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Birmingham, Warwickshire [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17]

Launceston Tasmania [11]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [9]

Preston, Lancashire [8]

Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Battersea, London [6]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [6]

Oldham, Lancashire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Collingwood Victoria [5]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

York [5]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [4]

Derby England [4]

Glen Innes New South Wales [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Birmingham [3]

Box Hill Victoria [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [3]

Derbyshire [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Hawthorn Victoria [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lancashire [3]

Nottingham [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Richmond, Surrey [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Tottenham, London [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Warwickshire [3]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Avening, Glos [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Barlby England [2]

Rank

Private [3606]

Gunner [459]

Driver [348]

Corporal [304]

Serjeant [241]

Sapper [207]

Lance Corporal [137]

Second Lieutenant [131]

Lieutenant [95]

Captain [83]

Acting Corporal [58]

Pioneer [40]

Acting Serjeant [37]

Bombardier [35]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [25]

Company Serjeant Major [21]

Acting Bombardier [20]

Major [20]

Rifleman [17]

Staff Serjeant [16]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Sister [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Worker [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Guardsman [8]

Nurse [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Captain [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Trumpeter [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Private/ Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Commander [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [514]

Labour Corps [458]

Army Service Corps [419]

Royal Engineers [401]

Royal Garrison Artillery [263]

Royal Army Medical Corps [229]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [173]

Machine Gun Corps [155]

Manchester Regiment [154]

London Regiment [146]

Lancashire Fusiliers [141]

Royal Fusiliers [117]

Cheshire Regiment [111]

Northumberland Fusiliers [105]

Durham Light Infantry [103]

West Yorkshire Regiment [103]

Liverpool Regiment [102]

York and Lancaster Regiment [94]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [89]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [82]

South Staffordshire Regiment [82]

Worcestershire Regiment [74]

West Riding Regiment [71]

East Yorkshire Regiment [70]

Gloucestershire Regiment [65]

Lincolnshire Regiment [63]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [62]

South Lancashire Regiment [61]

Leicestershire Regiment [59]

Rifle Brigade [59]

Middlesex Regiment [58]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [57]

Royal Naval Division [52]

Royal Army Service Corps [51]

Royal Defence Corps [51]

East Lancashire Regiment [50]

North Staffordshire Regiment [44]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [44]

Welsh Regiment [44]

Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Border Regiment [42]

The Queen's Regiment [42]

Essex Regiment [41]

Grenadier Guards [41]

South Wales Borderers [40]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [39]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [39]

Hampshire Regiment [38]

Northamptonshire Regiment [37]

Army Veterinary Corps [36]

Service

British Army [5621]

Royal Navy [533]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [412]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [374]

Australian Imperial Force [322]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

F [7472]

A [4]

H [3]

E [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7314]

Merchant Navy [105]

Conscientious Objector [25]

Country

United Kingdom [156]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [18] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17] Launceston Tasmania [11] Sydney New South Wales [11] Adelaide South Australia [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Sheffield, Yorkshire [9] Preston, Lancashire [8] Bolton, Lancashire [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Battersea, London [6] Hull, Yorkshire, England [6] Oldham, Lancashire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Collingwood Victoria [5] Geelong Victoria [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] York [5] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [4] Derby England [4] Glen Innes New South Wales [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Birmingham [3] Box Hill Victoria [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [3] Derbyshire [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Hawthorn Victoria [3] Islington, London [3] Lancashire [3] Nottingham [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Poplar, London [3] Richmond, Surrey [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Tottenham, London [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Warwickshire [3] Alfreton, Derbyshire [2] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Avening, Glos [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Barking, Essex [2] Barlby England [2]

Rank

Private [3606] Gunner [459] Driver [348] Corporal [304] Serjeant [241] Sapper [207] Lance Corporal [137] Second Lieutenant [131] Lieutenant [95] Captain [83] Acting Corporal [58] Pioneer [40] Acting Serjeant [37] Bombardier [35] Warrant Officer Class 2 [25] Company Serjeant Major [21] Acting Bombardier [20] Major [20] Rifleman [17] Staff Serjeant [16] Lance Serjeant [14] Sister [13] Able Seaman [12] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Worker [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Guardsman [8] Nurse [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Staff Nurse [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Temporary Second Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Temporary Captain [7] Trooper [7] Acting Captain [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Trumpeter [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Private/ Acting Corporal [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Commander [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [514] Labour Corps [458] Army Service Corps [419] Royal Engineers [401] Royal Garrison Artillery [263] Royal Army Medical Corps [229] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [173] Machine Gun Corps [155] Manchester Regiment [154] London Regiment [146] Lancashire Fusiliers [141] Royal Fusiliers [117] Cheshire Regiment [111] Northumberland Fusiliers [105] Durham Light Infantry [103] West Yorkshire Regiment [103] Liverpool Regiment [102] York and Lancaster Regiment [94] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [89] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [82] South Staffordshire Regiment [82] Worcestershire Regiment [74] West Riding Regiment [71] East Yorkshire Regiment [70] Gloucestershire Regiment [65] Lincolnshire Regiment [63] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [62] South Lancashire Regiment [61] Leicestershire Regiment [59] Rifle Brigade [59] Middlesex Regiment [58] King's Royal Rifle Corps [57] Royal Naval Division [52] Royal Army Service Corps [51] Royal Defence Corps [51] East Lancashire Regiment [50] North Staffordshire Regiment [44] Royal Lancaster Regiment [44] Welsh Regiment [44] Yorkshire Regiment [43] Border Regiment [42] The Queen's Regiment [42] Essex Regiment [41] Grenadier Guards [41] South Wales Borderers [40] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [39] Royal Berkshire Regiment [39] Hampshire Regiment [38] Northamptonshire Regiment [37] Army Veterinary Corps [36]

Service

British Army [5621] Royal Navy [533] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [412] Canadian Expeditionary Force [374] Australian Imperial Force [322] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [72] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [5] South African Services [2] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

F [7472] A [4] H [3] E [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7314] Merchant Navy [105] Conscientious Objector [25]

Country

United Kingdom [156] Australia [2] Canada [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Stanley John Fletcher

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161470

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Richard Fletcher

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98631

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Joseph Fletcher

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146110

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Joseph Washington Fletcher

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62144

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Albert Fletcher

Born 1881

British Army 56178 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 36741 Private Labour Corps

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Charles William Fletcher

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 357998 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Edwin F Fletcher

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 24620 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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George Kibble Fletcher

Died 1917

British Army 33445 Private Manchester Regiment 1st Bn

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James Fletcher

Died 1915

British Army 3800 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3800 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 9th Bn

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Joseph Fletcher

Died 1917

British Army 59273 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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John Norman Fletcher

Born 1889

Died 1983

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Robert Fletcher

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 5338 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Stanley Kyle Gordon Fletcher

Died 1917

British Army 286 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 20726 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 20726 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Stanley Pickup Fletcher

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15/1275 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1275 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion

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Walter Fletcher

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army S/18630 Private Cameron Highlanders 5th Battalion

British Army S/18630 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/18630 Private Cameron Highlanders Depot

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Walter Ernest Fletcher

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 7735 (incomplete) Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 77353 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery 250th Siege Battery

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John Fletcher

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96582

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Japhet Money Fletcher

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1704

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Albert Fletcher

Born 1899

British Army 29672 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 30409 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Edward A Fletcher

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 742014 Private London Regiment

British Army 149383 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 149383 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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