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Adelaide South Australia [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Tollesbury, Essex [6]

Gosford New South Wales [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

Kensington, London [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Norfolk [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Farnham, Surrey [4]

Hay New South Wales [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Stanhoe Norfolk [4]

Wimbledon, Surrey [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Beverley, Yorkshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Campbelltown New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Peckham, London [3]

Redfern New South Wales [3]

Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Salisbury South Australia [3]

St Pancras, Middlesex [3]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [2]

Cambridge [2]

Cambridgeshire [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Dawlish, Devon [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Derby [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Rank

Private [1990]

Gunner [223]

Driver [160]

Corporal [155]

Serjeant [149]

Sapper [118]

Second Lieutenant [104]

Lance Corporal [71]

Captain [34]

Lieutenant [33]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Acting Corporal [29]

Pioneer [27]

Bombardier [26]

Rifleman [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Worker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2]

Chaplain [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [263]

Royal Field Artillery [231]

Army Service Corps [227]

Royal Engineers [207]

London Regiment [168]

Royal Garrison Artillery [149]

Machine Gun Corps [93]

Royal Fusiliers [91]

Suffolk Regiment [91]

Middlesex Regiment [79]

Essex Regiment [76]

Royal Army Medical Corps [75]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [59]

Norfolk Regiment [58]

The Queen's Regiment [52]

Rifle Brigade [51]

East Surrey Regiment [45]

Northamptonshire Regiment [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [45]

Devonshire Regiment [44]

Bedfordshire Regiment [40]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Hampshire Regiment [36]

Manchester Regiment [36]

North Staffordshire Regiment [33]

Lincolnshire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

West Riding Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Somerset Light Infantry [30]

Army Veterinary Corps [29]

East Kent Regiment [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [23]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21]

Tank Corps [21]

Service

British Army [3060]

Royal Navy [316]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [290]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [194]

Australian Imperial Force [165]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [4111]

S [3]

B [1]

C [1]

G [1]

K [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4050]

Merchant Navy [51]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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Adelaide South Australia [7] London, Middlesex [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Tollesbury, Essex [6] Gosford New South Wales [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [5] Kensington, London [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Norfolk [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Farnham, Surrey [4] Hay New South Wales [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Stanhoe Norfolk [4] Wimbledon, Surrey [4] Battersea, London [3] Beverley, Yorkshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Campbelltown New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Peckham, London [3] Redfern New South Wales [3] Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [3] Salisbury South Australia [3] St Pancras, Middlesex [3] Acton, Middlesex [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [2] Cambridge [2] Cambridgeshire [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Dawlish, Devon [2] Deptford, London [2] Derby [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Rank

Private [1990] Gunner [223] Driver [160] Corporal [155] Serjeant [149] Sapper [118] Second Lieutenant [104] Lance Corporal [71] Captain [34] Lieutenant [33] Acting Serjeant [30] Acting Corporal [29] Pioneer [27] Bombardier [26] Rifleman [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Company Serjeant Major [12] Lance Serjeant [12] Staff Serjeant [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Worker [8] Able Seaman [7] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Saddler Staff Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2] Chaplain [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [263] Royal Field Artillery [231] Army Service Corps [227] Royal Engineers [207] London Regiment [168] Royal Garrison Artillery [149] Machine Gun Corps [93] Royal Fusiliers [91] Suffolk Regiment [91] Middlesex Regiment [79] Essex Regiment [76] Royal Army Medical Corps [75] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [59] Norfolk Regiment [58] The Queen's Regiment [52] Rifle Brigade [51] East Surrey Regiment [45] Northamptonshire Regiment [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [45] Devonshire Regiment [44] Bedfordshire Regiment [40] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Liverpool Regiment [39] Cheshire Regiment [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Durham Light Infantry [37] Hampshire Regiment [36] Manchester Regiment [36] North Staffordshire Regiment [33] Lincolnshire Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [32] West Riding Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Yorkshire Regiment [31] Somerset Light Infantry [30] Army Veterinary Corps [29] East Kent Regiment [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] Leicestershire Regiment [27] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] Royal Berkshire Regiment [23] Royal Defence Corps [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [21] Tank Corps [21]

Service

British Army [3060] Royal Navy [316] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [290] Canadian Expeditionary Force [194] Australian Imperial Force [165] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [4111] S [3] B [1] C [1] G [1] K [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4050] Merchant Navy [51] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Canada [1] Germany [1] India [1]

Evelyn Fairfax Meadows Frost

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 5th Battlaion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Herbert Charles Frost

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 50447 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 50447 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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George Edgar Frost

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army G/44863 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 40887 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Gordon Christoffer Frost

Born 1884

Died 1933

Australian Imperial Force 445

Australian Imperial Force 387

Australian Imperial Force 445/387 Corporal Signaller 7th Light Horse Regiment

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Samuel Frost

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 204405 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire Regiment ) 1/8th Bn att 2/8th Bn

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Alfred Ingo Frost

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 218 Colour Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 218 Company Serjeant Major Middlesex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Frost

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3594 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3594 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Edward Frost

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2906 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st

British Army 326012 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st

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George Frederick Frost

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy M20740

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315097 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force 55th Training Depot Station

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Geoffrey King Frost

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army GS-58787 Private Royal Fusiliers University & Public Schools

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Edward Albert Frost

Born 1884

Died 1947

Royal Navy 272343

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Alfred Halton Frost

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9577 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9577 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9577 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest V Frost

Born 1889

British Army 43823 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 30th Brigade

British Army 43823 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 30th Brigade

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Frederick G Frost

Born 1897

Died 1962

British Army SE/31483 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Harry Frost

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 1941 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Mark Frost

Born 1885

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4295 Private

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Edward John Frost

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3552 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Frederick Arthur Frost

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1009458

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1009458 Private Canadian Infantry, Saskatchewan Regiment 46th Battalion

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Thomas Frost

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 111456 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Ifor Frost

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 29634 Private Machine Gun Corps

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