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Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Cambridge [1]

Eckington, Derbyshire [1]

Esher, Surrey [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hastings [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Illabarook Victoria [1]

Illabrook Victoria [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Jamestown South Australia [1]

Keeley Sheffield [1]

Laura South Australia [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds England [1]

Llanelly, South Wales [1]

Lower Heyford, Northamptonshire [1]

Mount Lofty South Australia [1]

Northampton [1]

Pittsmore England [1]

Port Campbell Victoria [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Sheffield [1]

Slaithwaite, Yorkshire [1]

Southport England [1]

Towcester [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Warwick Warren England [1]

Withington England [1]

York [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [151]

Gunner [19]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Corporal 2nd [11]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [10]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Engineer Clerk [1]

Engineer Clerk Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Mechanic Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

10th Hussars [2]

Australian Engineers [2]

Australian Field Artillery [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [244]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Royal Navy [11]

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F [304]

Contribution

Military Service [304]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Cambridge [1] Eckington, Derbyshire [1] Esher, Surrey [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hastings [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Illabarook Victoria [1] Illabrook Victoria [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Jamestown South Australia [1] Keeley Sheffield [1] Laura South Australia [1] Leeds [1] Leeds England [1] Llanelly, South Wales [1] Lower Heyford, Northamptonshire [1] Mount Lofty South Australia [1] Northampton [1] Pittsmore England [1] Port Campbell Victoria [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Sheffield [1] Slaithwaite, Yorkshire [1] Southport England [1] Towcester [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Warwick Warren England [1] Withington England [1] York [1] York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [151] Gunner [19] Second Lieutenant [12] Corporal 2nd [11] Driver [10] Serjeant [10] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Sapper [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Corporal [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Engineer Clerk [1] Engineer Clerk Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Mechanic Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Royal Field Artillery [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 10th Hussars [2] Australian Engineers [2] Australian Field Artillery [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Navy [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Warwickshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [244] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

F [304]

Contribution

Military Service [304]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Robert Furniss

Born 1884

British Army 7166 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Kevin Robert Furniss

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 23rd Squadron

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Walter Furniss

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1838 Sergeant Australian Field Artillery 13th Bde

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Thomas M Furniss

Born 1888

British Army 2127 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 87654 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Defence Corps

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Albert Charles Furniss

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37101

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William George Furniss

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29058

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Alfred Furniss

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 202772 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 202772 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Thomas Joseph Furniss

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 1947 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 360324 Private Liverpool Regiment

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James Furniss

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 36596 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36596 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Arthur John Furniss

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 16663 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Herbert Furniss

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 107622 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 51924 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd

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Charles Frederick Furniss

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 12/107 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment york and lancast Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Lawrence Furniss

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 6178 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 295721 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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O Furniss

Died 1915

British Army 11597 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 11597 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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James Furniss

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 9404 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Martin Furniss

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 69338 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army 69338 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Furniss

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 204833 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ephraim Furniss

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 19711 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 19711 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Furniss

Died 1918

British Army 19985 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19985 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Edward Victor Furniss

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12/1548 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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