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London, Middlesex, England [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

London England [5]

Paddington, London [5]

West Ham, Essex [5]

Islington, London [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Camden New South Wales [3]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Edmonton, London [3]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Goole [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Beer, Devon [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brentwood, Essex [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Essex [2]

Exeter, Devon, England [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Minyip Victoria [2]

Mount Barker South Australia [2]

Naracoorte South Australia [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Oxfordshire [2]

Plymouth England [2]

Rank

Private [1357]

Driver [130]

Gunner [125]

Corporal [111]

Serjeant [103]

Sapper [101]

Second Lieutenant [56]

Lance Corporal [45]

Acting Corporal [31]

Lieutenant [26]

Captain [25]

Major [19]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Bombardier [16]

Pioneer [12]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Rifleman [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Conductor [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Transport Corporal [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [157]

Royal Field Artillery [154]

Royal Engineers [153]

Labour Corps [140]

London Regiment [133]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Royal Fusiliers [73]

Middlesex Regiment [62]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [58]

Machine Gun Corps [57]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [53]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [53]

Gloucestershire Regiment [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Wiltshire Regiment [45]

Bedfordshire Regiment [43]

Essex Regiment [41]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [36]

Rifle Brigade [35]

The Queen's Regiment [32]

Norfolk Regiment [29]

East Surrey Regiment [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [23]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Northamptonshire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Horse Artillery [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [21]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Tank Corps [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

South Wales Borderers [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2086]

Royal Navy [253]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [152]

Australian Imperial Force [145]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [2870]

P [2]

B [1]

D [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2813]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

Australia [3]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

Pakistan [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] London England [5] Paddington, London [5] West Ham, Essex [5] Islington, London [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Camden New South Wales [3] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Edmonton, London [3] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Goole [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Beer, Devon [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brentwood, Essex [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Camberwell, London [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dover, Kent [2] Essex [2] Exeter, Devon, England [2] Fulham, London [2] Gloucester [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Minyip Victoria [2] Mount Barker South Australia [2] Naracoorte South Australia [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Nhill Victoria [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Oxfordshire [2] Plymouth England [2]

Rank

Private [1357] Driver [130] Gunner [125] Corporal [111] Serjeant [103] Sapper [101] Second Lieutenant [56] Lance Corporal [45] Acting Corporal [31] Lieutenant [26] Captain [25] Major [19] Acting Serjeant [18] Bombardier [16] Pioneer [12] Staff Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Rifleman [9] Able Seaman [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Conductor [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Transport Corporal [3] Worker [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [157] Royal Field Artillery [154] Royal Engineers [153] Labour Corps [140] London Regiment [133] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Royal Fusiliers [73] Middlesex Regiment [62] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [58] Machine Gun Corps [57] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [53] Royal Berkshire Regiment [53] Gloucestershire Regiment [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Wiltshire Regiment [45] Bedfordshire Regiment [43] Essex Regiment [41] King's Royal Rifle Corps [36] Rifle Brigade [35] The Queen's Regiment [32] Norfolk Regiment [29] East Surrey Regiment [28] Royal Army Service Corps [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [23] Suffolk Regiment [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Northamptonshire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [21] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Horse Artillery [21] Somerset Light Infantry [21] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Army Veterinary Corps [17] Liverpool Regiment [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Tank Corps [17] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] South Wales Borderers [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2086] Royal Navy [253] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [168] Canadian Expeditionary Force [152] Australian Imperial Force [145] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [2870] P [2] B [1] D [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2813] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [62] Australia [3] India [2] South Africa [2] Canada [1] Guyana [1] Pakistan [1]

Albert Franklin

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7131 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Oscar Thomas Franklin

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army G/12545 Private Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own 17th Battalion

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William Henry Franklin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 4338 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Franklin

Born 1872

Died 1920

British Army 34579 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 3364 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 84734 Private Labour Corps

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Leonard Franklin

Born 1882

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50885

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Alexander Franklin

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 18380 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Batttalion

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Edgar John Franklin

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 6599 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery C/58 Brigade

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Frederick Cecil Franklin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5730 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion.

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Sidney Franklin

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9092 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9092 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9092 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Franklin

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 17442 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Franklin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 8548 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 8548 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Franklin

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 5187 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3/5th Battalion

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Charles Franklin, O.b.e

Born 1861

Died 1919

British Army 2nd Lieutenant

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry Royal Navy School of Music

Royal Navy 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry Musical Director, Royal Navy School of Music

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Helen Caroline Bentwich

Born 1892

Died 1972

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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James Edward Franklin

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3927 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 23617 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23617 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Franklin

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 28567 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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George Thomas Franklin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3712 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Walter Ernest Franklin

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 29925 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn.

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Herbert Leyshow Franklin

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3104

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Charles Wyndham Franklin

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3105

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