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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19]

Sydney New South Wales [19]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

Manchester, Lancashire [13]

Adelaide South Australia [12]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [11]

London, Middlesex [9]

Norwich, Norfolk [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Plymouth, Devon [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Dublin [6]

London England [6]

Nottingham [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Auckland [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4]

Bristol, Somerset [4]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Paddington, London [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [3]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [3]

Cromer, Norfolk [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Liverpool [3]

Malvern Victoria [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Tipton, Staffordshire [3]

Abbotsford Victoria [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Allegheny, United States of America [2]

Ashfield New South Wales [2]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Aughrim, Wicklow [2]

Rank

Private [3371]

Gunner [355]

Corporal [307]

Serjeant [249]

Driver [224]

Sapper [179]

Lance Corporal [133]

Lieutenant [108]

Second Lieutenant [107]

Captain [83]

Acting Corporal [60]

Pioneer [50]

Acting Serjeant [44]

Major [33]

Bombardier [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Rifleman [18]

Staff Serjeant [18]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Able Seaman [16]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Worker [14]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Staff Nurse [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Acting Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Nurse [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Sister [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Temporary Major [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Colonel [6]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Guardsman [5]

Lieutenant and Captain [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Sergeant [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Major [4]

Unit

Labour Corps [413]

Royal Field Artillery [385]

Royal Engineers [374]

Army Service Corps [322]

Royal Garrison Artillery [212]

Royal Army Medical Corps [173]

London Regiment [168]

Machine Gun Corps [155]

Royal Fusiliers [129]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [106]

Liverpool Regiment [102]

Northumberland Fusiliers [97]

West Yorkshire Regiment [92]

Durham Light Infantry [89]

Middlesex Regiment [84]

York and Lancaster Regiment [81]

Manchester Regiment [78]

Lincolnshire Regiment [71]

Norfolk Regiment [71]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [66]

Lancashire Fusiliers [65]

Rifle Brigade [65]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [65]

West Riding Regiment [63]

Royal Naval Division [61]

Royal Army Service Corps [60]

The Queen's Regiment [59]

East Kent Regiment [56]

East Yorkshire Regiment [55]

Gloucestershire Regiment [55]

North Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Yorkshire Regiment [53]

Bedfordshire Regiment [52]

Royal Defence Corps [48]

Army Veterinary Corps [47]

Essex Regiment [47]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [47]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [46]

Welsh Regiment [46]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [45]

Cheshire Regiment [43]

Hampshire Regiment [43]

Leicestershire Regiment [43]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

South Staffordshire Regiment [42]

East Surrey Regiment [41]

Northamptonshire Regiment [41]

Worcestershire Regiment [40]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [38]

Service

British Army [5148]

Royal Navy [508]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [403]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [382]

Australian Imperial Force [276]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [70]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [6921]

H [4]

L [4]

W [4]

B [3]

A [2]

C [2]

S [2]

E [1]

M [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6752]

Merchant Navy [122]

Conscientious Objector [25]

Country

United Kingdom [167]

Canada [3]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19] Sydney New South Wales [19] London, Middlesex, England [15] Manchester, Lancashire [13] Adelaide South Australia [12] Sheffield, Yorkshire [11] London, Middlesex [9] Norwich, Norfolk [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Plymouth, Devon [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Dublin [6] London England [6] Nottingham [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Auckland [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4] Bristol, Somerset [4] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Paddington, London [4] South Shields, Durham [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Alverstoke, Hampshire [3] Atherstone, Warwickshire [3] Cromer, Norfolk [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Doncaster, Yorkshire [3] Dover, Kent [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Fulham, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Lambeth, London [3] Liverpool [3] Malvern Victoria [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Tipton, Staffordshire [3] Abbotsford Victoria [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Allegheny, United States of America [2] Ashfield New South Wales [2] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [2] Aughrim, Wicklow [2]

