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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

South Shields, Durham, England [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Cork [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Edmonton, London [3]

Horsham Victoria [3]

Inglewood Victoria [3]

Leith Scotland [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2]

Epping New South Wales [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow [2]

Gumeracha South Australia [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Lanark Scotland [2]

Lesmahagow Scotland [2]

Myponga South Australia [2]

Nairne South Australia [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Acton, London [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Alexandra, Central Otago [1]

Antwerp Victoria [1]

Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [930]

Gunner [106]

Driver [77]

Serjeant [62]

Corporal [56]

Sapper [55]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Lieutenant [40]

Lance Corporal [29]

Captain [20]

Acting Corporal [16]

Pioneer [14]

Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Rifleman [6]

Worker [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Sister [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Reverend Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Writer [1]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [115]

Labour Corps [107]

Royal Engineers [107]

Royal Garrison Artillery [73]

Royal Scots [73]

Army Service Corps [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Northumberland Fusiliers [48]

Gordon Highlanders [44]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

London Regiment [39]

Highland Light Infantry [38]

Scottish Rifles [34]

Seaforth Highlanders [33]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [29]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [24]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Cameron Highlanders [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

Royal Highlanders [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1420]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [158]

Australian Imperial Force [120]

Royal Navy [116]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Last name first letter

F [2010]

Contribution

Military Service [1944]

Merchant Navy [55]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] South Shields, Durham, England [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Cork [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Edmonton, London [3] Horsham Victoria [3] Inglewood Victoria [3] Leith Scotland [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Camberwell, London [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [2] Epping New South Wales [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow [2] Gumeracha South Australia [2] Hampstead, London [2] Lanark Scotland [2] Lesmahagow Scotland [2] Myponga South Australia [2] Nairne South Australia [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Paddington, London [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Acton, London [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Alexandra, Central Otago [1] Antwerp Victoria [1] Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [930] Gunner [106] Driver [77] Serjeant [62] Corporal [56] Sapper [55] Second Lieutenant [44] Lieutenant [40] Lance Corporal [29] Captain [20] Acting Corporal [16] Pioneer [14] Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [6] Deck Hand [6] Rifleman [6] Worker [6] Able Seaman [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Sister [4] Staff Nurse [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Chaplain [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Reverend Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Writer [1] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [115] Labour Corps [107] Royal Engineers [107] Royal Garrison Artillery [73] Royal Scots [73] Army Service Corps [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Northumberland Fusiliers [48] Gordon Highlanders [44] Machine Gun Corps [43] London Regiment [39] Highland Light Infantry [38] Scottish Rifles [34] Seaforth Highlanders [33] King's Own Scottish Borderers [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [29] Liverpool Regiment [29] Durham Light Infantry [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [24] Royal Fusiliers [24] Cameron Highlanders [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [21] East Lancashire Regiment [20] South Lancashire Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Manchester Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] Royal Highlanders [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [10] Cheshire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1420] Canadian Expeditionary Force [158] Australian Imperial Force [120] Royal Navy [116] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Last name first letter

F [2010]

Contribution

Military Service [1944] Merchant Navy [55] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Australia [2] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

William Clyne Forrest

Born 1889

Died 1951

Australian Imperial Force 2380

Australian Imperial Force 2380 Sergeant 5/28 Btn

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Andrew Joseph Forrest

Born 1894

Died 1944

Australian Imperial Force 2151 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Tobin Forrest

Born 1883

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/914 Private Otago Infantry Battalion

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Robert Forrest

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4426 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Richard Forrest

Born 1894

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4480 Private Australian Infantry 58th Battalion

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Richard Clarkson Forrest

Died 1916

British Army 4124 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4124 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Darcy Wersley Forrest

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6017 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Ralph Forrest

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army T/453944 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 61182 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 26703 Welsh Regiment 63rd Training Reserve Battalion

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Matthew Forrest

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4484 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 4484 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Joseph Forrest

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 108993 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Richard Forrest

Born 1884

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2845 Private 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Douglas Keith Forrest

Born 1897

Died 1990

Australian Imperial Force 56317

Australian Imperial Force 56317 Pte 11th Btn 11th Btn

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William Forrest

Born 1891

British Army 10278 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10278 Acting Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 8th Battalion

British Army 10278 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Robert Featherstone Forrest

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List

British Army Transport Serjeant Nigeria Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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John Forrest

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3747 Private Australian Infantry,

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Arthur Forrest

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147482

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Frank Forrest

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Cavalry Field Ambulance

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William Forrest

Born 1883

British Army 316902 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 6810 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6810 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Forrest

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37071

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Charles Evelin Forrest

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Major Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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