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Sydney New South Wales [26]

London, Middlesex, England [25]

Melbourne Victoria [25]

London England [21]

London, Middlesex [15]

Adelaide South Australia [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Devonport, Devon [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Plymouth, Devon [12]

Ipswich, Suffolk [11]

Islington, London [11]

Ballarat Victoria [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [10]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [9]

Norwich, Norfolk [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Geelong Victoria [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Portsea, Hampshire [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Crediton, Devon [5]

Hackney, London [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [5]

Lambeth, London [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Newlyn, Cornwall, England [5]

Nottingham [5]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [4]

Belfast [4]

Dublin [4]

Eastbourne [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4]

Kingsbridge, Devon [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Mousehole, Cornwall [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Penrith New South Wales [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Wimborne, Dorset [4]

Bodmin, Cornwall [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cork [3]

Rank

Private [3864]

Gunner [434]

Serjeant [347]

Corporal [316]

Driver [315]

Sapper [280]

Second Lieutenant [161]

Lieutenant [149]

Lance Corporal [141]

Captain [120]

Acting Corporal [85]

Pioneer [60]

Bombardier [53]

Acting Serjeant [52]

Major [49]

Rifleman [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [24]

Worker [21]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Staff Serjeant [19]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Able Seaman [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Staff Nurse [13]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Temporary Captain [10]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Acting Staff Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Commander [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Guardsman [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Sister [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Nurse [6]

Reverend [6]

Trooper [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Commander [5]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Orderly [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [548]

Royal Field Artillery [496]

Labour Corps [463]

Army Service Corps [449]

London Regiment [276]

Royal Garrison Artillery [270]

Royal Army Medical Corps [205]

Machine Gun Corps [189]

Royal Fusiliers [141]

Rifle Brigade [107]

Devonshire Regiment [105]

Essex Regiment [104]

Middlesex Regiment [103]

Northumberland Fusiliers [102]

Suffolk Regiment [99]

North Staffordshire Regiment [94]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [93]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [81]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [81]

Royal Army Service Corps [80]

Norfolk Regiment [76]

Hampshire Regiment [74]

Liverpool Regiment [73]

Highland Light Infantry [68]

Lincolnshire Regiment [64]

Gloucestershire Regiment [63]

Somerset Light Infantry [63]

The Queen's Regiment [63]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [60]

South Staffordshire Regiment [58]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [57]

Worcestershire Regiment [57]

Durham Light Infantry [56]

Manchester Regiment [55]

Royal Sussex Regiment [55]

Welsh Regiment [55]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [53]

Bedfordshire Regiment [51]

Lancashire Fusiliers [51]

Northamptonshire Regiment [51]

East Kent Regiment [49]

Leicestershire Regiment [49]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [49]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [49]

Army Ordnance Corps [48]

Cheshire Regiment [48]

Royal Naval Division [48]

Canadian Infantry [47]

East Surrey Regiment [47]

Royal Irish Rifles [44]

Service

British Army [6192]

Royal Navy [706]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [513]

Australian Imperial Force [485]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [456]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [143]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [6]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [8734]

I [3]

M [3]

G [2]

K [2]

P [2]

C [1]

E [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8465]

Merchant Navy [212]

Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [148]

Ireland [3]

Germany [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [26] London, Middlesex, England [25] Melbourne Victoria [25] London England [21] London, Middlesex [15] Adelaide South Australia [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Devonport, Devon [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Plymouth, Devon [12] Ipswich, Suffolk [11] Islington, London [11] Ballarat Victoria [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [10] Launceston Tas Tasmania [9] Norwich, Norfolk [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Geelong Victoria [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] Portsea, Hampshire [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Crediton, Devon [5] Hackney, London [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [5] Lambeth, London [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Newlyn, Cornwall, England [5] Nottingham [5] Alverstoke, Hampshire [4] Belfast [4] Dublin [4] Eastbourne [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4] Kingsbridge, Devon [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Mousehole, Cornwall [4] Paddington, London [4] Penrith New South Wales [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Wimborne, Dorset [4] Bodmin, Cornwall [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cork [3]

