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Melbourne Victoria [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Tarnagulla Victoria [6]

London England [4]

Swansea, Glamorgan [4]

Kiama New South Wales [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Morpeth, Northumberland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Durham England [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Gateshead, Durham, England [2]

Girvan New South Wales [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

London [2]

Loose, Kent [2]

Meare Somerset [2]

Montagu Tasmania [2]

Newcastle-on-Tyne England [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Allahabad [1]

Alston, Cumberland [1]

Amble, Northumberland, England [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Balaklava South Australia [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Beaufort, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Brynhyfryd, Glamorgan [1]

Calcutta [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cavendish Victoria [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chingford, Essex, England [1]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1]

Craster, Northumberland, England [1]

Rank

Private [427]

Serjeant [48]

Corporal [40]

Gunner [39]

Driver [37]

Captain [33]

Sapper [32]

Lieutenant [29]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [18]

Major [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Civilian [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Royal Engineers [58]

Labour Corps [41]

Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Welsh Regiment [21]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

British West Indies Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Border Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Northumberland Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Service

British Army [733]

Royal Navy [86]

Australian Imperial Force [82]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [1084]

D [14]

H [2]

B [1]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1062]

Merchant Navy [34]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Tarnagulla Victoria [6] London England [4] Swansea, Glamorgan [4] Kiama New South Wales [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Morpeth, Northumberland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Durham England [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Gateshead, Durham, England [2] Girvan New South Wales [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Greenwich, London [2] London [2] Loose, Kent [2] Meare Somerset [2] Montagu Tasmania [2] Newcastle-on-Tyne England [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Allahabad [1] Alston, Cumberland [1] Amble, Northumberland, England [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Balaklava South Australia [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Beaufort, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Brynhyfryd, Glamorgan [1] Calcutta [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cavendish Victoria [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chingford, Essex, England [1] Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1] Craster, Northumberland, England [1]

Rank

Private [427] Serjeant [48] Corporal [40] Gunner [39] Driver [37] Captain [33] Sapper [32] Lieutenant [29] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [18] Major [10] Acting Corporal [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Guardsman [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sister [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigade Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Civilian [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Engineman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [69] Royal Engineers [58] Labour Corps [41] Army Service Corps [38] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Machine Gun Corps [26] Durham Light Infantry [25] Welsh Regiment [21] London Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] British West Indies Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Yorkshire Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Border Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Northumberland Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4]

Service

British Army [733] Royal Navy [86] Australian Imperial Force [82] Canadian Expeditionary Force [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [1084] D [14] H [2] B [1] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1062] Merchant Navy [34] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Ernest William Grey

Born 1877

British Army 3908 Drummer South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 3908 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Grey

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army 6858 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Henry Grey

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 5701 Lance Serjeant Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army IDN/5701 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 5701 Lance Serjeant Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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George Arthur Grey

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 36319 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Charles Hervey Hoare

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

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Wallace William Grey

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 13621 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Anthony Ivanhoe Grey

Born 1890

British Army 7259 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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George John Grey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302255

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Robert Grey

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187055

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Arthur Grey

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90910

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Reginald William Hargrave Cary Grey

Born 1897

Died 1942

British Army Captain 2/5th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Major 7th Rajput Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Earl Grey

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7237 Private Australian Infantry 21st Battalion

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Baltimore Ephraim Grey

Died 1918

British Army 2795 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Sidney William Grey

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287667

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David Robert Grey

Born 1894

Died 1988

Royal Navy Z/114 Royal Naval Division

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John Thomas Grey

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244752

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Richard Francis Grey

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 7807 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army PS/7807 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army 7807 Private Royal Fusiliers

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John Ivor Grey

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Force 7th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Ewart Gladstone Grey

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army GS/6535 Acting Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/6535 Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Harry Grey

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 101928 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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