Rank

Private [3371] Gunner [355] Corporal [307] Serjeant [249] Driver [224] Sapper [179] Lance Corporal [133] Lieutenant [108] Second Lieutenant [107] Captain [83] Acting Corporal [60] Pioneer [50] Acting Serjeant [44] Major [33] Bombardier [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Rifleman [18] Staff Serjeant [18] Lance Serjeant [17] Able Seaman [16] Company Serjeant Major [15] Worker [14] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Stoker 1st Class [10] Staff Nurse [9] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Acting Lance Corporal [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Colour Serjeant [8] Nurse [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Sister [8] Temporary Captain [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Temporary Major [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Colonel [6] Lieutenant Acting Captain [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Guardsman [5] Lieutenant and Captain [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Sergeant [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Major [4]

Unit

Labour Corps [413] Royal Field Artillery [385] Royal Engineers [374] Army Service Corps [322] Royal Garrison Artillery [212] Royal Army Medical Corps [173] London Regiment [168] Machine Gun Corps [155] Royal Fusiliers [129] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [106] Liverpool Regiment [102] Northumberland Fusiliers [97] West Yorkshire Regiment [92] Durham Light Infantry [89] Middlesex Regiment [84] York and Lancaster Regiment [81] Manchester Regiment [78] Lincolnshire Regiment [71] Norfolk Regiment [71] King's Royal Rifle Corps [66] Lancashire Fusiliers [65] Rifle Brigade [65] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [65] West Riding Regiment [63] Royal Naval Division [61] Royal Army Service Corps [60] The Queen's Regiment [59] East Kent Regiment [56] East Yorkshire Regiment [55] Gloucestershire Regiment [55] North Staffordshire Regiment [53] Yorkshire Regiment [53] Bedfordshire Regiment [52] Royal Defence Corps [48] Army Veterinary Corps [47] Essex Regiment [47] Yorkshire Light Infantry [47] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [46] Welsh Regiment [46] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [45] Cheshire Regiment [43] Hampshire Regiment [43] Leicestershire Regiment [43] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] Somerset Light Infantry [42] South Staffordshire Regiment [42] East Surrey Regiment [41] Northamptonshire Regiment [41] Worcestershire Regiment [40] Royal Berkshire Regiment [38]

Service

British Army [5148] Royal Navy [508] Canadian Expeditionary Force [403] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [382] Australian Imperial Force [276] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [70] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [6921] H [4] L [4] W [4] B [3] A [2] C [2] S [2] E [1] M [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6752] Merchant Navy [122] Conscientious Objector [25]

Country

United Kingdom [167] Canada [3] India [2] Australia [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

William Fox

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 33705 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Fox

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 436052

Canadian Expeditionary Force 436052 Private Canadian Infantry

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Richard Fox

Born 1888

Died 1933

British Army 36460 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 36460 Driver 25th RFA

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Harold Fox

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 29499 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34873 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army M/324560 Private Army Service Corps

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Jack Reginald Fox

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army G/11582 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/11582 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 11th Battalion

British Army G/11582 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Cuthbert Lloyd Fox

Born 1885

Died 1972

British Army Major Royal Engineers 502nd Wessex Field coy.

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Dorothy Fox

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Joseph Groombridge Fox

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38425

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John Francis Fox

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175855

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Arthur Henry Fox

Born 1886

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49873 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Henry James Fox

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55293

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Alan Geoffrey Fox

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Attached Royal Flying Corps 16 Squadron

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George Rose Fox

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2337 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Cambridgeshire Regiment 325659

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Francis Parker Fox

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 21290 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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James Fox

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6589 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Richard Paget Fox

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 83 Private Royal Army Medical Corps attd. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Herbert Fox

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 70421 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 111th Field Amb.

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Thomas Noel Fox

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry attd Machine Gun Corps 79th Company

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Edmund James Fox

Born 1868

Died 1919

Royal Navy 126772 Chief Petty Officer H.M.S. "Gunner"

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Joseph George Fox

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy K910

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