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Reading, Berkshire [5]

Brixton, London [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Beverley Western Australia [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

London England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Acton, Hampshire [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Allbrook, Hampshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire, England [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bridgetown, Western Australia [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chalfont Saint Giles, Buckinghamshire [1]

Coolikup Western Australia [1]

Corringham, Essex [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [1]

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East Ham, Essex [1]

Essex [1]

Finchley, London, Middlesex [1]

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Fishergate, Sussex [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Hackey, London [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Harwich, Essex, England [1]

Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire. [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

High Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Kingsley Bordon, Hampshire [1]

Kojonup, Western Australia [1]

Laughton [1]

Rank

Private [251]

Driver [28]

Gunner [27]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Midshipman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private/ Private/ Private [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

T/Sister [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2/Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Army Service Corps [34]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [392]

Royal Navy [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

G [550]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [544]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

Reading, Berkshire [5] Brixton, London [3] Folkestone, Kent [3] Alton, Hampshire [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Beverley Western Australia [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] London England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Acton, Hampshire [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Allbrook, Hampshire [1] Alton, Hampshire, England [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bridgetown, Western Australia [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chalfont Saint Giles, Buckinghamshire [1] Coolikup Western Australia [1] Corringham, Essex [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Dartmouth, Devon, England [1] Deptford, London [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Essex [1] Finchley, London, Middlesex [1] Finsbury, London [1] Fishergate, Sussex [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Grays, Essex [1] Hackey, London [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hampshire [1] Harwich, Essex, England [1] Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire. [1] Hertfordshire [1] High Barnet, Middlesex [1] Kingsley Bordon, Hampshire [1] Kojonup, Western Australia [1] Laughton [1]

Rank

Private [251] Driver [28] Gunner [27] Corporal [21] Serjeant [20] Sapper [13] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [7] Bombardier [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Able Seaman [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] General [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Midshipman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private/ Private/ Private [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] T/Sister [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2/Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [43] Army Service Corps [34] London Regiment [30] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [24] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Manchester Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Grenadier Guards [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Army [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [392] Royal Navy [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

G [550] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [544] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1] Germany [1]

George Barrett Grover

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1000263

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1000263 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Thomas Grover

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168975

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Ralph Vickers Grover

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137379

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Henry Grover

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81627

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Samuel Grover

Died 1915

British Army 3154 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3154 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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George Grover

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17525 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th bedford Battalion

British Army 17525 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Grover

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 17846 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frederick Grover

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 21764 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/42779 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Grover

Died 1918

British Army L/28378 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Wallace J Grover

Died 1915

British Army G/5270 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Grover

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 8860 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 8860 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Charles Grover

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 9/7753 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 325969 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 325969 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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William Charles Grover

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 51778 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Grover

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2701 Corporal London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 2701 Corporal London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Theron Grover

Died 1918

British Army 306656 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 306656 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Victor Henry Grover

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 105115 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter Ambrose Grover

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7335 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7335 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Grover

Died 1917

British Army 202688 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Henry Arthur Grover

Born 1894

Died 1942

British Army 1507 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1507 Serjeant Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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George Grover

Died 1918

British Army 19007 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 19007 Private Coldstream Guards

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