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Bristol, Gloucestershire [13]

Farnham, Surrey [9]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [8]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Bridport, Dorset [4]

Bristol, Somerset [4]

Greenwich, London [4]

Moe Victoria [4]

Mount Barker South Australia [4]

Pirbright, Surrey [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Farnham England [3]

Wellington, Somerset [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Alexandra Victoria [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Armadale Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Bristol [2]

Canning Town, Essex, England [2]

Cardiff [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Glenelg South Australia [2]

Gloucestershire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Highbridge, Somerset [2]

Hoo, Kent, England [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Laughton, Sussex [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lynton, Devon [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1093]

Gunner [114]

Driver [105]

Corporal [94]

Serjeant [80]

Sapper [77]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lance Corporal [38]

Acting Corporal [36]

Captain [32]

Pioneer [20]

Lieutenant [17]

Bombardier [16]

Major [15]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Trooper [6]

Worker [6]

Major General [5]

Sergeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Carrier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [163]

Army Service Corps [153]

Royal Field Artillery [140]

Labour Corps [136]

London Regiment [78]

Royal Garrison Artillery [67]

Hampshire Regiment [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [60]

Gloucestershire Regiment [59]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Devonshire Regiment [50]

Somerset Light Infantry [48]

Dorsetshire Regiment [46]

The Queen's Regiment [43]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

Wiltshire Regiment [38]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Welsh Regiment [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Essex Regiment [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [23]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Worcestershire Regiment [18]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Monmouthshire Regiment [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1775]

Royal Navy [268]

Australian Imperial Force [155]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [141]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [2538]

M [2]

R [2]

D [1]

K [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2479]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [13] Farnham, Surrey [9] Southampton, Hampshire, England [8] Sydney New South Wales [8] Hobart Tasmania [6] Bridport, Dorset [4] Bristol, Somerset [4] Greenwich, London [4] Moe Victoria [4] Mount Barker South Australia [4] Pirbright, Surrey [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Chippenham, Wiltshire [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Farnham England [3] Wellington, Somerset [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Alexandra Victoria [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Armadale Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Bristol [2] Canning Town, Essex, England [2] Cardiff [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Glenelg South Australia [2] Gloucestershire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Highbridge, Somerset [2] Hoo, Kent, England [2] Lambeth, London [2] Laughton, Sussex [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Limehouse, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Lynton, Devon [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1093] Gunner [114] Driver [105] Corporal [94] Serjeant [80] Sapper [77] Second Lieutenant [68] Lance Corporal [38] Acting Corporal [36] Captain [32] Pioneer [20] Lieutenant [17] Bombardier [16] Major [15] Acting Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Bombardier [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Trooper [6] Worker [6] Major General [5] Sergeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Petty Officer [3] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Cadet [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Carrier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [163] Army Service Corps [153] Royal Field Artillery [140] Labour Corps [136] London Regiment [78] Royal Garrison Artillery [67] Hampshire Regiment [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [60] Gloucestershire Regiment [59] Machine Gun Corps [54] Devonshire Regiment [50] Somerset Light Infantry [48] Dorsetshire Regiment [46] The Queen's Regiment [43] Royal Fusiliers [39] Wiltshire Regiment [38] Middlesex Regiment [35] Welsh Regiment [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [24] Essex Regiment [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [23] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [21] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Canadian Infantry [18] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Worcestershire Regiment [18] South Wales Borderers [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [15] Suffolk Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Monmouthshire Regiment [10] Royal Irish Rifles [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Royal West Surrey Regiment [10] Tank Corps [10] Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1775] Royal Navy [268] Australian Imperial Force [155] Canadian Expeditionary Force [141] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [2538] M [2] R [2] D [1] K [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2479] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [65] South Africa [2] Canada [1]

Eustace Samuel Freeman Fry

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 97485 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 73630 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 42488 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Albert Thomas Fry

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 5524 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5524 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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William Henry Fry

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 12708 Private Welsh Regiment

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Percival Norman Fry

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1821 Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 204443 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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Thomas John Fry

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1413 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1413 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Henry Fry

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 204335 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 5896 Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 285531 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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Alfred Andrew Fry

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army Captain 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion Territorials

British Army Lieutenant 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27619 Captain Royal Air Force 12th Wing

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Francis Luke Fry

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3846 Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal

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Alfred Thomas Gulliford Fry

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16562 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion (Bristol)

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Walter Samuel Fry

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 19474 Private Welsh Regiment

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Ernest Harold Fry

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 22649 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion (Bristol)

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Victor Frederick John Fry

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10269 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Thomas Fry

Born 1889

British Army 9419 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9419 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Woollen Fry

Born 1868

Died 1949

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 8th battalion gloucest Battalion

British Army 2687

British Army Captain Royal Gloucestershire 2nd Battalion

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Flight Lieutenant Herbert Charles Fry

Born 1899

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177103

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Thomas Albert Fry

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253157 Air Mechanic Third Class Isle of Grain Depot.

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Edward Louis Fry

Died 1918

British Army G/25284 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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Tom Fry

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 056062 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 205007 Private London Regiment 1/15th lond Battalion

British Army 78945 Private London Regiment 1/24th lond Battalion

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Frank Wilfred Fry

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 48228 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 11th Battalion

British Army TR7/24448 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 53rd Training Reserve Battalion

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Leslie Harrington Fry

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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