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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]

William James Franklin

Born 1889

Died 1970

British Army Trooper Household Cavalry 1st Lifeguards

British Army 2599 Trooper 1st Life Guards

British Army 3499 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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William Franklin

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284643

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Joseph Franklin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144484

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Horace William Franklin

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267817

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Charlie Franklin

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280385

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Hollister Clare Franklin

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 10888 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Jack Franklin

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 201672 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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Arthur William Franklin

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1497 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Harold Edward Franklin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 43277 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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William Proctor Dowdswell Franklin

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 97952 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 79 Squadron

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Edmund Franklin

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63336

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Thomas Alderman Franklin

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force 5th Battalion

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Wilfred Noel Franklin

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8115 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Franklin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 20187 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 17th Battalion

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Harry Franklin

Born 1890

British Army 9239 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers

British Army 9239 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9239 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Frederick Franklin

Born 1894

British Army 21848 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 15th battalion, gloucest Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116548 Air Mechanic 3rd Class 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Thomas Richard Franklin

Born 1893

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Allieff Franklin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403118

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Albert Edward Franklin

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84526

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Richard Charles Franklin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33855

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