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Warwick Queensland [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Leeds England [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Killarney Queensland [2]

Allora Queensland [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Boconnell, Lurgan, County Armagh [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cornsay Colliery, Durham [1]

Digmoor, Lancashire [1]

Dukinfield Cheshire [1]

Durham [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

East San Jose, California [1]

Glamorgan [1]

Hindon, Wiltshire [1]

Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1]

Hove, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1]

Knarsbro England [1]

Lewes [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Meringdan Queensland [1]

Miles Platting Manchester [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Old Kent Road, London [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Selby, Yorkshire [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

St Andrews parish, Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Stalybridge, Cheshire [1]

Stanthorpe Queensland [1]

Upton Beacon, Yorkshire, England [1]

Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Wednesbury, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [238]

Driver [29]

Gunner [27]

Serjeant [24]

Corporal [18]

Sapper [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

General Staff Officer [1]

Guardsman /Lance Corporal [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Labour Corps [33]

York and Lancaster Regiment [30]

Army Service Corps [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Engineers [20]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Examination Services [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Ordnance Department [2]

Irish Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [389]

Royal Navy [30]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [484]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [474]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

India [1]

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Warwick Queensland [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Leeds England [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Killarney Queensland [2] Allora Queensland [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Boconnell, Lurgan, County Armagh [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cornsay Colliery, Durham [1] Digmoor, Lancashire [1] Dukinfield Cheshire [1] Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] East San Jose, California [1] Glamorgan [1] Hindon, Wiltshire [1] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hove, Brighton, Sussex [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1] Knarsbro England [1] Lewes [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Meringdan Queensland [1] Miles Platting Manchester [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Old Kent Road, London [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Selby, Yorkshire [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] St Andrews parish, Derby, Derbyshire [1] Stalybridge, Cheshire [1] Stanthorpe Queensland [1] Upton Beacon, Yorkshire, England [1] Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Wednesbury, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [238] Driver [29] Gunner [27] Serjeant [24] Corporal [18] Sapper [12] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Corporal [5] Captain [5] Pioneer [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Conductor [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] General Staff Officer [1] Guardsman /Lance Corporal [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41] Labour Corps [33] York and Lancaster Regiment [30] Army Service Corps [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Royal Engineers [20] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Liverpool Regiment [14] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Examination Services [2] French Red Cross [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Ordnance Department [2] Irish Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [389] Royal Navy [30] Australian Imperial Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [484] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [474] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [9] India [1]

Thomas Grayson

Died 1916

British Army 12959 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 12959 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Edward Grayson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 477216 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 6137 Pioneer West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242487 Pioneer West Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Grayson

Died 1916

British Army 35317 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 27129 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 27129 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Geoffrey Grayson

Died 1918

British Army 77899 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 77899 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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William Grayson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 12/1403 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ellis Grayson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 30038 Private King's Own Liverpool

British Army 30038 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Thomas Grayson

Died 1914

British Army 9618 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9618 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Grayson

Died 1918

British Army L/4631 Corporal /Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 155th Bde.

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Francis Grayson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 924 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Grayson

Died 1917

British Army M/323465 Private Army Service Corps

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Ernest Grayson

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 202748 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Henry Grayson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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William Grayson

Died 1915

British Army 2351 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ewart Grayson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 11977 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11977 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Frederick Grayson

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 9560 Private Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 9560 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Henry Grayson

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 39196 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 39196 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Arthur Grayson

Died 1915

British Army 21689 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Dickenson Grayson

Died 1918

British Army G/4885 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/4885 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Kent Regiment 7th royal west Battalion

British Army G/4885 Serjeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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George Grayson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 9/22908 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 40467 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 40467 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Samuel Grayson

Born 1872

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443191

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443191 Private Canadian Infantry

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