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Sydney New South Wales [28]

Melbourne Victoria [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

London England [10]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Lymington, Hampshire, England [8]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Aberdeen Scotland [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

Staffordshire [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Rochdale, Lancashire [4]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Birmingham [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Brixton, London [3]

Canning Town, London [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Elderslie Tasmania [3]

Horsham, Sussex [3]

Kyneton Victoria [3]

Rotherhithe, London [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Boggabri New South Wales [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Christchurch NZ [2]

Coventry England [2]

Rank

Private [2265]

Gunner [288]

Serjeant [202]

Driver [193]

Corporal [178]

Sapper [148]

Second Lieutenant [89]

Lance Corporal [87]

Lieutenant [69]

Acting Corporal [37]

Pioneer [36]

Captain [34]

Bombardier [25]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Rifleman [10]

Major [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Reverend [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Worker [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Trooper [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Major General [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Major [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Drummer [3]

Nurse [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [277]

Royal Engineers [263]

Labour Corps [258]

Army Service Corps [248]

Royal Garrison Artillery [155]

London Regiment [130]

Machine Gun Corps [100]

Royal Army Medical Corps [94]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [82]

Royal Fusiliers [74]

Durham Light Infantry [66]

Manchester Regiment [63]

Gordon Highlanders [61]

South Staffordshire Regiment [60]

Gloucestershire Regiment [57]

Worcestershire Regiment [53]

Royal Army Service Corps [45]

Suffolk Regiment [45]

Lancashire Fusiliers [44]

North Staffordshire Regiment [44]

Liverpool Regiment [43]

Seaforth Highlanders [43]

Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Highland Light Infantry [39]

Royal Scots [39]

Royal Irish Rifles [38]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36]

Norfolk Regiment [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [36]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [34]

Rifle Brigade [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [34]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

Leicestershire Regiment [32]

Somerset Light Infantry [32]

East Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [30]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

West Riding Regiment [29]

Scottish Rifles [28]

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Essex Regiment [27]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [27]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

South Lancashire Regiment [27]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [26]

Service

British Army [3540]

Royal Navy [340]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [316]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [250]

Australian Imperial Force [242]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [83]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [4871]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4755]

Merchant Navy [82]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Guernsey [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [28] Melbourne Victoria [12] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] London England [10] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Lymington, Hampshire, England [8] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] London, Middlesex [6] Aberdeen Scotland [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Launceston Tasmania [5] Staffordshire [5] Aberdeen [4] Belfast, Antrim [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Rochdale, Lancashire [4] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Birmingham [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Brixton, London [3] Canning Town, London [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Elderslie Tasmania [3] Horsham, Sussex [3] Kyneton Victoria [3] Rotherhithe, London [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Boggabri New South Wales [2] Bow, London [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Christchurch NZ [2] Coventry England [2]

Rank

Private [2265] Gunner [288] Serjeant [202] Driver [193] Corporal [178] Sapper [148] Second Lieutenant [89] Lance Corporal [87] Lieutenant [69] Acting Corporal [37] Pioneer [36] Captain [34] Bombardier [25] Acting Serjeant [23] Lance Serjeant [14] Staff Serjeant [14] Acting Bombardier [11] Company Serjeant Major [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Rifleman [10] Major [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Reverend [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Worker [7] Able Seaman [6] Trooper [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Deck Hand [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [4] Major General [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Major [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Drummer [3] Nurse [3] Nursing Sister [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Major [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [277] Royal Engineers [263] Labour Corps [258] Army Service Corps [248] Royal Garrison Artillery [155] London Regiment [130] Machine Gun Corps [100] Royal Army Medical Corps [94] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [82] Royal Fusiliers [74] Durham Light Infantry [66] Manchester Regiment [63] Gordon Highlanders [61] South Staffordshire Regiment [60] Gloucestershire Regiment [57] Worcestershire Regiment [53] Royal Army Service Corps [45] Suffolk Regiment [45] Lancashire Fusiliers [44] North Staffordshire Regiment [44] Liverpool Regiment [43] Seaforth Highlanders [43] Yorkshire Regiment [43] Highland Light Infantry [39] Royal Scots [39] Royal Irish Rifles [38] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36] Norfolk Regiment [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [36] Middlesex Regiment [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [34] Rifle Brigade [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [34] Cheshire Regiment [33] Devonshire Regiment [33] Leicestershire Regiment [32] Somerset Light Infantry [32] East Yorkshire Regiment [31] Royal Berkshire Regiment [30] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] West Riding Regiment [29] Scottish Rifles [28] Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Essex Regiment [27] King's Own Scottish Borderers [27] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] South Lancashire Regiment [27] The Queen's Regiment [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [26]

Service

British Army [3540] Royal Navy [340] Canadian Expeditionary Force [316] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [250] Australian Imperial Force [242] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [83] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [4871] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4755] Merchant Navy [82] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [83] Australia [2] Canada [1] Guernsey [1] India [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

George Edwin Harper

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33518

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Henry Edward Harper

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103263

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Joseph Harper

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83750

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Thomas William Harper

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26685

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Frank Price Harper

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269202

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Frank Harper

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301982

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George Henry Harper

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265357

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Herbert W Harper

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 17912 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 17912 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th

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George Russell Harper

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38741

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Joseph Henry Harper

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42776

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William Harper

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21947

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Sydney Ernest Harper

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166249

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William James Harper

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112314

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Albert Arthur Harper

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264381

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Robert Harper

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96391

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Arthur Frederick Harper

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261966

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Farquharson Harper

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237849

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Enoch Harper

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280864

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Robert Harper

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67014

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Albert Edward Wallace Harper

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79659

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