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Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

East Maitland New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

BROMSGROVE, WORCS [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Brompton, London [1]

Brompton, London, Middlesex [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Chettenham England [1]

Compton Abdale, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cradock South Australia [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Elmore Victoria [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Harwell, Berkshire [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hawker South Australia [1]

Heathcote Victoria [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Horsley, Gloucestershire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1]

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leytonstone, Essex, England [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Monmouth, Monmouthshire [1]

Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Northcote Victoria [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sherston, Wiltshire [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Gunner [20]

Driver [19]

Corporal [16]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Deck Boy [1]

Gunner/Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Wheeler [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Engineers [28]

Army Service Corps [17]

London Regiment [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [288]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [394]

Contribution

Military Service [386]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Acton, Middlesex [2] East Maitland New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Horsham Victoria [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Albany Western Australia [1] BROMSGROVE, WORCS [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Brompton, London [1] Brompton, London, Middlesex [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Chettenham England [1] Compton Abdale, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cradock South Australia [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Elmore Victoria [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Harwell, Berkshire [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hawker South Australia [1] Heathcote Victoria [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Horsley, Gloucestershire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1] Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leytonstone, Essex, England [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Monmouth, Monmouthshire [1] Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Northcote Victoria [1] Paddington, London [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sherston, Wiltshire [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [185] Gunner [20] Driver [19] Corporal [16] Serjeant [15] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Deck Boy [1] Gunner/Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Major [1] Nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Wheeler [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [32] Royal Engineers [28] Army Service Corps [17] London Regiment [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [288] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [394]

Contribution

Military Service [386] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

George Henry Hanks

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 17385 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Hanks

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army WR 322073 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Henry Walter Francis Hanks

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103289

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Arthur Albert Hanks

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265607

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Edward Charles Hanks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190695

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William Hanks

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59610

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John Warwick Hanks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66051

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John Hanks

Died 1919

British Army 20345 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 48108 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 623132 Private Labour Corps 440th Agricultural Coy

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Joseph Hanks

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7626 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7626 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Percy George Hanks

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2494 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 6950 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 7906 Private The London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) 9th Battalion

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Luke Cornelius Hanks

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204968

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Thomas Hanks

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58070

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Mark Henry Hanks

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304093

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Richard H Hanks

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 17419 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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James Thomas William Hanks

Born 1892

Died 1979

British Army MS-2461 Private Army Service Corps

British Army MS-2461 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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Percy Charles Hanks

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225313

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George Charles Hanks

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242118

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Thomas Henry Hanks

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33792

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Alfred Thomas Hanks

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282182

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John Hanks

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208754

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