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London, Middlesex, England [10]

London, Middlesex [8]

Plymouth, Devon [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Islington, London [4]

Rochester, Kent [4]

Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Baughton, Worcestershire [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bromley, London [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Church Stretton, Shropshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Herne Bay, Kent [2]

Hillston New South Wales [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Kensington,London. [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Loughborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Lydney, Gloucestershire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Oldford, Middlesex [2]

Plympton, Devon [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Romsey, Hampshire [2]

Rank

Private [1201]

Gunner [156]

Driver [126]

Corporal [104]

Serjeant [95]

Sapper [75]

Second Lieutenant [60]

Lance Corporal [58]

Captain [32]

Lieutenant [26]

Acting Corporal [23]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Pioneer [18]

Major [16]

Bombardier [12]

Rifleman [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Drummer [3]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Volunteer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company [Sergeant] Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nurse [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [174]

Royal Engineers [162]

Labour Corps [161]

Army Service Corps [140]

London Regiment [114]

Royal Garrison Artillery [99]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Middlesex Regiment [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [55]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

Essex Regiment [44]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Hampshire Regiment [34]

Manchester Regiment [34]

East Surrey Regiment [33]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

Devonshire Regiment [25]

Northamptonshire Regiment [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Royal Sussex Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [19]

East Kent Regiment [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1935]

Royal Navy [237]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [111]

Australian Imperial Force [84]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [3]

British Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

F [2585]

W [7]

P [2]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2537]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

India [2]

New Zealand [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [10] London, Middlesex [8] Plymouth, Devon [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Devonport, Devon [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Islington, London [4] Rochester, Kent [4] Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Camberwell, London [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Baughton, Worcestershire [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bromley, London [2] Burra South Australia [2] Canning Town, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Church Stretton, Shropshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Hampstead, London [2] Herne Bay, Kent [2] Hillston New South Wales [2] Hoxton, London [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Kensington,London. [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Loughborough, Lincolnshire [2] Lydney, Gloucestershire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Oldford, Middlesex [2] Plympton, Devon [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Romsey, Hampshire [2]

Rank

Private [1201] Gunner [156] Driver [126] Corporal [104] Serjeant [95] Sapper [75] Second Lieutenant [60] Lance Corporal [58] Captain [32] Lieutenant [26] Acting Corporal [23] Acting Serjeant [19] Pioneer [18] Major [16] Bombardier [12] Rifleman [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Drummer [3] Gunner Acting Bombardier [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Volunteer [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company [Sergeant] Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Honorary Captain [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nurse [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [174] Royal Engineers [162] Labour Corps [161] Army Service Corps [140] London Regiment [114] Royal Garrison Artillery [99] Machine Gun Corps [56] Middlesex Regiment [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [55] Royal Fusiliers [45] Essex Regiment [44] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] Suffolk Regiment [36] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Hampshire Regiment [34] Manchester Regiment [34] East Surrey Regiment [33] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] The Queen's Regiment [26] Devonshire Regiment [25] Northamptonshire Regiment [24] Rifle Brigade [24] Royal Sussex Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [19] East Kent Regiment [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1935] Royal Navy [237] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159] Canadian Expeditionary Force [111] Australian Imperial Force [84] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [3] British Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

F [2585] W [7] P [2] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2537] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [61] India [2] New Zealand [1]

Henry Charles Finch

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 15806 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Victor Edwin Finch

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2829 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 2829 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Frederick Finch

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/37900 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Robert Charles Finch

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 30404 Essex Regiment

British Army 50006 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Philip Gerard Finch

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Hugh Adair Finch

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 39796 Private Essex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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William John Finch

Died 1916

British Army T2/017667 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T2/017667 Driver Army Service Corps 141st Company

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Walter Finch

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1546 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Frank Marshall Finch

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles William Finch

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 10029 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 10029 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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James Henry Finch

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26459

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John William Finch

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108558

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Alexander Finch

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305703

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John Sidney Finch

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139763

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James Henry Finch

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218048

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William Finch

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 366 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Joseph Finch

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138508

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Samuel Finch

Born 1880

British Army 6053 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers

British Army 6053 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6053 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Finch

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162015

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Ernest Edward Finch

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302511

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