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Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Croydon Surrey [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Katoomba New South Wales [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2]

Mile End Old Town [2]

Mile End, Middlesex [2]

Moss Vale New South Wales [2]

Newmarket, Suffolk [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Soham, Cambridgeshire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barrow, Suffolk [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bolton England [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

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Chadwell St Mary, Tilbury, Essex [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

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Cheswick, Northumberland, England [1]

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Clapham, London [1]

Deloraine Tasmania [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

East Adelaide South Australia [1]

East Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Essex England [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Great Chesterfield, Essex [1]

Guisborough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hackney [1]

Hackney London, Middlesex [1]

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Private [297]

Gunner [31]

Driver [27]

Sapper [27]

Serjeant [25]

Corporal [19]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Captain [6]

Pioneer [5]

Bombardier [4]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Capt [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lt [1]

Master Gunner 3rd Class [1]

Mechanical Transport Driver [1]

Midshipman [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [54]

Labour Corps [47]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

London Regiment [40]

Royal Engineers [37]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hussars [4]

Indian Medical Department [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Dragoons [2]

Service

British Army [484]

Royal Navy [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

F [661]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [653]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

India [1]

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Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cambridge [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Croydon Surrey [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Katoomba New South Wales [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] London, Middlesex [2] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2] Mile End Old Town [2] Mile End, Middlesex [2] Moss Vale New South Wales [2] Newmarket, Suffolk [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Soham, Cambridgeshire [2] Tottenham, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barrow, Suffolk [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bolton England [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chadwell St Mary, Tilbury, Essex [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cheswick, Northumberland, England [1] Chingford England [1] Chingford, Essex [1] Clapham, London [1] Deloraine Tasmania [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] East Adelaide South Australia [1] East Fremantle Western Australia [1] Edmonton, London [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Essex England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Grays, Essex [1] Great Chesterfield, Essex [1] Guisborough, Yorkshire, England [1] Hackney [1] Hackney London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [297] Gunner [31] Driver [27] Sapper [27] Serjeant [25] Corporal [19] Acting Serjeant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [6] Captain [6] Pioneer [5] Bombardier [4] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Assistant Surgeon [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Capt [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lt [1] Master Gunner 3rd Class [1] Mechanical Transport Driver [1] Midshipman [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Orderly [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quartermaster Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Signaller [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [54] Labour Corps [47] Royal Field Artillery [44] London Regiment [40] Royal Engineers [37] Suffolk Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Cambridgeshire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Naval Division [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hussars [4] Indian Medical Department [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Dragoons [2]

Service

British Army [484] Royal Navy [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Australian Imperial Force [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

F [661] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [653] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20] India [1]

Albert Archibald Fordham

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150903

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150903 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harold Henry Fordham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180415

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Sidney John Fordham

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66033

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James Fordham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 45244 Private Essex Regiment

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H W Fordham

Died 1917

British Army 21748 Private Essex Regiment

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Thomas Fordham

Died 1915

British Army 1516 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Maurice Fordham

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 61624 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Fordham

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 495532 Private London Regiment

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Morley William Fordham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 128003 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert John Fordham

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 87561 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Arthur Fordham

Died 1918

British Army 22593 Private Border Regiment

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William G Fordham

Died 1916

British Army 49761 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Frederick Arthur Fordham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5355 Private Pembroke Yeomanry

British Army 53684 Private Welsh Regiment

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Charles Fordham

Died 1914

British Army 10192 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Ebenezer G B Fordham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2007 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army G/18107 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Frederick Fordham

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2775 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 2775 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Arthur Fordham

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 1699 Private London Regiment

British Army 613615 Private London Regiment

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Alfred Fordham

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/10638 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army GS/16548 Private Lancers

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Albert Ernest Fordham

Died 1916

British Army 3/10511 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 43472 Private Essex Regiment

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Archibald Fordham

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army G/11589 Private Middlesex Regiment

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