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London, Middlesex, England [11]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire [7]

London ENGLAND [7]

Bathurst New South Wales [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [5]

Irchester [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bundaberg Queensland [4]

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales [4]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [4]

Hertford [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Redruth, Cornwall [4]

Shoreditch, London [4]

Ascot Vale Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Glamorganshire [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Melrose South Australia [3]

Sennen Cove, Cornwall [3]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3]

Swansea, Glamorgan [3]

Walhalla Victoria [3]

Warwickshire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bath ENGLAND [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Carrieton South Australia [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Rank

Private [1845]

Gunner [207]

Driver [177]

Serjeant [153]

Corporal [146]

Muleteer [98]

Second Lieutenant [88]

Sapper [87]

Lance Corporal [78]

Acting Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [32]

Pioneer [32]

Captain [27]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Interpreter [20]

Bombardier [19]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Rifleman [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Major [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Guardsman [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Sergeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Staff Nurse [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Carrier [4]

Headman [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [242]

Army Service Corps [212]

Labour Corps [209]

Royal Engineers [199]

London Regiment [117]

Macedonian Mule Corps [113]

Welsh Regiment [102]

Royal Garrison Artillery [99]

Royal Army Medical Corps [94]

Machine Gun Corps [91]

Royal Fusiliers [73]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

South Wales Borderers [49]

Liverpool Regiment [45]

Gloucestershire Regiment [43]

Middlesex Regiment [42]

Rifle Brigade [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40]

Somerset Light Infantry [38]

Norfolk Regiment [37]

Worcestershire Regiment [37]

Essex Regiment [36]

Bedfordshire Regiment [35]

Northamptonshire Regiment [35]

East Surrey Regiment [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Army Ordnance Corps [32]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

British West Indies Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [29]

The Queen's Regiment [29]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [28]

Hampshire Regiment [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Durham Light Infantry [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

East Kent Regiment [24]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

Seaforth Highlanders [22]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Corps of Hussars [21]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Gordon Highlanders [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

Service

British Army [3039]

Royal Navy [319]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [286]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [238]

Australian Imperial Force [227]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [71]

Indian Army [19]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [4200]

S [89]

P [8]

B [7]

M [7]

F [6]

A [5]

C [5]

H [5]

K [5]

L [4]

D [3]

E [2]

W [2]

J [1]

O [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4177]

Merchant Navy [127]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [106]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [1]

Dominica [1]

Germany [1]

Malta [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [11] Sydney New South Wales [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Plymouth, Devon [8] Fishguard, Pembrokeshire [7] London ENGLAND [7] Bathurst New South Wales [6] London, Middlesex [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [5] Irchester [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bundaberg Queensland [4] Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales [4] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [4] Hertford [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Redruth, Cornwall [4] Shoreditch, London [4] Ascot Vale Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bath, Somerset [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Glamorganshire [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Melrose South Australia [3] Sennen Cove, Cornwall [3] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3] Swansea, Glamorgan [3] Walhalla Victoria [3] Warwickshire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Albany Western Australia [2] Barking, Essex [2] Bath ENGLAND [2] Battersea, London [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Carrieton South Australia [2] Colchester, Essex [2]

Rank

Private [1845] Gunner [207] Driver [177] Serjeant [153] Corporal [146] Muleteer [98] Second Lieutenant [88] Sapper [87] Lance Corporal [78] Acting Corporal [32] Lieutenant [32] Pioneer [32] Captain [27] Acting Serjeant [23] Interpreter [20] Bombardier [19] Staff Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Company Serjeant Major [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Rifleman [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Major [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Deck Hand [6] Guardsman [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Sergeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Staff Nurse [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Carrier [4] Headman [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Nursing Sister [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Sister [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Admiral of the Fleet [2] Blacksmith [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [242] Army Service Corps [212] Labour Corps [209] Royal Engineers [199] London Regiment [117] Macedonian Mule Corps [113] Welsh Regiment [102] Royal Garrison Artillery [99] Royal Army Medical Corps [94] Machine Gun Corps [91] Royal Fusiliers [73] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] South Wales Borderers [49] Liverpool Regiment [45] Gloucestershire Regiment [43] Middlesex Regiment [42] Rifle Brigade [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40] Somerset Light Infantry [38] Norfolk Regiment [37] Worcestershire Regiment [37] Essex Regiment [36] Bedfordshire Regiment [35] Northamptonshire Regiment [35] East Surrey Regiment [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Army Ordnance Corps [32] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31] Royal Army Service Corps [31] British West Indies Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Devonshire Regiment [29] Royal Berkshire Regiment [29] The Queen's Regiment [29] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [28] Hampshire Regiment [28] Manchester Regiment [28] Royal Naval Division [28] Durham Light Infantry [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] East Kent Regiment [24] Wiltshire Regiment [23] Seaforth Highlanders [22] Cheshire Regiment [21] Corps of Hussars [21] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Gordon Highlanders [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Suffolk Regiment [20] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

Service

British Army [3039] Royal Navy [319] Canadian Expeditionary Force [286] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [238] Australian Imperial Force [227] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [71] Indian Army [19] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [4200] S [89] P [8] B [7] M [7] F [6] A [5] C [5] H [5] K [5] L [4] D [3] E [2] W [2] J [1] O [1] R [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4177] Merchant Navy [127] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [106] New Zealand [3] Australia [1] Dominica [1] Germany [1] Malta [1]

Percy Wilfred George

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army WR 290440 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR 290440 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot

British Army Royal Engineers Labourer on Egyptian Railways

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Edward Bacheler George

Born 1896

Died 1990

British Army 2717 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 2717 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 495171 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 82nd Field Ambulance

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Frederic Arthur Rubie George

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 2054 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Stationary General Hospital

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Thomas George

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/4610 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Elmor Wright George

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 46717 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

British Army 20331 Serjeant Connaught Rangers

British Army 45062 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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John Bailey G George

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 5676 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356950 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Morgan George

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 46064 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 38483 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Service Battalion

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William George

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army GS/177 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Hamlet George

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army G/746 Private East Kent Regiment

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Edwin George

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/631 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/361 Rifleman

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Henry C Leeds George

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 9240 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 28127 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 28127 Private Royal Sussex attached to East Surrey Regiment

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Albert Dennis George

Born 1885

British Army P2833 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Edward George

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3756 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3756 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th (Scottish) Battalion

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Ion Barry George

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment 18th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Edward Murdoch Alias George Banks

Born 1882

Died 1954

Royal Navy 13189 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Frederick Richmond George

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4514 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356126 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Titus Ernest George

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 15292 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Charles George

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1944 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Leo George

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2601 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Eden George

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4797 Private Australian Infantry

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