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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]

Walter Dannial Fry

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 24926 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 13th. Battalion.

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Archibald Eagle Fry

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296266

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Ernest Fry

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199592

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Lewis Fry

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army 606009 Private Labour Corps

British Army 8289 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8289 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles William Fry

Born 1877

Royal Navy RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226447

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Frederick Fry

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179618

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Josiah Fry

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281365

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Herbert Henry Fry

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98955

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Tom Fry

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282533

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Henry Fry

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 36038 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Alfred George Fry

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1926

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Stephen Fry

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164673

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Frederick John Fry

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17346

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George William Fry

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263989

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Isaac John Fry

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131070

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Frederick John Fry

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246730

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Edward Fry

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51126

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Reginald Frank Fry

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242289

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John Fry

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198191

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William Fry

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9609

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