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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Auckland [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bow, England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bungay, Suffolk [1]

Cambooya Queensland [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Capertee New South Wales [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Great Abington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Harleston, Norfolk [1]

Hawkesbury New South Wales [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Inglewood Victoria [1]

Kingston upon Hull [1]

Leicester [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Little Bendigo Victoria [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lower Piper Tasmania [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Metfield, Suffolk [1]

Norwood, Surrey [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

Orwell Nr Royston, Cambridgeshire [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Paddington, Middlesex [1]

Ratby [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Shepton Mallet England [1]

St Andrews, Nottinghamshire [1]

Stockerston [1]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Stowbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Walthamstone England [1]

Rank

Private [172]

Gunner [31]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Driver [10]

Sapper [10]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Reverend [1]

Stoker Class II [1]

Stoker II [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Labour Corps [23]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

9th Lancers [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

2nd [1]

2nd Battalion Lincoln Regiment [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

Service

British Army [283]

Royal Navy [30]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

F [367]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [364]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Auckland [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Darlington, Durham [2] London, Middlesex [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Yeovil, Somerset [2] Avoca Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bow, England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, London [1] Bungay, Suffolk [1] Cambooya Queensland [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Capertee New South Wales [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Great Abington, Cambridgeshire [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Harleston, Norfolk [1] Hawkesbury New South Wales [1] Holloway, London [1] Inglewood Victoria [1] Kingston upon Hull [1] Leicester [1] Lincolnshire [1] Little Bendigo Victoria [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lower Piper Tasmania [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Metfield, Suffolk [1] Norwood, Surrey [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Orwell Nr Royston, Cambridgeshire [1] Paddington, London [1] Paddington, Middlesex [1] Ratby [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Shepton Mallet England [1] St Andrews, Nottinghamshire [1] Stockerston [1] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Stowbridge, Worcestershire [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] Walthamstone England [1]

Rank

Private [172] Gunner [31] Corporal [21] Serjeant [12] Lance Corporal [11] Driver [10] Sapper [10] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Reverend [1] Stoker Class II [1] Stoker II [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Labour Corps [23] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Suffolk Regiment [17] Leicestershire Regiment [16] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Essex Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] 9th Lancers [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Welsh Guards [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 2nd [1] 2nd Battalion Lincoln Regiment [1] 2nd Life Guards [1]

Service

British Army [283] Royal Navy [30] Australian Imperial Force [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

F [367] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [364] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9] United States [1]

A G Freestone

British Army 75897 Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Harry Freestone

British Army 15165 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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H S Freestone

British Army 24 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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W J Freestone

British Army 127703 Sapper Royal Engineers

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J W Freestone

British Army 444003 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Horace C Freestone

British Army 57790 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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William A Freestone

British Army 138564 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Freestone

British Army 7080 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percival Harry Freestone

British Army British Red Cross Society

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John Freestone

British Army 35011 Acting Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Gordon Freestone

British Army M/302440 Private Army Service Corps

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Herbert A Freestone

British Army 73698 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frank Freestone

British Army 85241 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert G Freestone

British Army 2047 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325494 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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William Freestone

British Army 60104 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 60104 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Freestone

British Army 4892 Private Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Charles A Freestone

British Army 3121 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 266390 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 1665945 Gunner Royal Artillery Transport

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Horace W Freestone

British Army 42068 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 513902 Private Labour Corps

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Francis W Freestone

British Army R4/063842 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Herbert V Freestone

British Army 854 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 300576 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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