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Melbourne Victoria [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Boggabri New South Wales [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Carrick Tasmania [2]

Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gloucester [2]

Halesowen, Worcestershire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Tipton, Staffordshire [2]

Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Baan Baa New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford England [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast Northern [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chiselhurst, Kent [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Christleton, Chester [1]

Rank

Private [781]

Gunner [95]

Driver [68]

Corporal [59]

Sapper [53]

Serjeant [48]

Lance Corporal [19]

Lieutenant [19]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Pioneer [14]

Captain [13]

Bombardier [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Doctor [2]

Forewoman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Assistant Supervisor [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Medical Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Drill Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [112]

Royal Engineers [91]

Labour Corps [89]

Army Service Corps [86]

Worcestershire Regiment [58]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

South Staffordshire Regiment [46]

York and Lancaster Regiment [37]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33]

London Regiment [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Gloucestershire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Army Cyclist Corps [8]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1171]

Royal Navy [87]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [60]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [1474]

M [2]

H [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1456]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Hobart Tasmania [3] London England [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Boggabri New South Wales [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Carrick Tasmania [2] Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Dudley, Worcestershire [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gloucester [2] Halesowen, Worcestershire [2] Islington, London [2] Launceston, Cornwall [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Tipton, Staffordshire [2] Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Baan Baa New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford England [1] Belfast [1] Belfast Northern [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chiselhurst, Kent [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Christleton, Chester [1]

Rank

Private [781] Gunner [95] Driver [68] Corporal [59] Sapper [53] Serjeant [48] Lance Corporal [19] Lieutenant [19] Second Lieutenant [17] Pioneer [14] Captain [13] Bombardier [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Acting Corporal [9] Major [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Trooper [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Armourer Staff Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Doctor [2] Forewoman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Assistant Supervisor [1] Bugler [1] Chief Medical Officer [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major /Drill Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [112] Royal Engineers [91] Labour Corps [89] Army Service Corps [86] Worcestershire Regiment [58] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] South Staffordshire Regiment [46] York and Lancaster Regiment [37] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33] London Regiment [25] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Gloucestershire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Cheshire Regiment [15] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Army Cyclist Corps [8] Coldstream Guards [8] Essex Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1171] Royal Navy [87] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Canadian Expeditionary Force [60] Australian Imperial Force [59] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [1474] M [2] H [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1456] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Thomas Heald Guest

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion (1st Barnsley Pals)

South African Services 3537 Private Cape Mounted Riflemen

British Army Major York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Guest

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 21532 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 21532 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Bn.

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Charles Edward Neville Guest

Born 1900

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182735

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Lewis Alfred Guest

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 130111 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Guest

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 11420 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 32016 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 282035 Private Labour Corps

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Clifford Percy Neville Guest

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 2244 Bugler Royal Army Medical Corps. 304th South Midland Field Ambulance

British Army Private The Queens Regiment 53rd (YS) Battalion

British Army G/14323 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Richard Albert Guest

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189102

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William Guest

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 27862 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 30086 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 30086 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Guest

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 36605 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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Francis Charles Guest

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199775

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George Guest

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3/1192 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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George Guest

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4263 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 241918 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 241918 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Guest

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7673 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Bn

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Lambert Adrian Guest

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1096 Trooper Australian Light Horse

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William Guest

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3063 Private Australian Infantry 33 Battalion

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Arthur Edwin Guest

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125601

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Frederick Guest

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81451

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Hezekiah William John Guest

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59753

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Howard Perry Guest

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654041

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private

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Charles Alfred Guest

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66038

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