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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]

John Farrer

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6333 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202873 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John James Farrer

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179033

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Thomas Culling Farrer

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 129 New Zealand Engineers

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/129A New Zealand Engineers

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George Edward Farrer

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 205228 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235321 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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James Farrer

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 165270 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Atheling Farrer

Died 1916

British Army C/12555 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/12555 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John W Farrer

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 47549 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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James Farrer

Born 1871

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687691

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687691 Sapper Canadian Railway Troops

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Percy Farrer

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245304

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John Thomas Farrer

Died 1916

British Army 23406 Private Border Regiment

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John C Farrer

Died 1917

British Army 28880 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 235025 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Thomas Sherborne Farrer

Australian Imperial Force 2830

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Thomas Farrer

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402889

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William Henry Farrer

Australian Imperial Force 1675

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Frank Harold Farrer

Australian Imperial Force 3041

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Walter Henry Farrer

Died 1916

British Army M1/08221 Mechanist Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M1/08221 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Joseph Farrer

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 81206 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Rider Farrer

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 38645 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 38645 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Walter Farrer

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1733 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 265405 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 265405 Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Harry Farrer

Died 1918

British Army 10015 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10015 Serjeant Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10015 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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