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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Dublin [4]

Glebe New South Wales [3]

London England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Paddington New South Wales [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Barcaldine Queensland [2]

Beulah Victoria [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Derby [2]

Derby Tasmania [2]

Dunkeld Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glaziers Bay Tasmania [2]

Goroke Victoria [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Port Cygnet Tasmania [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Saighton, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Spondon, Derbyshire [2]

Thornbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Accrington England [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Allora Queensland [1]

Andover England [1]

Aspley Guise, Crawley, Bedfordshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barton, Oxfordshire [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Berkhamsted [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Boonah Queensland [1]

Bowden South Australia [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [527]

Corporal [49]

Gunner [44]

Serjeant [41]

Driver [32]

Sapper [29]

Lance Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Rifleman [5]

Pioneer [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Electrician [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fireman [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Fitter [1]

Follower [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [62]

Royal Engineers [60]

Army Service Corps [56]

Royal Field Artillery [48]

London Regiment [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Wiltshire Regiment [18]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Service

British Army [778]

Australian Imperial Force [87]

Royal Navy [84]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [1134]

H [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1113]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Dublin [4] Glebe New South Wales [3] London England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Paddington New South Wales [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Barcaldine Queensland [2] Beulah Victoria [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Derby [2] Derby Tasmania [2] Dunkeld Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glaziers Bay Tasmania [2] Goroke Victoria [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Port Cygnet Tasmania [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Saighton, Chester, Cheshire [2] Spondon, Derbyshire [2] Thornbury, Gloucestershire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Accrington England [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Allora Queensland [1] Andover England [1] Aspley Guise, Crawley, Bedfordshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barton, Oxfordshire [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Berkhamsted [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Boonah Queensland [1] Bowden South Australia [1] Brisbane Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [527] Corporal [49] Gunner [44] Serjeant [41] Driver [32] Sapper [29] Lance Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [16] Lieutenant [15] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [8] Acting Corporal [5] Rifleman [5] Pioneer [4] Trooper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Electrician [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fireman [1] First Lieutenant [1] Fitter [1] Follower [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [62] Royal Engineers [60] Army Service Corps [56] Royal Field Artillery [48] London Regiment [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Liverpool Regiment [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Hampshire Regiment [21] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Wiltshire Regiment [18] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Irish Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] East Kent Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Welsh Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Service

British Army [778] Australian Imperial Force [87] Royal Navy [84] Canadian Expeditionary Force [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [1134] H [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1113] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Mervyn Bruce Grace

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF 2/6th Battalion

British Army First Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), TF 2/6th Battalion

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Eric Arthur Grace

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2534 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 720657 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 720657 Private London Regiment 24 Battalion

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Charles Grace

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Z/4336 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bristol Division

Royal Navy Deal/5371/S Sapper Royal Marine Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 235992 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

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Harold Grace

Died 1918

British Army 77274 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Walter George Grace

Born 1901

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89581 Boy

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William Grace

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 3990 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 3990 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Grace

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37029 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army GS/78829 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Bn.

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Thomas Marshall Percy Grace

Born 1890

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/127 Lieutenant Wellington Infantry Battalion

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Walter Allen Grace

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1537

Australian Imperial Force 31st Bn Australian Infantry

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Hubert Alfred Grace

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 1457 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Grace

Died 1914

British Army 11080 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Lurring Grace

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 373124 Corporal London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 373124 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6124 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Patrick Grace

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288957

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George Anthony Grace

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81311

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Reginald Frederick Grace

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37212

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Albert George Ernest Grace

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 62954 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 62954 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Harry Edwin Grace

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 54499 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Thomas Miller Grace

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111938

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John William Grace

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65955

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William Charles Grace

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276459

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