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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]

Charles Frederick Finch

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79935

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James Harvey Finch

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97595

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George Finch

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304591

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John Henry Finch

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23318

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George Ingle Finch

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Frank Francis Finch

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135277

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Thomas Edward Finch

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28382

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Harry Finch

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260022

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Bartholomew Finch

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283203

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Albert George Finch

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119608

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Otto Fitzgerald Finch

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306238

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Herbert G S Finch

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 305311 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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Thomas Finch

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 996 Sapper Australian Tunnelling Corps 3rd Coy

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George Henry Finch

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29981

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James Sidney Finch

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283557

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William Finch

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281750

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Ernest Finch

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79378

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George Gillzean Finch

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209529

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Walter Finch

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214970

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Ernest David Finch

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237404

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