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Plymouth, Devon [5]

Poole, Dorset [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Springsure Queensland [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bexleyheath, Kent [2]

Brixham, Devon, England [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Swanage, Dorset [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

All Saints Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Anakie Victoria [1]

Andover, Wiltshire [1]

Arlington Road, Regents Park, St.Pancras, London [1]

Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brighton [1]

Broadmayne, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Castle Cary, Somerset [1]

Castle Mountain Queensland [1]

Cocklington [1]

Corfe Mullen, Near Wimbourne, Dorset [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dorset England [1]

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1]

Fulham Middlesex London [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hensbridge England [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Horrabridge Tavistock, Devon [1]

Horrabridge, Devon [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1]

LYMINGTON Hampshire [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leigh England [1]

Lymington [1]

Rank

Private [215]

Gunner [36]

Driver [21]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [17]

Corporal [16]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lance Corporal [9]

Captain [8]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman (Petty Officer Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bearer [1]

Boatswain [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver/Acting Bombardier [1]

Instructor Serjeant Major [1]

LCpl [1]

Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Brigadier General Company Serjeant Major [1]

Major Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [41]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Army Service Corps [32]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Reserve of Officers [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Hussars [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Service

British Army [366]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [525]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [511]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [5] Poole, Dorset [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Springsure Queensland [3] Battersea, London [2] Bexleyheath, Kent [2] Brixham, Devon, England [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Swanage, Dorset [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] All Saints Southampton, Hampshire [1] Anakie Victoria [1] Andover, Wiltshire [1] Arlington Road, Regents Park, St.Pancras, London [1] Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1] Bow, London [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brighton [1] Broadmayne, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Castle Cary, Somerset [1] Castle Mountain Queensland [1] Cocklington [1] Corfe Mullen, Near Wimbourne, Dorset [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dorset England [1] Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1] Fulham Middlesex London [1] Fulham, London [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hensbridge England [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Horrabridge Tavistock, Devon [1] Horrabridge, Devon [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1] LYMINGTON Hampshire [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leigh England [1] Lymington [1]

Rank

Private [215] Gunner [36] Driver [21] Sapper [17] Serjeant [17] Corporal [16] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Lance Corporal [9] Captain [8] Stoker 1st Class [5] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Bombardier [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman (Petty Officer Coast Guard) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1] Boatswain [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver/Acting Bombardier [1] Instructor Serjeant Major [1] LCpl [1] Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major /Temporary Brigadier General Company Serjeant Major [1] Major Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanician [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [41] Royal Field Artillery [39] Army Service Corps [32] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [22] Labour Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Devonshire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [16] London Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Welsh Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Reserve of Officers [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS TIGER [2] Hussars [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Service

British Army [366] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Australian Imperial Force [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

F [525] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [511] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Rodney George Foot

Born 1882

Died 1947

Royal Navy 193536 Various HM Ships and Establishments

Royal Navy 193536 Boatswain HMS VALIANT

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Edwin Harold Charles Foot

Born 1896

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4396 Instructor Serjeant Major Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4396 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps No.1 Aircraft Depot

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Stanley Richard N Foot

Born 1889

Died 1946

British Army WR/285137 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 41623 Corporal Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Stanley Foot

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment 7th (Cyclists) Battalion (Territorial)

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George Charles Foot

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 35447 Welsh Regiment

British Army 40342 Gunner Tank Corps 4th Battalion

British Army 40342 Lance Corporal Tank Corps "D" Battalion

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Arthur Foot

Born 1875

Died 1959

British Army WR21566 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 225277 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Henry Foot

Born 1898

Died 1968

British Army S3/0305 (incomplete) Private Army Service Corps

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Richard Arthur Foot

Born 1888

British Army 9090 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 47267 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Ernest Leonard Foot

Born 1892

Died 1960

Royal Navy 5660 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army 36724 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 10th battalion

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Albert John Foot

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94128

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Douglas Eric Foot

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederick William Foot

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1711 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Charles Foot

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262281

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Clifford Marmaduke Foot

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187362

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John Foot

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy M12707 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Victory

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Henry Charles Robert Foot

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221537

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John Foot

Died 1915

British Army 38137 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 13170 Private South Wales Borderers

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George Thomas Foot

Died 1918

British Army 17739 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George James Foot

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J37478 Telegraphist HM Torpedo Boat 1

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George Bernard Foot

Born 1888

British Army 361845 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 9145 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9145 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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