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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]

Arthur John Franklin

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 290857 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd/7th Regiment

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Arthur Franklin

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 37999 Middlesex Regiment

British Army 37780 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Ernest Edward Preston Franklin

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 51109 Driver Royal Field Artillery 45th Brigade

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John Robert Alphin Franklin

Born 1884

British Army 8847 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8847 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8847 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Henry James Franklin

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 34737 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Arthur Franklin

Born 1899

Died 1957

British Army 17922 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 49642 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Edward Franklin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29511

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James Franklin

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36575

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Charles Stanley Franklin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319264

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Wolfe Franklin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38192

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Cyril Edward Franklin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 483 Field Company (1st East Anglian) Royal Engineers

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Leslie Keith Franklin

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1929

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1929 Lance Sergeant Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn.

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Edward Thomas Franklin

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 291194 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Vanguard

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Frederick William Franklin

Born 1863

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409467

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Edward Ernest Franklin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142549

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George Edgar Franklin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107393

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William Henry Franklin

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220677

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Philip William Franklin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282379

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Stanley John Franklin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29582

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John Henry Franklin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28477

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