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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]

Henry Gamul Farmer

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Robert Farmer

Died 1917

British Army R 12085 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Harold Ernest Farmer

Died 1915

British Army 2472 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Frederick George Farmer

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48741 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 48741 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 427099 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

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George Henry Farmer

Born 1884

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2561

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Thomas Alfred Farmer

Born 1877

Died 1931

British Army 5590 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 33619 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Farmer

Born 1875

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/6748 (RMR B460) Private HMS Goliath Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Thomas Richard Farmer

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army L/13078 Corporal 16th Lancers

British Army L/13078 Corporal Corps of Lancers

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Percy Daniel Farmer

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264195

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Walter Ernest Farmer

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2935 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 901319 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Farmer

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113890

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William James Farmer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210470

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Alfred Farmer

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48854

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Herbert Thomas Farmer

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200409

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Ernest Thomas Farmer

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282816

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Thomas William Farmer

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186743

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Albert Henry Farmer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114056

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Richard Boughton Farmer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52201

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Harley Farmer

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124736

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William Farmer

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130610

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