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Melbourne Victoria [5]

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Lismore New South Wales [4]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

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Hammersmith, London [2]

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Poplar, London [2]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

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Private [469]

Gunner [54]

Driver [42]

Corporal [29]

Serjeant [27]

Sapper [22]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boat Hand [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commandant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Flight Officer (Observer) [1]

Late Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [59]

Labour Corps [58]

Royal Engineers [50]

Army Service Corps [46]

London Regiment [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Royal Scots [25]

Royal Highlanders [24]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [721]

Royal Navy [66]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [959]

B [2]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [942]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Lismore New South Wales [4] Ballarat Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] North Melbourne Victoria [2] Poplar, London [2] Poplar, Middlesex, England [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Tayport, Fifeshire [2] Woodend Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow on Humber, Lincolnshire [1] Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire [1] Bermondsey London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broadstairs, Kent [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cheltenham England [1] Childers Queensland [1] Cork [1] Cornwall [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Deloraine Tasmania [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Derbyshire England [1] Donegal, Ireland [1] Dunfermline Scotland [1] Dunfermline, Fife [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Dyce, Aberdeenshire [1] Eagle, Lincolnshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edmonton, London [1]

Rank

Private [469] Gunner [54] Driver [42] Corporal [29] Serjeant [27] Sapper [22] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [17] Lieutenant [14] Lance Corporal [13] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Major [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Nursing Sister [3] Rifleman [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boat Hand [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commandant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Flight Officer (Observer) [1] Late Temporary Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59] Labour Corps [58] Royal Engineers [50] Army Service Corps [46] London Regiment [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Royal Scots [25] Royal Highlanders [24] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Essex Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Gordon Highlanders [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [721] Royal Navy [66] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Australian Imperial Force [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [959] B [2] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [942] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1] Guyana [1]

Frederick William Harley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Harley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Z 779 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Z 779 Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Walter Ronald Harley

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army 1003 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 53rd battalion young soldier leicest Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Katherine Mary Harley

Born 1855

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Commandant French Red Cross, Scottish Women's Hospital America Unit

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Charles Maurice Harley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 46212 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Cecil Brian Harley

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army 188260 Private Labour Corps

British Army 681 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Ernest Sidney Harley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38483

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William Harley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303399

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Edward Harley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148744

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John Harley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112094

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Herbert Robert Harley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216308

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Francis Harrison Harley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 622

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Arthur Percy Cutts Harley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 23833 York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 128964 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers No.4 Special Coy

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John Hamilton Harley

Born 1895

British Army 1403 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Henry Fossett Harley

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 19035 Private Royal Scots

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John Grant Harley

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army S/7802 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Andrew Harley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190733

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William T Harley

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army L/13231 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army L/13231 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Frederick Harley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166170

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William Thomas Harley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264759

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