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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Katanning Western Australia [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Burwood New South Wales [3]

Naracoorte South Australia [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackmore, Essex [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Bridgend, Glamorganshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Crowborough, Sussex [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Edwardstown South Australia [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Hampshire [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hollingbourne, Kent [2]

Hounslow, Middlesex [2]

Kensington South Australia [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Northampton [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Skegness, Lincolnshire [2]

St Kilda Victoria [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Arthur Western Australia [1]

Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1147]

Gunner [124]

Driver [116]

Corporal [100]

Serjeant [76]

Sapper [62]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Lance Corporal [40]

Lieutenant [31]

Captain [28]

Acting Corporal [21]

Pioneer [21]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [12]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Major [8]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Worker [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Drummer [2]

Saddler [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Signaller [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [163]

Labour Corps [132]

Army Service Corps [123]

Royal Engineers [123]

London Regiment [86]

Royal Garrison Artillery [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [57]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52]

Worcestershire Regiment [50]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Leicestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

South Staffordshire Regiment [34]

Rifle Brigade [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Somerset Light Infantry [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [19]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Gordon Highlanders [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1767]

Royal Navy [193]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [126]

Australian Imperial Force [89]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [2351]

H [2]

A [1]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2315]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Basingstoke, Hampshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Hackney, London [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Katanning Western Australia [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Paddington, London [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Burwood New South Wales [3] Naracoorte South Australia [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Ararat Victoria [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham [2] Blackmore, Essex [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Bridgend, Glamorganshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Crowborough, Sussex [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Edwardstown South Australia [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Hampshire [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hollingbourne, Kent [2] Hounslow, Middlesex [2] Kensington South Australia [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Northampton [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Skegness, Lincolnshire [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Arthur Western Australia [1] Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1147] Gunner [124] Driver [116] Corporal [100] Serjeant [76] Sapper [62] Second Lieutenant [51] Lance Corporal [40] Lieutenant [31] Captain [28] Acting Corporal [21] Pioneer [21] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [12] Lance Serjeant [8] Major [8] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Worker [6] Able Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Drummer [2] Saddler [2] Serjeant Major [2] Signaller [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [163] Labour Corps [132] Army Service Corps [123] Royal Engineers [123] London Regiment [86] Royal Garrison Artillery [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [57] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52] Worcestershire Regiment [50] Machine Gun Corps [47] Leicestershire Regiment [35] Royal Fusiliers [35] South Staffordshire Regiment [34] Rifle Brigade [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] Middlesex Regiment [26] Somerset Light Infantry [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] Hampshire Regiment [23] Wiltshire Regiment [23] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Cheshire Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [19] Liverpool Regiment [19] Devonshire Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] East Kent Regiment [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [17] South Wales Borderers [17] Highland Light Infantry [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Gordon Highlanders [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [13] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Tank Corps [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1767] Royal Navy [193] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133] Canadian Expeditionary Force [126] Australian Imperial Force [89] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [2351] H [2] A [1] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2315] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Canada [1] United States [1]

Augustus Pegg Farmer

Born 1888

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4808 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 15th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 4808 Corporal 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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James Douglas Herbert Farmer

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 9th Battery

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Charles Farmer

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 18000 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 18000 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur Farmer

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army 776754 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Kenneth Farmer

Born 1897

Died 1950

Australian Imperial Force 3373 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4604 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Adderley Herbert Farmer

Born 1889

Died 1933

British Army 12420 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

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Charles Robert Herbert Farmer

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant 15th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 18th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant attached Motor Machine Gun Section

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Charles Farmer

Born 1894

Died 1970

Royal Navy J8713 Signaller HMS Indefatigable

Royal Navy Boy Signaller HMS Leander

Royal Navy J8713 Leading Signalman HMS Indefatigable

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James Ingleby Farmer

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frank Baden Farmer

Born 1893

Died 1921

British Army M2/116472 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/116472 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Aubrey Farmer

Born 1891

Australian Imperial Force 325 Private Australian Infantry 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion (New South Wales)

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Donald Dickson Farmer

Born 1877

Died 1956

British Army 2936 Regimental Serjeant Major 10th Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain 57th Dragoons

British Army Colour Sergeant Instructor 10th Liverpool Regiment (Territorial)

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Leslie Graeme Herbert Farmer

Born 1895

Died 1979

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS COLOSSUS

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Frederick Spencer Herbert Farmer

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 3rd attached 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment norfolk regiment 17th Battalion

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William Farmer

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army S/2583 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Samuel Farmer

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army 59312 Private Canadian Casualty Asembly Centre

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59312 Private Eastern Ontario Regiment 12th Bn

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59312 Private 21st Battalion

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James Samuel Victor Farmer

Born 1896

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229895

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Malim Lethbridge Farmer M.b.

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Lawrence Farmer

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 621 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Henry Gordon Farmer

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J40828 Boy 1st Class HMS Malaya

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