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Hartley Wintney Hampshire [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Harrow, Middlesex [2]

Huntingdonshire [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

London England [2]

Minories, London [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [2]

Acton, London [1]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Ashdon, Essex [1]

Barking, Sussex [1]

Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucs [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chippendale New South Wales [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Colchester [1]

Crow's Nest Queensland [1]

Crows Nest Queensland [1]

Cumnock, Ayrshire [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Essex England [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Granville New South Wales [1]

Gundagai New South Wales [1]

Hackney [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Handsworth, London [1]

Hawick, Suffolk [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Hoddesdon [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex, England [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [1]

Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [280]

Gunner [38]

Driver [31]

Corporal [26]

Lance Corporal [20]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Serjeant [16]

Sapper [9]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

London Regiment [35]

Labour Corps [30]

Essex Regiment [28]

Suffolk Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Honourable Artillery Company [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [451]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

F [624]

Contribution

Military Service [612]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Hartley Wintney Hampshire [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Brighton Victoria [2] Harrow, Middlesex [2] Huntingdonshire [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] London England [2] Minories, London [2] Peckham, London [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [2] Acton, London [1] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Ashdon, Essex [1] Barking, Sussex [1] Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucs [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex [1] Bow, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chippendale New South Wales [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Colchester [1] Crow's Nest Queensland [1] Crows Nest Queensland [1] Cumnock, Ayrshire [1] Dalston, London [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Deptford, London [1] Derbyshire [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Essex England [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Granville New South Wales [1] Gundagai New South Wales [1] Hackney [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Handsworth, London [1] Hawick, Suffolk [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Hoddesdon [1] Hounslow, Middlesex, England [1] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [1] Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [280] Gunner [38] Driver [31] Corporal [26] Lance Corporal [20] Second Lieutenant [18] Lieutenant [16] Serjeant [16] Sapper [9] Acting Bombardier [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chaplain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] London Regiment [35] Labour Corps [30] Essex Regiment [28] Suffolk Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Royal Engineers [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [13] Rifle Brigade [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Honourable Artillery Company [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Army Chaplain's Department [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] Irish Guards [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [451] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

F [624]

Contribution

Military Service [612] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19] India [1]

Richard Fitch

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 10189 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Fitch

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 24733 Private Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Stephen Arthur Fitch

Born 1896

British Army 33542 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 33542 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps attached Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps attached Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Philip Henry Burt Fitch

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Fitch

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 15332 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/15332 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Thomas Fitch

Died 1915

British Army 5527 Serjeant Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leslie Joshua Newland Fitch

Born 1899

Died 1934

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241240

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Walter Richard Fitch

Born 1897

British Army 7766 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army 7766 Private Hampshire Regiment to France 27/08/1914, known at Ypres 26/04/1915

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Walter Fitch

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319345

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Arthur Joseph Fitch

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army 4975 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment

British Army 4975 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment

British Army 4975 Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment

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Hugh C Fitch

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144100

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George Ernest Fitch

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 67718 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 67718 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 67718 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

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John Charles Fitch

Born 1887

Royal Navy 228163

Royal Navy Z.P/1248 Leading Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy B7392 Royal Fleet Reserve Chatham, Kent

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Edward Herbert Fitch

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118511

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Osbert Fitch

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210904

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William Kingsbury Fitch

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59423

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Horace William Fitch

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3283

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Peter Fitch

Died 1915

British Army 1587 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Aubrey Sugden Fitch

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Richard Ernest Fitch

Died 1918

British Army 43097 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 43097 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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