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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

South Shields, Durham, England [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Junee New South Wales [3]

London England [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Fowey, Cornwall [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Heywood, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Port Adelaide South Australia [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Romsey Victoria [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Waddington, Yorkshire [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Axminster, Devon, England [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bergen, Norway [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bradpole, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [995]

Gunner [134]

Driver [84]

Sapper [69]

Corporal [65]

Serjeant [57]

Lance Corporal [27]

Pioneer [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Acting Corporal [15]

Captain [15]

Major [11]

Bombardier [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2]

Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Assistant Pantry [1]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major/ Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal/ Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Sister Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [169]

Labour Corps [123]

Royal Engineers [113]

Army Service Corps [104]

West Yorkshire Regiment [86]

West Riding Regiment [66]

Royal Garrison Artillery [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [57]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Manchester Regiment [37]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

York and Lancaster Regiment [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

London Regiment [29]

East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

East Lancashire Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Training Reserve [10]

British West Indies Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8]

Service

British Army [1507]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [258]

Royal Navy [144]

Australian Imperial Force [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [2190]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2130]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Adelaide South Australia [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Doncaster, Yorkshire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Hobart Tasmania [4] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] South Shields, Durham [4] South Shields, Durham, England [4] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Junee New South Wales [3] London England [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Bridport, Dorset [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Fowey, Cornwall [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Heywood, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Romsey Victoria [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Waddington, Yorkshire [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Auckland NZ [1] Axminster, Devon, England [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bergen, Norway [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bradpole, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [995] Gunner [134] Driver [84] Sapper [69] Corporal [65] Serjeant [57] Lance Corporal [27] Pioneer [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Lieutenant [17] Acting Corporal [15] Captain [15] Major [11] Bombardier [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2] Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Transport Corporal [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Assistant Pantry [1] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major/ Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal/ Lance Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Sister Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [169] Labour Corps [123] Royal Engineers [113] Army Service Corps [104] West Yorkshire Regiment [86] West Riding Regiment [66] Royal Garrison Artillery [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [57] Machine Gun Corps [47] Manchester Regiment [37] Durham Light Infantry [36] Yorkshire Regiment [36] York and Lancaster Regiment [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] London Regiment [29] East Yorkshire Regiment [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] East Lancashire Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [26] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Fusiliers [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Worcestershire Regiment [21] Canadian Infantry [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Royal Naval Division [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Army Veterinary Corps [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Training Reserve [10] British West Indies Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Welsh Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8]

Service

British Army [1507] Canadian Expeditionary Force [258] Royal Navy [144] Australian Imperial Force [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [2190] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2130] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Australia [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Hanson

Born 1873

British Army 8458 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army 178 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 8458 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

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Edward Hanson

Born 1878

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/920 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edwin Leomont Hanson

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army R/33985 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

Other Empire Force 112713 1st Class Assistant Pantry Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force 112713 1st Class Assistant Pantry Mercantile Marine - "Saxon"

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Helen Beatrice De Rastricke Hanson

Born 1874

Died 1926

Other Empire Force Doctor Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit

Other Empire Force Doctor Stobart Hospital British Field Hospital for Belgium

British Army Doctor R.A.M.C Malta, Salonika and Constantinople

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Thomas Hanson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 26198 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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Harry Lloyd Hanson

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army 13888 Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 542567 Corporal Labour Corps

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Oswald Hesketh Hanson

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Division

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Thomas Reginald Hanson

Died 1916

British Army 380 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 380 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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John James Hanson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 5589 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion/Depot

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Frederick Hanson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 23918 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Thomas Hanson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/10461 Private Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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Claudius Hanson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4829 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Soloman Hanson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 25708 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

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Charles Hanson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93233

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Owen Hanson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 171728 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas William Hanson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219115

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Philip Herbert Hanson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56852

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Arthur William Hanson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276637

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William Hanson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195831

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Richard Amos Hanson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28814

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