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Riverton South Australia [3]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arklow, Co Wicklow [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

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Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Cheadle, Staffordshire [1]

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Penn, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Saints Peter and Paul, Clonmel, County Tipperary [1]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Strathalbyn South Australia [1]

Swansea England [1]

Tramore, County Waterford [1]

Warrnambool Victoria [1]

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Private [212]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [21]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drum Major [1]

Fitter [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Engineers [23]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

London Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

13th Hussars [2]

4th Dragoon Guards [2]

6th Dragoon Guards [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hamphshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Service

British Army [332]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Royal Navy [16]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

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G [394]

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Military Service [391]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

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Ireland [2]

United Kingdom [2]

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People [394] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Riverton South Australia [3] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arklow, Co Wicklow [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Cheadle, Staffordshire [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Dunstown Victoria [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary [1] Kinock, Galway [1] Kirtlington, Oxfordshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Penn, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Saints Peter and Paul, Clonmel, County Tipperary [1] Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Strathalbyn South Australia [1] Swansea England [1] Tramore, County Waterford [1] Warrnambool Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [212] Gunner [23] Corporal [21] Driver [21] Serjeant [17] Sapper [11] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drum Major [1] Fitter [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Engineers [23] Labour Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Army Service Corps [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Highland Light Infantry [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] London Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 13th Hussars [2] 4th Dragoon Guards [2] 6th Dragoon Guards [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hamphshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Service

British Army [332] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Royal Navy [16] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

G [394]

Contribution

Military Service [391] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

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Ireland [2] United Kingdom [2]

Michael Griffin

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 4892 Private Royal Irish Regiment 4th Battalion (Reserve)

British Army 4892 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 6212 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Reginald Theodore Griffen

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Infantry

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Michael Leonard Griffen

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20027

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William Frank Griffen

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29401

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George Edward Griffen

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135840

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Joseph Frederick Griffen

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79984

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Henry James Griffen

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114028

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William Griffen

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124037

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George Frederick Griffen

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80545

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John Griffen

Died 1917

British Army 25428 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Thomas Griffen

Died 1917

British Army 10485 Private Leinster Regiment

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George Edward Griffen

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32626

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Samuel Griffen

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198316

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Walter Francis Griffen

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36328

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Percy Thomas Griffen

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228304

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Ernest Albert Griffen

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1072 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 875172 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Griffen

Died 1915

British Army 17230 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 17230 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Leonard Lionel Griffen

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 18524 Private Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18524 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

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Lancelot Henry Griffen

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 200239 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 1588 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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John Griffen

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313106

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