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London England [14]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

London, Middlesex [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Camberwell, London [8]

Geelong Victoria [8]

Olney, Bucks [6]

Peckham, London [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Battersea, Surrey [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Parramatta New South Wales [5]

Colebrook Tasmania [4]

Echuca Victoria [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Worcester [4]

Alpha Queensland [3]

Avoca Tasmania [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Bow, London [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Coramba New South Wales [3]

Essex [3]

Fitzroy Victoria [3]

Haggerston, London [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Horsham, Sussex [3]

Hoxton, London [3]

Islington, London [3]

Islington, London, Middlesex [3]

Maldon, Essex [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Rugby, Warwickshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Warwickshire [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battle, Sussex [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Rank

Private [2310]

Gunner [285]

Driver [229]

Corporal [195]

Serjeant [172]

Sapper [132]

Second Lieutenant [100]

Lance Corporal [77]

Acting Corporal [47]

Captain [47]

Lieutenant [42]

Pioneer [35]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Bombardier [25]

Rifleman [15]

Major [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Worker [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Commander [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Saddler [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [327]

Army Service Corps [292]

Labour Corps [262]

Royal Engineers [253]

Royal Garrison Artillery [178]

London Regiment [173]

Royal Army Medical Corps [133]

Machine Gun Corps [108]

Royal Fusiliers [97]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [88]

Worcestershire Regiment [73]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [64]

Gloucestershire Regiment [61]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [59]

Middlesex Regiment [57]

Bedfordshire Regiment [56]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Rifle Brigade [53]

Suffolk Regiment [53]

Northamptonshire Regiment [52]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Leicestershire Regiment [47]

Yorkshire Regiment [45]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [44]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42]

The Queen's Regiment [42]

Essex Regiment [41]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

East Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Lancashire Fusiliers [37]

Lincolnshire Regiment [36]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

West Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Manchester Regiment [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [33]

East Surrey Regiment [32]

Norfolk Regiment [32]

Devonshire Regiment [31]

South Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [27]

Canadian Infantry [26]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Corps of Hussars [25]

East Kent Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [24]

Royal Horse Artillery [23]

Service

British Army [3619]

Royal Navy [376]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [299]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [274]

Australian Imperial Force [260]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [4984]

W [10]

C [4]

D [4]

M [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4874]

Merchant Navy [94]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [95]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

London England [14] London, Middlesex, England [14] London, Middlesex [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Sydney New South Wales [11] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Camberwell, London [8] Geelong Victoria [8] Olney, Bucks [6] Peckham, London [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Battersea, Surrey [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Maidstone, Kent [5] Parramatta New South Wales [5] Colebrook Tasmania [4] Echuca Victoria [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Worcester [4] Alpha Queensland [3] Avoca Tasmania [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Bow, London [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Coramba New South Wales [3] Essex [3] Fitzroy Victoria [3] Haggerston, London [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Horsham, Sussex [3] Hoxton, London [3] Islington, London [3] Islington, London, Middlesex [3] Maldon, Essex [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Rugby, Warwickshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Warwickshire [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battle, Sussex [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham [2]

Rank

Private [2310] Gunner [285] Driver [229] Corporal [195] Serjeant [172] Sapper [132] Second Lieutenant [100] Lance Corporal [77] Acting Corporal [47] Captain [47] Lieutenant [42] Pioneer [35] Acting Serjeant [29] Bombardier [25] Rifleman [15] Major [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Worker [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Staff Serjeant [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Lance Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [9] Shoeing Smith [8] Staff Serjeant Major [8] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Trooper [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Commander [4] Deck Hand [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Saddler [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [327] Army Service Corps [292] Labour Corps [262] Royal Engineers [253] Royal Garrison Artillery [178] London Regiment [173] Royal Army Medical Corps [133] Machine Gun Corps [108] Royal Fusiliers [97] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [88] Worcestershire Regiment [73] King's Royal Rifle Corps [64] Gloucestershire Regiment [61] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [59] Middlesex Regiment [57] Bedfordshire Regiment [56] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Rifle Brigade [53] Suffolk Regiment [53] Northamptonshire Regiment [52] Hampshire Regiment [49] Leicestershire Regiment [47] Yorkshire Regiment [45] Royal Berkshire Regiment [44] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42] The Queen's Regiment [42] Essex Regiment [41] Durham Light Infantry [39] East Yorkshire Regiment [39] Liverpool Regiment [39] Lancashire Fusiliers [37] Lincolnshire Regiment [36] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] West Yorkshire Regiment [35] Manchester Regiment [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [33] East Surrey Regiment [32] Norfolk Regiment [32] Devonshire Regiment [31] South Staffordshire Regiment [30] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [27] Canadian Infantry [26] Cheshire Regiment [26] Corps of Hussars [25] East Kent Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [24] Royal Horse Artillery [23]

Service

British Army [3619] Royal Navy [376] Canadian Expeditionary Force [299] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [274] Australian Imperial Force [260] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [4984] W [10] C [4] D [4] M [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4874] Merchant Navy [94] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [95] Australia [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

William Edward Freeman

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army L/10405 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Herbert Freeman

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1897

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Alfred A Freeman

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 64762 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Joseph Freeman

Died 1918

British Army 54193 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Thomas George Freeman

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1485 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 200149 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edgar Stephen Freeman

Born 1892

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Pilot 3rd Class Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities

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Herbert Henry Freeman

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1362 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 1362 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 3rd Reinforcements

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Maurice Freeman

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35010

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James Henry Freeman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86388

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Albert Hill Freeman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248544

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Frank Freeman

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284926

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Alfred Earle Freeman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173959

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Henry Edward Freeman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190260

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Sydney Freeman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29911

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George W Freeman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66574

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Walter Henry Freeman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304813

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Percy Freeman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264323

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Charles William Freeman

Born 1899

Died 1921

British Army TR/3/51070 Private Training Fusiliers 75th Battalion

British Army TR/3/51070 Private Training Reserve

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Frank Freeman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6157

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Joseph E Freeman

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141844

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