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London, Middlesex, England [10]

London, Middlesex [8]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Deloraine Tasmania [5]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [5]

Maryborough Queensland [5]

Poplar, London [5]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [4]

Barrington Tasmania [4]

Eastbourne, Sussex [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Islington, London [4]

Scottsdale Tasmania [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Arlington, Sussex [3]

Avoca Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Braintree, Essex [3]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Fareham, Hampshire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London England [3]

Oxfordshire [3]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

West Ham , Essex [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Barcaldine Queensland [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Belfast [2]

Bexhill New South Wales [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bradwell on Sea, Essex, England [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Fulham England [2]

Rank

Private [1654]

Gunner [180]

Corporal [148]

Serjeant [147]

Driver [139]

Sapper [132]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Lance Corporal [69]

Acting Corporal [38]

Captain [34]

Lieutenant [31]

Pioneer [30]

Bombardier [24]

Major [19]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Rifleman [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Able Seaman [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Worker [6]

Colonel [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sister [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Cook [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Reverend [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Canteener [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private/Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [233]

Royal Field Artillery [201]

Labour Corps [188]

Army Service Corps [177]

London Regiment [140]

Royal Garrison Artillery [121]

Royal Army Medical Corps [84]

Royal Fusiliers [72]

Machine Gun Corps [70]

Middlesex Regiment [63]

Essex Regiment [57]

Devonshire Regiment [51]

Durham Light Infantry [46]

Royal Sussex Regiment [46]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [46]

Suffolk Regiment [44]

Northumberland Fusiliers [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [40]

The Queen's Regiment [40]

Hampshire Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [38]

Leicestershire Regiment [38]

Rifle Brigade [37]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

East Kent Regiment [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

East Surrey Regiment [25]

Somerset Light Infantry [25]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

South Lancashire Regiment [21]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

South Wales Borderers [20]

Wiltshire Regiment [19]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Service

British Army [2612]

Royal Navy [351]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [229]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [224]

Australian Imperial Force [158]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

F [3702]

H [2]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3605]

Merchant Navy [76]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [10] London, Middlesex [8] Maidstone, Kent [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] Plymouth, Devon [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Croydon, Surrey [5] Deloraine Tasmania [5] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [5] Maryborough Queensland [5] Poplar, London [5] Banbury, Oxfordshire [4] Barrington Tasmania [4] Eastbourne, Sussex [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Islington, London [4] Scottsdale Tasmania [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Arlington, Sussex [3] Avoca Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Braintree, Essex [3] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Fareham, Hampshire [3] Hackney, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London England [3] Oxfordshire [3] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] West Ham , Essex [3] Yorkshire [3] Barcaldine Queensland [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Belfast [2] Bexhill New South Wales [2] Bow, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bradwell on Sea, Essex, England [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Canning Town, London [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Fulham England [2]

Rank

Private [1654] Gunner [180] Corporal [148] Serjeant [147] Driver [139] Sapper [132] Second Lieutenant [73] Lance Corporal [69] Acting Corporal [38] Captain [34] Lieutenant [31] Pioneer [30] Bombardier [24] Major [19] Acting Serjeant [15] Rifleman [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Able Seaman [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Worker [6] Colonel [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sister [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Nursing Sister [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Cook [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Reverend [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Canteener [2] Chaplain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private/Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [233] Royal Field Artillery [201] Labour Corps [188] Army Service Corps [177] London Regiment [140] Royal Garrison Artillery [121] Royal Army Medical Corps [84] Royal Fusiliers [72] Machine Gun Corps [70] Middlesex Regiment [63] Essex Regiment [57] Devonshire Regiment [51] Durham Light Infantry [46] Royal Sussex Regiment [46] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [46] Suffolk Regiment [44] Northumberland Fusiliers [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [40] The Queen's Regiment [40] Hampshire Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [38] Leicestershire Regiment [38] Rifle Brigade [37] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [29] East Kent Regiment [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] East Surrey Regiment [25] Somerset Light Infantry [25] Worcestershire Regiment [24] Canadian Infantry [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] South Lancashire Regiment [21] Cheshire Regiment [20] Manchester Regiment [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] South Wales Borderers [20] Wiltshire Regiment [19] Welsh Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [16] Royal Defence Corps [16]

Service

British Army [2612] Royal Navy [351] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [229] Canadian Expeditionary Force [224] Australian Imperial Force [158] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

F [3702] H [2] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3605] Merchant Navy [76] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [87] Ireland [3] Canada [2] India [2] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1]

Alexander French

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102308

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William Albert French

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105761

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Frank Nicholas Watson French

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 1403625 Corporal 17th Pack Battery Royal Artillery

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Archibald French

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81281

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James Charles French

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122560

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Robert Mason Jackson French

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Hubert John French

Born 1880

Died 1953

British Army Serjeant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Lieutenant Highland Cyclist Battalion

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George Harold French

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145655

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Herbert John French

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281081

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Albert Francis French

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4159

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William French

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208772

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James French

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33221

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Tom Glinn French

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2044

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Alfred George French

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116162

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Henry William French

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4115

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Alfred Frederick French

Born 1885

Died 1921

Royal Navy 214229 Petty Officer HM Submarine E13

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William Lewis French

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16823

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Richard French

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267787

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Walter Horace French

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army Army Reserve

British Army 5747 Private Scots Guards

British Army 5747 Guardsman Scots Guards

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Herbert Frederick French

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27779

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