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Ipswich Queensland [7]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Hawthorn Victoria [4]

Booval Queensland [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Paddington New South Wales [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

St Peter Port, Guernsey [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ansford, Somerset [1]

Aspley Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bordock England [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bullarook Victoria [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Colchester [1]

Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset [1]

Cork, Cork [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Greenock Scotland [1]

Hamilton [1]

Havelock, Marlborough [1]

Havelock, Marlborough, [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Inverisk Scotland [1]

Kaniva Victoria [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lefroy Tasmania [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Lochgelly, Fife [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [229]

Gunner [22]

Serjeant [17]

Corporal [16]

Driver [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Captain [6]

Sapper [6]

Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Chaplain [3]

Pioneer [3]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

ERA 2 [1]

ERA 3 [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Adjutant and Acting Lieutenant [1]

Senior Chaplain [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temp Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Labour Corps [28]

Army Service Corps [24]

London Regiment [23]

Royal Engineers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [344]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [68]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Royal Navy [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [576]

B [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [568]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Guernsey [3]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Ipswich Queensland [7] Geelong Victoria [4] Hawthorn Victoria [4] Booval Queensland [3] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Paddington New South Wales [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] St Peter Port, Guernsey [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ansford, Somerset [1] Aspley Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bordock England [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bullarook Victoria [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Colchester [1] Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset [1] Cork, Cork [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Enfield, London [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Greenock Scotland [1] Hamilton [1] Havelock, Marlborough [1] Havelock, Marlborough, [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Inverisk Scotland [1] Kaniva Victoria [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lefroy Tasmania [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Lochgelly, Fife [1] London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [229] Gunner [22] Serjeant [17] Corporal [16] Driver [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Captain [6] Sapper [6] Major [5] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Chaplain [3] Pioneer [3] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Bandsman [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Quartermaster [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] ERA 2 [1] ERA 3 [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Adjutant and Acting Lieutenant [1] Senior Chaplain [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temp Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [29] Labour Corps [28] Army Service Corps [24] London Regiment [23] Royal Engineers [16] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Gordon Highlanders [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Scots [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [344] Canadian Expeditionary Force [68] Australian Imperial Force [54] Royal Navy [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [576] B [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [568] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Guernsey [3] Australia [1] India [1]

George Bernard Foote

Born 1891

Died 1947

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Alfred Foote

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army P 785 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 16th Battalion

British Army Serjeant

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Eric Joseph Trestrail Foote

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3340 Sergeant 49th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Horatio Foote

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61891

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Frederick Charles Foote

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 34804 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd London Welsh Battalion

British Army 31050 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Henry Foote

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army Major Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

British Army Major Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

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Alfred William Foote

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army P/785 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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Arthur William Foote

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40453

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William Foote

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132656

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William Donald Foote

Died 1914

British Army 8446 Driver Cameron Highlanders

British Army 8446 Private Cameron Highlanders

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William Foote

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 662 Lance Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 240054 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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Robert Orchar Foote

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226704

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John Foote

Born 1878

British Army 113889 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 113889 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Harold Foote

Born 1896

Died 1980

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13433

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13433 Private Wellington Regiment 1st Btn

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Albert Sydney Foote

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243561

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Harold Foote

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296410

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John William Foote

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250675

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William George Foote

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9247 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9247 Lance Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Foote

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1416 Private London Regiment 19 london regiment (st Battalion

British Army 14/44693 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Herbert Austin Foote

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 400634 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 50657 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 260101 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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