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Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Belfast [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Dittisham, Devon [4]

Bourke New South Wales [3]

Dartmouth, Devon [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Londonderry [3]

Parramatta New South Wales [3]

Truro, Cornwall [3]

Walgett New South Wales [3]

Alcester, Warwickshire [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Barnes, Surrey [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Blackawton, Devon [2]

Botany New South Wales [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Camden New South Wales [2]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2]

Claverton, Somerset [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Helston, Cornwall [2]

London England [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Paddington New South Wales [2]

Rooty Hill New South Wales [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Walcot, Somerset [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armagh [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Auchterderran, Fife [1]

Ballymena, Ireland [1]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1]

Bath [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff New South Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [428]

Driver [45]

Gunner [43]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [29]

Lance Corporal [29]

Sapper [28]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Captain [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Reverend [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Asistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Clerk [1]

Color Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [59]

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Army Service Corps [48]

Labour Corps [48]

London Regiment [29]

Wiltshire Regiment [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

Royal Irish Rifles [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Irish Guards [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [650]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [133]

Royal Navy [107]

Australian Imperial Force [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [1055]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [2]

Ireland [2]

Belgium [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Belfast [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Dittisham, Devon [4] Bourke New South Wales [3] Dartmouth, Devon [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Londonderry [3] Parramatta New South Wales [3] Truro, Cornwall [3] Walgett New South Wales [3] Alcester, Warwickshire [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Barnes, Surrey [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Blackawton, Devon [2] Botany New South Wales [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Camden New South Wales [2] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2] Claverton, Somerset [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Helston, Cornwall [2] London England [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Paddington New South Wales [2] Rooty Hill New South Wales [2] Stepney, London [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Walcot, Somerset [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armagh [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Auchterderran, Fife [1] Ballymena, Ireland [1] Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1] Bath [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Camden Town, London [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff New South Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [428] Driver [45] Gunner [43] Serjeant [33] Corporal [29] Lance Corporal [29] Sapper [28] Second Lieutenant [20] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Captain [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Leading Seaman [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Reverend [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Asistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Clerk [1] Color Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [59] Royal Field Artillery [57] Army Service Corps [48] Labour Corps [48] London Regiment [29] Wiltshire Regiment [28] Somerset Light Infantry [24] Royal Irish Rifles [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Irish Fusiliers [13] Canadian Infantry [11] Highland Light Infantry [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Irish Guards [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Cameron Highlanders [5] Essex Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [650] Canadian Expeditionary Force [133] Royal Navy [107] Australian Imperial Force [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [1055] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [2] Ireland [2] Belgium [1]

Thomas Earl Ferris

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 260581

Canadian Expeditionary Force 260581 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Ferris

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244481

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Thomas Ferris

Died 1917

British Army 214713 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army G/29003 Pioneer Suffolk Regiment

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David Carson Ferris

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 422453

Canadian Expeditionary Force 422453 Private Canadian Infantry Manitoba 8th Battalion

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Alfred Ferris

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186741

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Albert Ferris

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185143

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Reginald James Frederick Ferris

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy M10824 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Wesley Ferris

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS114263 Stoker 1st Class HMS Racoon

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James Herbert Ferris

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217791

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George Ferris

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224185

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Albert Ferris

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240675

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Harry Ferris

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2901 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 2901 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur W Ferris

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 2/1st Battalion

British Army 2083 Rifleman London Regiment 1st battalion

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Richard Ferris

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2605 Private Highland Light Infantry 7th highland Battalion

British Army 2605 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Thomas James Ferris

Born 1897

Died 1930

British Army 17/1362 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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James Ferris

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 46954 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 72452 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 72452 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Reginald Morse Ferris

Died 1916

British Army 7017 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 7017 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Charles Ferris

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63146

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Joseph Ferris

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1366 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army 43457 Private Highland Light Infantry 12 Battalion

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Ernest James Ferris

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 239631

Royal Navy 239631 Leading Seaman HMS Defence

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