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Chelsea, London [2]

Crowborough, Sussex [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Norwich, Norfolk, England [2]

Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bedford England [1]

Bolsover, Derbyshire [1]

Brierly, Yorkshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Essex England [1]

Great Bedford England [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Kellington, Pontefract [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Luddenden [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Milton Ernest [1]

Milton Ernest, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Oakham, Rutland, England [1]

Olney, Bucks [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Rathfarnham, County Dublin [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Silvertown, Essex, England [1]

Southam England [1]

St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Wellington [1]

Woodford Victoria [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Wootton, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [178]

Driver [20]

Sapper [19]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Captain [7]

Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Corporal Driver [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1]

Rifleman [1]

S 2MS [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Senior Reserve Second Lieutenant [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Engineers [25]

Army Service Corps [19]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

20th Hussars [2]

5/6th Royal Scots [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [286]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [19]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [366]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [359]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [367] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chelsea, London [2] Crowborough, Sussex [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Norwich, Norfolk, England [2] Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bedford England [1] Bolsover, Derbyshire [1] Brierly, Yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Essex England [1] Great Bedford England [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Kellington, Pontefract [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Luddenden [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Milton Ernest [1] Milton Ernest, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Oakham, Rutland, England [1] Olney, Bucks [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Rathfarnham, County Dublin [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Silvertown, Essex, England [1] Southam England [1] St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [1] St Pancras, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Wellington [1] Woodford Victoria [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Wootton, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [178] Driver [20] Sapper [19] Gunner [18] Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [8] Captain [7] Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Corporal Driver [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1] Rifleman [1] S 2MS [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Senior Reserve Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Engineers [25] Army Service Corps [19] Labour Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Essex Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] 20th Hussars [2] 5/6th Royal Scots [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [286] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [19] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [366] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [359] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Fred Farrer

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 751 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Harry Wyndham Francis Blackburne Farrer

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 39th Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Patrick Stephen Harry Farrer

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 61478 Driver Royal Engineers 94th Field Company

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Fred Farrer

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 751

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William Frederick Farrer

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107599

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William Farrer

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112650

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William Farrer

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38076

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Thomas Farrer

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44791

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James Farrer

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97956

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Frederick James Farrer

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75513

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Alfred Benjamin Farrer

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60431

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Alexander Mcgregor Farrer

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 22445 Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 22445 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Joseph Farrer

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401911

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George Arthur Farrer

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76528

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Richard Bracken Farrer

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 1430 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Henry John Farrer

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army L/679 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Arthur Farrer

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276866

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Albert H Farrer

Died 1918

British Army G/97041 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Wesley Farrer

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 9836 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 9836 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John E Farrer

Died 1915

British Army 7152 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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