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Poplar, London [3]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

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Private [452]

Gunner [49]

Driver [43]

Sapper [42]

Serjeant [40]

Corporal [39]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lance Corporal [19]

Captain [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [9]

Pioneer [6]

Trooper [6]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Forewoman [2]

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Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

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Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

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Royal Engineers [71]

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Army Service Corps [64]

Labour Corps [52]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

London Regiment [26]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Berkshire Yeomanry [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [741]

Royal Navy [81]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [64]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [1004]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [982]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Germany [2]

Canada [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Poplar, London [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Hillgrove New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Leatherhead [2] Marylebone, London [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Stafford [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Walworth, London [2] Warwickshire [2] Wolverhampton [2] Alnesford, Hampshire [1] Alsager Cheshire [1] Ashton Keynes, Cricklade Wilts [1] Auckland [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Binfield, Berkshire [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Bishops Waltham, Hampshire [1] Blockley, Worcestershire [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bungwahl New South Wales [1] Caldicot, Monmouthshire [1] Camberwell [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cardiff [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cheltenham [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Clapham, London [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Cold Ash Newbury, Berkshire [1] Cottesloe Western Australia [1] Crowthorne, Berkshire [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Deerhurst, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [452] Gunner [49] Driver [43] Sapper [42] Serjeant [40] Corporal [39] Second Lieutenant [27] Lance Corporal [19] Captain [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [9] Pioneer [6] Trooper [6] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Forewoman [2] Major General [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1] Boy [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain Lieutenant Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal /Transport Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [71] Royal Field Artillery [68] Army Service Corps [64] Labour Corps [52] Hampshire Regiment [27] London Regiment [26] Machine Gun Corps [24] Royal Fusiliers [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [14] Wiltshire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Cheshire Regiment [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Berkshire Yeomanry [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [741] Royal Navy [81] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Canadian Expeditionary Force [64] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [1004] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [982] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Germany [2] Canada [1]

. Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen.

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army Captain Lieutenant Major South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Headquarters 13th Division

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Robert Annesley Godwin-Austen

Born 1885

Died 1977

British Army 77435 Private Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Dorsetshire Regiment

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Annesley Godwin-Austen

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77435

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Frederick James Godwin-Williams

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

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A R Godwin-Austen

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers/ Staff and Head Quarters

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