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Melbourne Victoria [5]

Coleshill Warwickshire [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Hailsham, Sussex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Hailsham [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Highbury, London [2]

Kingston South Australia [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

Korumburra Victoria [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Trinity Street, Oxford [2]

Warragul Victoria [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

7 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London [1]

Abbington England [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Aldford, Cheshire, England [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bengal [1]

Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Broughton Salford Lancashire [1]

Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [1]

Buln Buln Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [499]

Gunner [58]

Serjeant [47]

Corporal [45]

Driver [44]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lieutenant [26]

Captain [22]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [15]

Acting Corporal [11]

Major [10]

Pioneer [10]

Bombardier [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sister [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Commander [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Captain/ Captain [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [68]

Army Service Corps [67]

Royal Field Artillery [58]

Royal Engineers [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

London Regiment [22]

Royal Scots [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Scots Guards [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [822]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [113]

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1180]

R [2]

A [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1153]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [5] Coleshill Warwickshire [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Hailsham, Sussex [3] Islington, London [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Hailsham [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Highbury, London [2] Kingston South Australia [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] Korumburra Victoria [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mile End, London [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Trinity Street, Oxford [2] Warragul Victoria [2] West Ham, Essex [2] 7 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London [1] Abbington England [1] Aberdeen [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Aldford, Cheshire, England [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Auchinleck, Ayrshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bengal [1] Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Broughton Salford Lancashire [1] Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [1] Buln Buln Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [499] Gunner [58] Serjeant [47] Corporal [45] Driver [44] Second Lieutenant [28] Lieutenant [26] Captain [22] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [15] Acting Corporal [11] Major [10] Pioneer [10] Bombardier [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sister [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Commander [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Artificer [1] Brevet Major [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Captain/ Captain [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [68] Army Service Corps [67] Royal Field Artillery [58] Royal Engineers [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Middlesex Regiment [25] London Regiment [22] Royal Scots [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Highland Light Infantry [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Scottish Rifles [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] East Kent Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Highlanders [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Scots Guards [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [822] Canadian Expeditionary Force [113] Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] Australian Imperial Force [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1180] R [2] A [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1153] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Norman Frederick Hastings

Born 1880

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1491 Wellington Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/61 Major Wellington Mounted Rifles

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Thomas William Hastings

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army C/525 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Sidney Francis Hastings

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165563

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Alfred Hastings

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 32253 Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 32253 Lance Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Alfred William Hastings

Died 1916

British Army 11773 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Hastings

Died 1918

British Army 241483 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Henry Charles Hastings

Died 1920

British Army 18952 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Samuel Hastings

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 24/862 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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Sidney Robert Hastings

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68860

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Joseph Hastings

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 7311 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4970 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Arthur George Howard Hastings

Born 1894

Australian Imperial Force 931 Australian Infantry 5th Infantry Battalion

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George Francis Hastings

Born 1887

Died 1934

British Army 10835 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert John Hastings

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army DM2/096916 Private Army Service Corps M.T. Depot (Grove Park)

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Arthur Claude Hastings

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82288

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William C Hastings

Died 1917

British Army GS/53207 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frank Hastings

Born 1878

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 736176

Canadian Expeditionary Force 736176 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Lindsay Hastings

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475875

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475875 Corporal Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Alfred Howard Hastings

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 77140 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 77140 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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John Thomas Hastings

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114482

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Donald Pierre Hastings

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177927

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