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Melbourne Victoria [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Bowden South Australia [4]

Knutsford [4]

London England [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Walthamstow, Essex [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Birmingham [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [2]

Dovercourt, Essex, England [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Laura South Australia [2]

Lewisham [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Longford Tasmania [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Newport England [2]

Newport, Isle of Wight [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Plaistow, London [2]

Runcorn, Cheshire [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2]

Aden [1]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Balla, Mayo [1]

Bareilly [1]

Barling, Essex [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bincombe, Dorset [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [984]

Driver [105]

Gunner [103]

Corporal [81]

Sapper [72]

Serjeant [55]

Lance Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [30]

Captain [23]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Acting Corporal [17]

Pioneer [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Bombardier [7]

Rifleman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Pte [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Air Commodore [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

Acting 2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Master at Arms [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [132]

Labour Corps [119]

Royal Engineers [115]

Army Service Corps [106]

London Regiment [92]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [45]

Royal Fusiliers [41]

Hampshire Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34]

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Rifle Brigade [28]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

Essex Regiment [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Welsh Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

South Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1504]

Royal Navy [158]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [103]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [2047]

Contribution

Military Service [1994]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Bermuda [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Battersea, London [4] Bowden South Australia [4] Knutsford [4] London England [4] London, Middlesex [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Walthamstow, Essex [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Birmingham [2] Brightlingsea, Essex [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [2] Dovercourt, Essex, England [2] Holborn, London [2] Hoxton, London [2] Laura South Australia [2] Lewisham [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Longford Tasmania [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Newport England [2] Newport, Isle of Wight [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Plaistow, London [2] Runcorn, Cheshire [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2] Aden [1] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Balla, Mayo [1] Bareilly [1] Barling, Essex [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bincombe, Dorset [1] Blackall Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [984] Driver [105] Gunner [103] Corporal [81] Sapper [72] Serjeant [55] Lance Corporal [32] Lieutenant [30] Captain [23] Second Lieutenant [22] Acting Serjeant [18] Acting Corporal [17] Pioneer [17] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Bombardier [7] Rifleman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Able Seaman [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Pte [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Air Commodore [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] Acting 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Master at Arms [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [132] Labour Corps [119] Royal Engineers [115] Army Service Corps [106] London Regiment [92] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [45] Royal Fusiliers [41] Hampshire Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [36] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34] Gloucestershire Regiment [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Rifle Brigade [28] Middlesex Regiment [27] Cheshire Regiment [25] Essex Regiment [23] Somerset Light Infantry [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] The Queen's Regiment [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Welsh Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [18] South Staffordshire Regiment [18] Yorkshire Regiment [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Wiltshire Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Tank Corps [11] Canadian Infantry [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Irish Rifles [10] West Riding Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1504] Royal Navy [158] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] Canadian Expeditionary Force [103] Australian Imperial Force [93] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [2047]

Contribution

Military Service [1994] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Bermuda [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Sydney Groves

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 33640 Private Manchester Regiment 27th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army TR/3/33538 Private Training Reserve 71st Battalion

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Robert George Groves

Born 1862

Died 1933

British Army 4121 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 4121 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leslie George Groves

Born 1898

Died 1993

British Army 61694 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 61694 Driver Royal Horse Artillery A Battery

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Arthur William Groves

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Boy Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9643 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battlaion

British Army 9643 Sergeant Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ernest William Groves

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 61151 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 61151 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 152nd Field Coy

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George Groves

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3279 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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William Groves

Born 1881

Died 1957

Australian Imperial Force 2079 Private 39th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 39646 Private 7th Field Artilliary Brigade

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Walter G. Groves

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 8582 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Julius Groves

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 18381 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Harry Groves

Born 1890

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47431

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Thomas Stanley Groves

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2/7312 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Edward Cyril Groves

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 1223 Private London Regiment 2nd Bn

British Army 630169 Private London Regiment 2nd Bn

British Army 1223 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

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Thomas John Albert Groves

Born 1889

Died 1925

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1351

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Ernest Leonard James Groves

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army 3025 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 235644 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army WR/193381 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Henry Groves

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army L/6848 Sergeant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 4th battalion

British Army L/6848 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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Sydney Arthur Groves

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78942

British Army 9754 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

British Army 9754 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Groves

Born 1875

British Army 11677 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 389466 Private Labour Corps

British Army 4748 Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Edwin Groves

Born 1899

Died 1952

British Army 156003 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 51511 Pte Bedfordshire 3rd

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Stanley George Groves

Born 1892

Died 1945

British Army 2847 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 143745 Private Labour Corps

British Army 10682 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Groves

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144374

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