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Birmingham,Warwickshire [20]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

London [10]

London England [10]

Brighton,Sussex [8]

Dublin [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Islington, London [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Chertsey, Surrey [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Dewsbury,Yorkshire [5]

Hastings, Sussex [5]

Herne Bay, Kent [5]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [5]

Watford, Hertfordshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

Ashford, Kent [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Battersea,Surrey [4]

Birmingham [4]

Islington,Middlesex [4]

Lambeth,Surrey [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Wandsworth,Surrey [4]

Yeovil, Somerset [4]

Bethnal Green,Middlesex [3]

Bradford,Yorkshire [3]

Brandon,Suffolk [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Islington, London, Middlesex [3]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Middlesex [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Redditch,Worcestershire [3]

Sheffield,Yorkshire [3]

Stepney,Middlesex [3]

Surrey [3]

Warwickshire [3]

Willesden, London [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Attleborough, Norfolk [2]

Barnsbury,Middlesex [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead,Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [1727]

Gunner [185]

Corporal [157]

Driver [156]

Serjeant [121]

Sapper [103]

Second Lieutenant [92]

Lance Corporal [72]

Captain [57]

Lieutenant [42]

Acting Corporal [39]

Pioneer [30]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Bombardier [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Major [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Worker [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Rifleman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Nurse [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Commander [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Drummer [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bandsman [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Chaplain [2]

Conductor [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [227]

Royal Field Artillery [225]

Royal Engineers [214]

Labour Corps [199]

London Regiment [152]

Royal Garrison Artillery [119]

Royal Fusiliers [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [87]

Machine Gun Corps [73]

Middlesex Regiment [67]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64]

Bedfordshire Regiment [59]

Worcestershire Regiment [55]

The Queen's Regiment [52]

Royal West Kent Regiment [50]

Rifle Brigade [45]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [44]

West Yorkshire Regiment [39]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

Gloucestershire Regiment [37]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [37]

Essex Regiment [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Royal Sussex Regiment [35]

West Riding Regiment [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Devonshire Regiment [32]

East Kent Regiment [30]

Norfolk Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

Hampshire Regiment [28]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Manchester Regiment [24]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Service

British Army [2740]

Royal Navy [315]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [216]

Australian Imperial Force [177]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [153]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

F [3691]

D [2]

E [2]

B [1]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3629]

Merchant Navy [44]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [272]

Australia [15]

New Zealand [6]

Canada [5]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

United States [2]

Italy [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham,Warwickshire [20] Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] London [10] London England [10] Brighton,Sussex [8] Dublin [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Islington, London [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Chertsey, Surrey [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Dewsbury,Yorkshire [5] Hastings, Sussex [5] Herne Bay, Kent [5] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [5] Watford, Hertfordshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Aldershot, Hampshire [4] Ashford, Kent [4] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Battersea,Surrey [4] Birmingham [4] Islington,Middlesex [4] Lambeth,Surrey [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Wandsworth,Surrey [4] Yeovil, Somerset [4] Bethnal Green,Middlesex [3] Bradford,Yorkshire [3] Brandon,Suffolk [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Islington, London, Middlesex [3] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Middlesex [3] Poplar, London [3] Redditch,Worcestershire [3] Sheffield,Yorkshire [3] Stepney,Middlesex [3] Surrey [3] Warwickshire [3] Willesden, London [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Attleborough, Norfolk [2] Barnsbury,Middlesex [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead,Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [1727] Gunner [185] Corporal [157] Driver [156] Serjeant [121] Sapper [103] Second Lieutenant [92] Lance Corporal [72] Captain [57] Lieutenant [42] Acting Corporal [39] Pioneer [30] Acting Serjeant [24] Bombardier [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Major [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Worker [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Able Seaman [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Rifleman [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Nurse [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Commander [4] Deck Hand [4] Drummer [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Sister [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bandsman [2] Cadet [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Chaplain [2] Conductor [2] Lance Bombardier [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [227] Royal Field Artillery [225] Royal Engineers [214] Labour Corps [199] London Regiment [152] Royal Garrison Artillery [119] Royal Fusiliers [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [87] Machine Gun Corps [73] Middlesex Regiment [67] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64] Bedfordshire Regiment [59] Worcestershire Regiment [55] The Queen's Regiment [52] Royal West Kent Regiment [50] Rifle Brigade [45] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [44] West Yorkshire Regiment [39] East Surrey Regiment [38] Gloucestershire Regiment [37] Royal Berkshire Regiment [37] Essex Regiment [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Royal Sussex Regiment [35] West Riding Regiment [34] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Devonshire Regiment [32] East Kent Regiment [30] Norfolk Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Suffolk Regiment [30] Hampshire Regiment [28] Yorkshire Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [25] Manchester Regiment [24] Wiltshire Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Royal Defence Corps [17] South Wales Borderers [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [16] Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Service

British Army [2740] Royal Navy [315] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [216] Australian Imperial Force [177] Canadian Expeditionary Force [153] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

F [3691] D [2] E [2] B [1] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3629] Merchant Navy [44] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [272] Australia [15] New Zealand [6] Canada [5] India [2] Ireland [2] United States [2] Italy [1] South Africa [1]

John H Field

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 67138 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery XVII Corps Troops, "L" Anti-Aircraft Bty.

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Charles L Field

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 305398 Private London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 1st/5th Bn

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Dorothy Field

Born 1882

Died 1970

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment British Red Cross

Other Empire Force V.A.D Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse British Red Cross

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Thomas George Field

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2926 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Alfred Field

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 836 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/836(S)

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Ernest James Field

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5582 Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 24th Bn

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Edward J Field

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army T/240156 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 240156 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 11th Bn

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Robert Francis Field

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army R 27645 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Bn.

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George T Field

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army SD/1321 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.

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Thomas William Field

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 38910 Driver Royal Engineers 281st Aux. Transport Coy.

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Henry Edward Field

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 49505 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 79375 Private Labour Corps

British Army 49505 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 25th Inf. Labour Coy. transf. to (79375) 133rd Coy. Labour Corps

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Joseph W Field

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8463 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 615819 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250766 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert F Field

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 52051 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd/6th Bn.

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Percy Silvainous Field

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G/3155 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/3155 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th Bn

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Charles Abel Field

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army G10/17064 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G24300 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 8th Bn.

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William Hooton Field

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 105623 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 82nd Bde.

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John T Field

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 30789 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Laurence S Field

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 260026 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Bn.

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Clifford S Field

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2854 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 250871 Lance Corporal London Regiment 3rd Bn.

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John H Losco Field

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7800 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 242588 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st/6th Bn

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