, Derbyshire [1] Eastwood, Nottingham [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Galway [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Harpur Hill, Derby, Derbyshire [1] Heathcote Victoria [1] Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Holborn, Middlesex [1] Holborne, London [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ipswich England [1] Islington New South Wales [1] Islington, London [1] Kingstown [1]

Rank

Private [403] Driver [41] Second Lieutenant [36] Gunner [29] Serjeant [26] Captain [20] Corporal [20] Lance Corporal [16] Sapper [13] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Saddler/Corporal [1] Secretary [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50] Army Service Corps [42] Labour Corps [41] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35] Royal Engineers [31] Manchester Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Yorkshire Regiment [22] London Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Grenadier Guards [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [603] Royal Navy [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

E [789] M [2] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [783] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

John Eyre

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 18231 Private Royal Scots

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Arthur Edward Eyre

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army M/274040 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 55940 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert Eyre

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 64741 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 64741 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Leonard Eyre

Died 1916

British Army 12/1301 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Eyre

Died 1917

British Army 90176 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Eyre

Died 1916

British Army 24/462 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 24/462 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Bernard Eyre

Died 1916

British Army GS/9932 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles Edward Eyre

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 36976 Private Essex Regiment

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Henry Joseph Bagshawe Eyre

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

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Ernest Harry Eyre

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 3910 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 241525 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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James Eyre

Died 1918

British Army 40274 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Willie Eyre

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 204036 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Sebert Henry Robert Eyre

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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George Eyre

Died 1915

British Army 1171 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army 1171 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Henry Wright Eyre

Died 1916

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 6th gloucest Battalion

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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Albert Eyre

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 13156 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Francis James Eyre

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 4631 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 153539 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 153539 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Charles Eyre

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army DM2/206443 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army DM2/206443 Private Army Service Corps

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William G Eyre

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 40817 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charles Eyre

Died 1916

British Army 15511 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 15511 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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