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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

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Stoke Newington, Middlesex [1]

Sunderland England [1]

Thursday Island Queensland [1]

Twickenham, London, Middlesex [1]

Warrington England [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Westbury Tasmania [1]

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Private [212]

Driver [17]

Gunner [17]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [9]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Australian Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Sir [1]

Lieutenant Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

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Labour Corps [23]

Royal Engineers [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [9]

London Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Service

British Army [290]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Royal Navy [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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F [404]

Contribution

Military Service [397]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] Titchfield, Hampshire [2] Armagh [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Coen Queensland [1] Coomera Queensland [1] Denhead Scotland [1] Dubun [1] Evandale Tasmania [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Gibraltar [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Holywood, Down [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Kentstown, Meath [1] Leithwalk Scotland [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Middle Creek Victoria [1] Netherhavon England [1] Newington [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire, England [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Richmond London, Surrey [1] Romsey,Hampshire. [1] Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire [1] South Melbourne Victoria [1] Southsea, Hampshire [1] Spring Hill Victoria [1] Stoke Newington, Middlesex [1] Sunderland England [1] Thursday Island Queensland [1] Twickenham, London, Middlesex [1] Warrington England [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Westbury Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [212] Driver [17] Gunner [17] Corporal [12] Serjeant [9] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Australian Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel Sir [1] Lieutenant Major [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Royal Engineers [23] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [9] London Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Highland Light Infantry [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Royal Munster Fusiliers [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Leinster Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Scots [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2]

Service

British Army [290] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Australian Imperial Force [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Royal Navy [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [404]

Contribution

Military Service [397] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Canada [1] Egypt [1]

John Fay

Born 1878

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42097 Air Mechanic Second Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42097 Air Mechanic Second Class Royal Flying Corps Wireless and Observer's School

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Richard Fay

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654329

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654329 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 47th Battalion

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Herbert William Sydney Fay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28456

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Reginald Frederick Fay

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292763

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Edward Fay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142650

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Thomas Fay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147480

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William Herbert Fay

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261080

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John Arthur Banks Fay

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68115

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John William Fay

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39047

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William Fay

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148980

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Walter Fay

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228352

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Hugh Patrick Fay

Born 1897

Died 1973

Royal Navy M20042

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Michael Fay

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280338

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John Fay

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203026

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Edward Fay

Died 1917

British Army 6985 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393209 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393209 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Herbert Fay

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311779

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John Fay

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 58068 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Richard Fay

Died 1917

British Army 11500 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 11500 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Bernard Bertram Fay

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army G/11034 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/11034 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Victor Tom Fay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1245 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army 1245 Private Royal Fusiliers

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