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Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [4]

Elvetham Hampshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Durham [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [3]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Colebrook Tas Tasmania [2]

Cubbington, Warwickshire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kadina South Australia [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Mortlake, Surrey [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Pulborough, Sussex [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Woodford Victoria [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Acton, London [1]

Aldgate, London [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Arundel [1]

Arundel Sussex [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Baldock,Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Balham, London [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barking, London [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, London [1]

Rank

Private [893]

Driver [99]

Gunner [97]

Corporal [74]

Serjeant [61]

Lance Corporal [42]

Sapper [39]

Lieutenant [28]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [17]

Pioneer [16]

Captain [14]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Bombardier [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Sub Lieutenant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

1st Class Petty Officer [1]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

AB [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

B1C [1]

B2C [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain Temporary Quarter Master [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [136]

Labour Corps [112]

Army Service Corps [101]

Royal Engineers [92]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Machine Gun Corps [46]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

London Regiment [42]

Royal Fusiliers [33]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

East Lancashire Regiment [32]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Sussex Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

West Riding Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Norfolk Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Somerset Light Infantry [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Army Veterinary Corps [15]

Essex Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1362]

Royal Navy [159]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [72]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1806]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1759]

Merchant Navy [30]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Canada [1]

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Bolton, Lancashire [4] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [4] Elvetham Hampshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Durham [3] Greenwich, London [3] Guernsey, Channel Islands [3] Hobart Tas Tasmania [3] London, Middlesex [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Colebrook Tas Tasmania [2] Cubbington, Warwickshire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Kadina South Australia [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mile End, London [2] Mortlake, Surrey [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Peckham, London [2] Pulborough, Sussex [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Woodford Victoria [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Acton, London [1] Aldgate, London [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Arundel [1] Arundel Sussex [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Baldock,Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Balham, London [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barking, London [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, London [1]

Rank

Private [893] Driver [99] Gunner [97] Corporal [74] Serjeant [61] Lance Corporal [42] Sapper [39] Lieutenant [28] Second Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [17] Pioneer [16] Captain [14] Acting Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Able Seaman [7] Bombardier [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Sub Lieutenant [4] Worker [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] 1st Class Petty Officer [1] 3rd Lieutenant [1] AB [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] B1C [1] B2C [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain Temporary Quarter Master [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [136] Labour Corps [112] Army Service Corps [101] Royal Engineers [92] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Machine Gun Corps [46] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] London Regiment [42] Royal Fusiliers [33] Durham Light Infantry [32] East Lancashire Regiment [32] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Liverpool Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Sussex Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Hampshire Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] West Riding Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Cheshire Regiment [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Norfolk Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Somerset Light Infantry [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Army Veterinary Corps [15] Essex Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] Suffolk Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Tank Corps [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Welsh Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1362] Royal Navy [159] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98] Canadian Expeditionary Force [72] Australian Imperial Force [54] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1806] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1759] Merchant Navy [30] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Canada [1]

James Harwood

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 4/1713 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 200236 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/200236 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/4th Bn

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John Harwood

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13849 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Harry Harwood

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 27453 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 12706 Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 27453 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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Arthur Harwood

Born 1894

British Army G/277 Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/277 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/277 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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John James Harwood

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 21440 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 21440 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 21440 Pte King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8 Bn

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John Harwood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2272 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200558 L/Cpl. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion TF

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Hunter Harwood

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 12026 Sapper Royal Engineers G Depot Company

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Colin Crisp Harwood

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1129 Commander Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

Australian Imperial Force 1129 Private Australian Light Horse Regiment

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William Thomas Harwood

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94665 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 36th Training Depot Station

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George Thomas Harwood

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 25100 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ralph Edwin Charles Harwood

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1773 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

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Henry Harold Harwood

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 25013 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Daniel Harwood

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9848 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Percy Harwood

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 203096 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Louis Harwood

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 928

Canadian Expeditionary Force 928 Driver Canadian Army Service Corps

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John Harwood

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15743

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William Frederick Harwood

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240678

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William Henry Harwood

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105797

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Bertram Harwood

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97596

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Albert Edward Harwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123706

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