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Birmingham, Warwickshire [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

London England [13]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Ballarat Victoria [12]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Battersea, London [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Richmond Victoria [8]

Colchester, Essex [7]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Saint Pancras, London [7]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Warrnambool Victoria [7]

Kensington, London [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Preston, Lancashire [6]

Birmingham [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Chelsea, London [5]

Epsom, Surrey [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Warwickshire [5]

West Ham, Essex [5]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Auckland [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Deptford, Kent [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Gladstone Queensland [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Herne Hill, London [3]

Kensington [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Lismore New South Wales [3]

London [3]

Rank

Private [4064]

Gunner [422]

Corporal [336]

Driver [317]

Serjeant [279]

Sapper [237]

Second Lieutenant [176]

Lance Corporal [174]

Lieutenant [107]

Captain [93]

Acting Corporal [54]

Acting Serjeant [51]

Pioneer [47]

Bombardier [43]

Major [34]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [33]

Acting Bombardier [25]

Company Serjeant Major [25]

Rifleman [21]

Staff Serjeant [15]

Worker [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Trooper [10]

Nursing Sister [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Reverend [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Commander [5]

Guardsman [5]

Nurse [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Colonel [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Bandsman [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [503]

Labour Corps [487]

Royal Engineers [462]

Army Service Corps [416]

Royal Garrison Artillery [262]

London Regiment [244]

Machine Gun Corps [196]

Royal Army Medical Corps [192]

Royal Fusiliers [161]

Northumberland Fusiliers [112]

Middlesex Regiment [107]

Manchester Regiment [96]

Rifle Brigade [93]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [92]

Essex Regiment [90]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [86]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [85]

Hampshire Regiment [84]

West Yorkshire Regiment [84]

Durham Light Infantry [83]

Border Regiment [82]

Worcestershire Regiment [82]

Liverpool Regiment [80]

Royal Army Service Corps [80]

Lancashire Fusiliers [76]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [76]

Norfolk Regiment [75]

Suffolk Regiment [75]

Gloucestershire Regiment [74]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [74]

South Staffordshire Regiment [70]

West Riding Regiment [70]

Canadian Infantry [69]

York and Lancaster Regiment [64]

The Queen's Regiment [63]

Lincolnshire Regiment [62]

Cheshire Regiment [59]

Leicestershire Regiment [59]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [57]

Northamptonshire Regiment [55]

East Yorkshire Regiment [53]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [53]

East Surrey Regiment [52]

Devonshire Regiment [51]

Royal Naval Division [49]

Highland Light Infantry [48]

Royal Defence Corps [46]

Royal Scots [46]

Welsh Regiment [46]

Bedfordshire Regiment [45]

Service

British Army [6221]

Royal Navy [585]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [584]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [462]

Australian Imperial Force [397]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [94]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [8487]

H [5]

K [4]

L [4]

B [1]

E [1]

G [1]

M [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8328]

Merchant Navy [125]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Canada [6]

Australia [2]

France [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [15] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] London England [13] Sydney New South Wales [13] Ballarat Victoria [12] London, Middlesex, England [9] Battersea, London [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Richmond Victoria [8] Colchester, Essex [7] Hobart Tasmania [7] Hull, Yorkshire [7] London, Middlesex [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Saint Pancras, London [7] Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Warrnambool Victoria [7] Kensington, London [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Preston, Lancashire [6] Birmingham [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Chelsea, London [5] Epsom, Surrey [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [5] Norwich, Norfolk [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Warwickshire [5] West Ham, Essex [5] Whitehaven, Cumberland [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Lowestoft, Suffolk [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Auckland [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Deptford, Kent [3] Fulham, London [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Gladstone Queensland [3] Hackney, London [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Herne Hill, London [3] Kensington [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Lismore New South Wales [3] London [3]

Rank

Private [4064] Gunner [422] Corporal [336] Driver [317] Serjeant [279] Sapper [237] Second Lieutenant [176] Lance Corporal [174] Lieutenant [107] Captain [93] Acting Corporal [54] Acting Serjeant [51] Pioneer [47] Bombardier [43] Major [34] Warrant Officer Class 2 [33] Acting Bombardier [25] Company Serjeant Major [25] Rifleman [21] Staff Serjeant [15] Worker [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Ordinary Seaman [13] Able Seaman [12] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10] Colour Serjeant [10] Trooper [10] Nursing Sister [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Reverend [6] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Commander [5] Guardsman [5] Nurse [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Colonel [4] Deck Hand [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Acting Captain [3] Bandsman [3] Boy 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [503] Labour Corps [487] Royal Engineers [462] Army Service Corps [416] Royal Garrison Artillery [262] London Regiment [244] Machine Gun Corps [196] Royal Army Medical Corps [192] Royal Fusiliers [161] Northumberland Fusiliers [112] Middlesex Regiment [107] Manchester Regiment [96] Rifle Brigade [93] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [92] Essex Regiment [90] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [86] King's Royal Rifle Corps [85] Hampshire Regiment [84] West Yorkshire Regiment [84] Durham Light Infantry [83] Border Regiment [82] Worcestershire Regiment [82] Liverpool Regiment [80] Royal Army Service Corps [80] Lancashire Fusiliers [76] Royal Berkshire Regiment [76] Norfolk Regiment [75] Suffolk Regiment [75] Gloucestershire Regiment [74] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [74] South Staffordshire Regiment [70] West Riding Regiment [70] Canadian Infantry [69] York and Lancaster Regiment [64] The Queen's Regiment [63] Lincolnshire Regiment [62] Cheshire Regiment [59] Leicestershire Regiment [59] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [57] Northamptonshire Regiment [55] East Yorkshire Regiment [53] Royal Lancaster Regiment [53] East Surrey Regiment [52] Devonshire Regiment [51] Royal Naval Division [49] Highland Light Infantry [48] Royal Defence Corps [46] Royal Scots [46] Welsh Regiment [46] Bedfordshire Regiment [45]

Service

British Army [6221] Royal Navy [585] Canadian Expeditionary Force [584] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [462] Australian Imperial Force [397] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [94] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [8487] H [5] K [4] L [4] B [1] E [1] G [1] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8328] Merchant Navy [125] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Canada [6] Australia [2] France [1]

William Charles Fisher

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 370356 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1880 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward Thomas Fisher

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 63479 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Thomas Frederick Fisher

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army 2728 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army Driver Royal Field Artillery 10th Battery

British Army 26212 Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Fisher

Born 1878

Died 1967

British Army 112690 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Albert Fisher

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy CH/18880 Private Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division HMS Laurentic

Royal Navy 18880 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Mortimer Fisher

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

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

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Albert Edward Fisher

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 14419 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Matthew Henry Fisher

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 26132 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 26132 Private Welch 9th Battalion

British Army 26132 Private Welch 17th Battalion

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Geoffrey Fisher

Died 1916

British Army 305975 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Charles 'charley' Fisher

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 9656 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Walter Fisher

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 10969 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

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Frank Richard Fisher

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 200191 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Alder Helfill Fisher

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army R/16614 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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George Fisher

Died 1917

British Army 80589 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alwyn George Fisher

Died 1915

British Army 1006 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army 1006 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Fisher

Died 1916

British Army 37339 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Arthur Fisher

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 380911 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 380911 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Henry Matthew Fisher

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3276 Private London Regiment

British Army 415077 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Leopold William Henry Fisher

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army L/46035 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Douglas Fisher

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6046 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242398 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242398 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2/6th Bn.

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