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Grafton New South Wales [5]

Exmouth, Devon [3]

Fairfield Victoria [3]

London England [3]

Ballina New South Wales [2]

Belfast [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Charing, Kent [2]

Chingford, Essex [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Allington, Kent [1]

Alphington, St Thomas, Devon [1]

Ballong Victoria [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Boughton, Gloucestershire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bundalong Victoria [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Calne, Wiltshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Chipping Sodbury England [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Deptford, Surrey [1]

Dorchester,England [1]

Dormansland, Surrey [1]

Edmonton Middlesex London [1]

Eltham Victoria [1]

Farington [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Kingston on Thames, Sussex [1]

Kirkaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Larbert, Stirlingshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Nabiac New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [252]

Gunner [34]

Driver [25]

Corporal [20]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [15]

Lance Corporal [11]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Filter [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

II Ri [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master and Honorary [1]

Major [1]

Orderly Room Colour Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Signaller [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [48]

Labour Corps [30]

Royal Engineers [29]

London Regiment [27]

Army Service Corps [23]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Service

British Army [403]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Royal Navy [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [561]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [553]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Grafton New South Wales [5] Exmouth, Devon [3] Fairfield Victoria [3] London England [3] Ballina New South Wales [2] Belfast [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Charing, Kent [2] Chingford, Essex [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Islington, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Allington, Kent [1] Alphington, St Thomas, Devon [1] Ballong Victoria [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Boughton, Gloucestershire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bundalong Victoria [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Calne, Wiltshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Chipping Sodbury England [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Deptford, Surrey [1] Dorchester,England [1] Dormansland, Surrey [1] Edmonton Middlesex London [1] Eltham Victoria [1] Farington [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Keynsham, Somerset [1] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Kingston on Thames, Sussex [1] Kirkaldy, Fifeshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Larbert, Stirlingshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Loose, Kent [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Nabiac New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [252] Gunner [34] Driver [25] Corporal [20] Sapper [17] Serjeant [15] Lance Corporal [11] Farrier Staff Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Bombardier [5] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Filter [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] II Ri [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master and Honorary [1] Major [1] Orderly Room Colour Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Signaller [1] Squadron Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [48] Labour Corps [30] Royal Engineers [29] London Regiment [27] Army Service Corps [23] Hampshire Regiment [18] Royal Berkshire Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Devonshire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Wiltshire Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Kent Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Service

British Army [403] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Royal Navy [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [561] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [553] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Herbert Greenaway

Died 1916

British Army 20584 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 20584 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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J Greenaway

Died 1918

British Army 26030 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 26030 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William James Victor Greenaway

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161049

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Finlay Greenaway

Born 1883

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 51040 Wellington Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leslie Greenaway

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137372

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William Greenaway

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 15602 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15602 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Albert J Greenaway

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4701 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Greenaway

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 9661 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9661 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Sidney George Greenaway

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 16089 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 16089 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Alfred Ernest Greenaway

Born 1896

Royal Navy J24368 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy K23013 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Gloucester

Royal Navy K23013 Stoker 1st Class HMS Gloucester

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George Herbert Greenaway

Australian Imperial Force 138

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Thomas Edward Greenaway

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100170

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100170 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Richard Greenaway

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 138590

Canadian Expeditionary Force 138590 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Greenaway

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226942

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226942 Private Canadian Infantry

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Wilbert Arthur Greenaway

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 772358

Canadian Expeditionary Force 772358 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Douglas George Greenaway

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207809

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Robert Alfred Greenaway

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209814

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Arthur Greenaway

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 12/1521 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur L Greenaway

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 202752 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Horace Greenaway

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 22446 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1920 The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 12 Battalion

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