Rank

Private [3864] Gunner [434] Serjeant [347] Corporal [316] Driver [315] Sapper [280] Second Lieutenant [161] Lieutenant [149] Lance Corporal [141] Captain [120] Acting Corporal [85] Pioneer [60] Bombardier [53] Acting Serjeant [52] Major [49] Rifleman [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [24] Worker [21] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Staff Serjeant [19] Lance Serjeant [16] Able Seaman [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Staff Nurse [13] Company Serjeant Major [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10] Colour Serjeant [10] Temporary Captain [10] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [9] Acting Staff Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Commander [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Acting Captain [7] Acting Lance Corporal [7] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Guardsman [7] Leading Seaman [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Sister [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Nurse [6] Reverend [6] Trooper [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Commander [5] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Orderly [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [548] Royal Field Artillery [496] Labour Corps [463] Army Service Corps [449] London Regiment [276] Royal Garrison Artillery [270] Royal Army Medical Corps [205] Machine Gun Corps [189] Royal Fusiliers [141] Rifle Brigade [107] Devonshire Regiment [105] Essex Regiment [104] Middlesex Regiment [103] Northumberland Fusiliers [102] Suffolk Regiment [99] North Staffordshire Regiment [94] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [93] King's Royal Rifle Corps [81] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [81] Royal Army Service Corps [80] Norfolk Regiment [76] Hampshire Regiment [74] Liverpool Regiment [73] Highland Light Infantry [68] Lincolnshire Regiment [64] Gloucestershire Regiment [63] Somerset Light Infantry [63] The Queen's Regiment [63] Royal Berkshire Regiment [60] South Staffordshire Regiment [58] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [57] Worcestershire Regiment [57] Durham Light Infantry [56] Manchester Regiment [55] Royal Sussex Regiment [55] Welsh Regiment [55] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [53] Bedfordshire Regiment [51] Lancashire Fusiliers [51] Northamptonshire Regiment [51] East Kent Regiment [49] Leicestershire Regiment [49] Royal Scots Fusiliers [49] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [49] Army Ordnance Corps [48] Cheshire Regiment [48] Royal Naval Division [48] Canadian Infantry [47] East Surrey Regiment [47] Royal Irish Rifles [44]

Service

British Army [6192] Royal Navy [706] Canadian Expeditionary Force [513] Australian Imperial Force [485] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [456] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [143] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [8734] I [3] M [3] G [2] K [2] P [2] C [1] E [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8465] Merchant Navy [212] Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [148] Ireland [3] Germany [1]

Horace Ellis Harvey

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 4612 Private Royal Fusiliers 6th Reserve Battalion

British Army 4612 Private Royal Fusiliers 30th Battalion

British Army 358232 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert Charles Harvey

Born 1891

British Army 2244 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 320657 Private Suffolk Regiment 15th Battalion

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Charles Lewis Harvey

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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William George Harvey

Born 1887

Died 1961

Royal Navy M18816

Royal Navy M18816 4th Class Cooper Ships various

Royal Navy M18816 Cooper 4th Class SS Alnwick Castle and others

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George Albert Harvey

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 235452 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army T518975 Private Royal Engineers

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William H Harvey

Born 1869

Died 1941

British Army S/645 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 4750215 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 47502 Sgt East Kent Regiment Buffs

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Walter Harvey

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army SD/318 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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William Quested Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army

British Army L/10235 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army L/10235 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Bertram Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1986

British Army 203915 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd bn.the east Battalion

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George Bevis Harvey

Born 1858

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Engineer Merchant Navy, HMS Asturias

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Stanley Andrew Harvey

Born 1895

Died 1946

British Army S4/122565 Private Army Service Corps

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Frank Guy Harvey

Born 1898

Died 1949

British Army 3003 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army

British Army 240845 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Edward Russell Harvey

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army 252945 Sapper Royal Engineers 5th Light Railway

British Army 252945 Pioneer Royal Engineers "L" Signal Battalion

British Army 35657 Private Cheshire Regiment 17th (Reserve)

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Wilfred Harvey

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 7974 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 268071 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army

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Alec Harvey

Died 1918

British Army G/4336 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army G/4336 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18920 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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George Harvey

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10728 Private 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 10728 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Edward Harvey

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 701622 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "C" Bty. 330th Bde

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George Arthur Harvey

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army 15177 Corporal Essex Regiment

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Arthur William Harvey

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42282

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