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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Barcombe Mills, Sussex [1]

Barcombe, Sussex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackheath [1]

Calbourne Isle of Wight [1]

Caterham, Surrey [1]

Cheam, Surrey [1]

Chester [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chichester England [1]

Christleton, Chester [1]

Christleton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1]

Crewe England [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Dover [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Geelong South Victoria [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gorleston, Suffolk [1]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Greenwich [1]

Halesworth, Suffolk [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hambledon, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hoole, Cheshire [1]

Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire [1]

Isleham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kingswear, Devon [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Rank

Private [222]

Gunner [33]

Corporal [20]

Driver [17]

Sapper [16]

Serjeant [13]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Private Corporal [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Reverend [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Disciplinarian [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineman [1]

Forewoman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler [1]

SapperActing Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Corporal [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Royal Engineers [31]

Army Service Corps [23]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [350]

Royal Navy [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

F [503]

Contribution

Military Service [486]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Alfreton, Derbyshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Fulham, London [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Barcombe Mills, Sussex [1] Barcombe, Sussex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackheath [1] Calbourne Isle of Wight [1] Caterham, Surrey [1] Cheam, Surrey [1] Chester [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chichester England [1] Christleton, Chester [1] Christleton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1] Crewe England [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Dover [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Geelong South Victoria [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gorleston, Suffolk [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Greenwich [1] Halesworth, Suffolk [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hambledon, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Hampshire [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hoole, Cheshire [1] Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire [1] Isleham, Cambridgeshire [1] Islington, London [1] Kingswear, Devon [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1]

Rank

Private [222] Gunner [33] Corporal [20] Driver [17] Sapper [16] Serjeant [13] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Private Corporal [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Reverend [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Disciplinarian [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Drummer [1] Engineman [1] Forewoman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Saddler [1] SapperActing Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Serjeant Corporal [1] Skipper [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35] Royal Engineers [31] Army Service Corps [23] Labour Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] London Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Cheshire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Coldstream Guards [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [350] Royal Navy [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

F [503]

Contribution

Military Service [486] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

George William Fleet

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 20787 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 20787 Lance Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 20787 Corporal Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Rowland Fleet

Born 1894

Died 1944

British Army 26268 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Arthur Fleet

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 767203 Private London Regiment 2nd/28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

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Herbert Percy Fleet

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy WSA 714 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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Frank Arthur Fleet

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army SD/2913 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frederick William Fleet

Born 1879

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force 331812

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Albert George Fleet

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 16364 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 16364 Temporary Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Alfred Fleet

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126855

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George Fleet

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47457

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Albert Harry Fleet

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32346

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John Henry Fleet

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 15014 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 15104 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 15104 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Walter Fleet

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 22696 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur William Fleet

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9151 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Frank Fleet

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 5541 Private Manchester Regiment

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Aylmer Louis Elliot Fleet

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty. 56th Bde.

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George William Fleet

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7365

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Vernon Jesse Fleet

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Engineers 3rd Special Coy

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Albert Fleet

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236609

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Sidney Arthur Fleet

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1966 Saddler Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45335 Corporal Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45335 Corporal Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Arthur J Fleet

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9677 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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