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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]

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Bungay, Suffolk [1]

Cambooya Queensland [1]

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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]

Samuel Freestone

Died 1918

British Army 747 Corporal Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 204124 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

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Frederick William Freestone

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244978

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Francis Freestone

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy K4846 Leading Stoker HM Submarine C16

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Harold Moulton Freestone

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 114640 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 114640 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Henry Hinch Freestone

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 31629 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John G W Freestone

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army L/28974 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Walter Freestone

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 23285 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Herbert George Freestone

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 669145

Canadian Expeditionary Force 669145 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Gordon Freestone

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 235062 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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James Freestone

Died 1917

British Army 32820 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Clarence Shirley Freestone

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229178

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Frederick Lawrence Freestone

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241929

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Francis C Freestone

Died 1917

British Army 203058 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Herbert Robert Freestone

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3/7112 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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George H Freestone

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Spts/5448 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 5448 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Henry C Freestone

Born 1892

British Army 53474 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army TR/13/21129 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 31170 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Arthur Jordan Freestone

Born 1896

Died 1969

Royal Navy 13586 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 13586 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 13586 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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John William Henry Freestone

Australian Imperial Force

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William A Freestone

Died 1918

British Army 57054 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry William Freestone

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 7898 Serjeant London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 493812 Serjeant London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 493812 Serjeant London Regiment

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