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Sydney New South Wales [34]

Melbourne Victoria [29]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

London England [11]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Edinburgh [9]

Southampton, Hampshire [9]

Aberdeen [8]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

Waterford [8]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Goulburn New South Wales [7]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Wyndham New South Wales [5]

Fareham, Hampshire [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Armagh [3]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Inverness Scotland [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Longwood Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Scotland [3]

Skye Scotland [3]

Wellington [3]

York [3]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Auckland [2]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3411]

Gunner [357]

Serjeant [297]

Corporal [280]

Driver [232]

Second Lieutenant [197]

Sapper [189]

Lieutenant [169]

Captain [166]

Lance Corporal [156]

Acting Corporal [69]

Major [53]

Acting Serjeant [46]

Pioneer [46]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [34]

Lieutenant Colonel [30]

Bombardier [29]

Lance Serjeant [29]

Staff Serjeant [25]

Company Serjeant Major [22]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [20]

Colour Serjeant [17]

Temporary Captain [14]

Rifleman [13]

Battery Serjeant Major [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Worker [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Commander [9]

Sister [9]

Trooper [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Nurse [8]

Private /Lance Corporal [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Drummer [7]

Guardsman [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Nursing Sister [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [402]

Royal Field Artillery [375]

Labour Corps [340]

Army Service Corps [320]

Seaforth Highlanders [277]

Royal Garrison Artillery [206]

Gordon Highlanders [200]

Cameron Highlanders [186]

Royal Army Medical Corps [178]

Royal Scots [162]

London Regiment [154]

Machine Gun Corps [151]

Highland Light Infantry [127]

Royal Highlanders [112]

British West Indies Regiment [110]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [100]

Royal Fusiliers [86]

Canadian Infantry [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

Scottish Rifles [74]

Hampshire Regiment [71]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [69]

The Gordon Highlanders [68]

Royal Army Service Corps [66]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [63]

Royal Naval Division [62]

Devonshire Regiment [60]

Durham Light Infantry [57]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

West Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [45]

Rifle Brigade [45]

Somerset Light Infantry [45]

Essex Regiment [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42]

Welsh Regiment [41]

Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

Manchester Regiment [37]

Army Ordnance Corps [36]

Leicestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Horse Artillery [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Wiltshire Regiment [36]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Scots Guards [31]

Service

British Army [5499]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [918]

Royal Navy [500]

Australian Imperial Force [472]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [159]

Other Empire Force [22]

Indian Army [8]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [8179]

M [4]

F [3]

S [3]

H [2]

L [2]

W [2]

A [1]

C [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7945]

Merchant Navy [193]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [165]

Canada [7]

Australia [3]

France [3]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Jamaica [2]

New Zealand [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

Yemen [2]

Barbados [1]

Cuba [1]

Jersey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [34] Melbourne Victoria [29] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [17] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Portsmouth, Hampshire [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] London, Middlesex, England [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] London England [11] Ballarat Victoria [9] Edinburgh [9] Southampton, Hampshire [9] Aberdeen [8] Adelaide South Australia [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] Waterford [8] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Goulburn New South Wales [7] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] London, Middlesex [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Wyndham New South Wales [5] Fareham, Hampshire [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Armagh [3] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chelsea, London [3] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Inverness Scotland [3] Liverpool England [3] Longwood Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Scotland [3] Skye Scotland [3] Wellington [3] York [3] Aberdeenshire [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Auckland [2] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3411] Gunner [357] Serjeant [297] Corporal [280] Driver [232] Second Lieutenant [197] Sapper [189] Lieutenant [169] Captain [166] Lance Corporal [156] Acting Corporal [69] Major [53] Acting Serjeant [46] Pioneer [46] Warrant Officer Class 2 [34] Lieutenant Colonel [30] Bombardier [29] Lance Serjeant [29] Staff Serjeant [25] Company Serjeant Major [22] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [20] Colour Serjeant [17] Temporary Captain [14] Rifleman [13] Battery Serjeant Major [12] Able Seaman [11] Worker [11] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Commander [9] Sister [9] Trooper [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Nurse [8] Private /Lance Corporal [8] Staff Nurse [8] Drummer [7] Guardsman [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Nursing Sister [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Shoeing Smith [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Deck Hand [5] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [402] Royal Field Artillery [375] Labour Corps [340] Army Service Corps [320] Seaforth Highlanders [277] Royal Garrison Artillery [206] Gordon Highlanders [200] Cameron Highlanders [186] Royal Army Medical Corps [178] Royal Scots [162] London Regiment [154] Machine Gun Corps [151] Highland Light Infantry [127] Royal Highlanders [112] British West Indies Regiment [110] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [100] Royal Fusiliers [86] Canadian Infantry [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] Scottish Rifles [74] Hampshire Regiment [71] Royal Scots Fusiliers [69] The Gordon Highlanders [68] Royal Army Service Corps [66] King's Own Scottish Borderers [63] Royal Naval Division [62] Devonshire Regiment [60] Durham Light Infantry [57] Middlesex Regiment [51] West Yorkshire Regiment [47] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [45] Rifle Brigade [45] Somerset Light Infantry [45] Essex Regiment [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42] Welsh Regiment [41] Yorkshire Regiment [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] East Surrey Regiment [38] The Queen's Regiment [38] Manchester Regiment [37] Army Ordnance Corps [36] Leicestershire Regiment [36] Royal Horse Artillery [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Wiltshire Regiment [36] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [31] Scots Guards [31]

Service

British Army [5499] Canadian Expeditionary Force [918] Royal Navy [500] Australian Imperial Force [472] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [159] Other Empire Force [22] Indian Army [8] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [8179] M [4] F [3] S [3] H [2] L [2] W [2] A [1] C [1] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7945] Merchant Navy [193] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [165] Canada [7] Australia [3] France [3] India [2] Ireland [2] Jamaica [2] New Zealand [2] Trinidad and Tobago [2] Yemen [2] Barbados [1] Cuba [1] Jersey [1]

Mark Grant

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army GS/2678(Incomplete) Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/26783 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John C. Grant

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426956

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426956 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry William Grant

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 228854

Canadian Expeditionary Force 228854 Private Canadian Infantry 42nd Battalion

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Frank Edwin Grant

Died 1916

British Army 4096 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 15900 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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May Grant

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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William Grant

Born 1859

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/86 Chaplain Major New Zealand Chaplains Department

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Stuart Grant

Died 1917

British Army 2748 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8/5th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Duncan Grant

Born 1877

Died 1967

British Army Brigade Major 35th Infantry Brigade

Indian Army Lieutenant 8th Gurkha Rifles Won the V.C. at the storming of the Gyantse Jong, Tibet

Indian Army Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel 3/11th Gurkha Rifles

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Isaac Grant

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 6542S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable

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Bertie Grant

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army 202642 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 202462 Private Wilts Regiment 4th (T.F.) Battalion

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Kenneth William Grant

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Battery 90th Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Henry Grant

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138932

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John Grant

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280871

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Harry Francis Grant

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167362

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David Grant

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36107

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George Hall Grant

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84643

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Edmund Grant

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293746

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Charles Grant

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42705

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Humphrey De Butts Grant

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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David Allan Grant

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301519

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