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Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [5]

Farnham, Surrey [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Barnet, Middlesex [2]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [2]

Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Kew Victoria [2]

Lavenham, Suffolk [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Middlesex [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Paddington New South Wales [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wareham, Dorset [2]

Warminster, Wiltshire [2]

Abson, Chipping Sudbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Angaston South Australia [1]

Astley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1]

Ballamoda, Isle of Man, England [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedford [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bercham Victoria [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bexley, Kent [1]

Birchip Victoria [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Rank

Private [880]

Gunner [95]

Driver [67]

Serjeant [63]

Corporal [54]

Sapper [54]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lance Corporal [34]

Lieutenant [22]

Pioneer [19]

Captain [18]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [9]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Drummer [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Reverend [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

667053 [1]

ALIAS Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Acting Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Royal Engineers [104]

Army Service Corps [101]

Labour Corps [99]

London Regiment [80]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Essex Regiment [24]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [21]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [21]

Wiltshire Regiment [21]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Grenadier Guards [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Corps of Hussars [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

Service

British Army [1311]

Royal Navy [131]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [126]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100]

Australian Imperial Force [72]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

G [1815]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1755]

Merchant Navy [48]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [5] Farnham, Surrey [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Barnet, Middlesex [2] Beaconsfield Tasmania [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Eastleigh, Hampshire [2] Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Kew Victoria [2] Lavenham, Suffolk [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Middlesex [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Paddington New South Wales [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wareham, Dorset [2] Warminster, Wiltshire [2] Abson, Chipping Sudbury, Gloucestershire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Angaston South Australia [1] Astley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1] Ballamoda, Isle of Man, England [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Bangalore [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedford [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bercham Victoria [1] Berkshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bexley, Kent [1] Birchip Victoria [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1]

Rank

Private [880] Gunner [95] Driver [67] Serjeant [63] Corporal [54] Sapper [54] Second Lieutenant [40] Lance Corporal [34] Lieutenant [22] Pioneer [19] Captain [18] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [9] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Worker [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Drummer [2] Nursing Sister [2] Reverend [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 667053 [1] ALIAS Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Acting Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chaplain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [106] Royal Engineers [104] Army Service Corps [101] Labour Corps [99] London Regiment [80] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Middlesex Regiment [31] Machine Gun Corps [30] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30] Rifle Brigade [27] Essex Regiment [24] Hampshire Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Royal Fusiliers [23] Worcestershire Regiment [22] East Surrey Regiment [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [21] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] Somerset Light Infantry [21] Wiltshire Regiment [21] Liverpool Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Welsh Regiment [15] Devonshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Norfolk Regiment [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Grenadier Guards [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Border Regiment [10] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10] East Kent Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Corps of Hussars [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [9]

Service

British Army [1311] Royal Navy [131] Canadian Expeditionary Force [126] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100] Australian Imperial Force [72] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

G [1815] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1755] Merchant Navy [48] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Ernest Garrett

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29899 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hugh Francis Bradshaw Garrett

Born 1894

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 9731 Major 7th Royal Tank Regiment

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps.

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Robert Charles Garrett

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army W/5444 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty. 122nd Bde

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Harry Samuel Garrett

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 48073 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William H Garrett

Born 1885

Died 1936

British Army 554642 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 3632 Sapper The Queen's Regiment

British Army 4595 Sapper Royal Defence Corps

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Harry Garrett

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 2941 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 2941 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Albert William Garrett

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 67318 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 67318 Private The Devonshire Regiment 5th (P.O.W) Battalion

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William Garrett

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army M/399553 Private Army Service Corps M.T. Depot (Sydenham)

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Frank Ley Garrett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19850

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Robert Garrett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86680

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George Garrett

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 27343 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 55453 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 73955 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William Thomas Edward Garrett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76269

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William John Garrett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142583

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George Garrett

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 189577 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Div.

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Frederick Charles Garrett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92692

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George William Garrett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144296

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Thomas Frederick Garrett

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 200048 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Maurice Humphris Garrett

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Arthur Hedley Garrett

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1677 Private Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) Sussex Yeomanry

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John Evelyn Garrett

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/1570 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy Z/1570 Signalman RNVR - HMS Penshurst Q7

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