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Plymouth, Devon [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Carhampton, Somerset [3]

Gunnedah New South Wales [3]

London England [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bungendore New South Wales [2]

Dulwich, London [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Balaclava Victoria [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barraba New South Wales [1]

Barrington Tas Tasmania [1]

Barwick, Somerset [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blandford New South Wales [1]

Bloomfield New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Briston, Norfolk [1]

Camberwell, Surrey, England [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Chipping Campden [1]

England [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Gawler South Australia [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hillgrove New South Wales [1]

Inverton, Devon [1]

Kangaroo Flat South Australia [1]

Kineton England [1]

Kingaroy Queensland [1]

Kings Cross, London [1]

Kingstown, Dublin [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lewes, Sussex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [160]

Gunner [22]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [15]

Corporal [14]

Sapper [14]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Brigadier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

ALIAS Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lieutenant Dentals [1]

Major-General [1]

Manageress and Hon Treasurer [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant Corporal [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [28]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

London Regiment [17]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Surrey Yeomanry [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [287]

Royal Navy [39]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [425]

F [1]

M [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [411]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Melbourne Victoria [4] Carhampton, Somerset [3] Gunnedah New South Wales [3] London England [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bungendore New South Wales [2] Dulwich, London [2] Edmonton, London [2] Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Warwickshire [2] Aldershot, Hants [1] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Balaclava Victoria [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barraba New South Wales [1] Barrington Tas Tasmania [1] Barwick, Somerset [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Blandford New South Wales [1] Bloomfield New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Briston, Norfolk [1] Camberwell, Surrey, England [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Chipping Campden [1] England [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Gawler South Australia [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Hackney, London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Hillgrove New South Wales [1] Inverton, Devon [1] Kangaroo Flat South Australia [1] Kineton England [1] Kingaroy Queensland [1] Kings Cross, London [1] Kingstown, Dublin [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [160] Gunner [22] Driver [21] Serjeant [15] Corporal [14] Sapper [14] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Brigadier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] ALIAS Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Lieutenant Dentals [1] Major-General [1] Manageress and Hon Treasurer [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant Corporal [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [28] Royal Field Artillery [25] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] London Regiment [17] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Labour Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Machine Gun Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Surrey Yeomanry [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Warwickshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [287] Royal Navy [39] Australian Imperial Force [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [425] F [1] M [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [411] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Harry Ingle Haydon

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276601 Private 2nd Class

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George Gordon Haydon

Born 1887

Died 1957

Australian Imperial Force 1165

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Arthur Ellis Haydon

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army R 7434 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R7434 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot

British Army R/7434 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion

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John Stuart Haydon

Born 1886

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 635

Australian Imperial Force 635 2nd Battalion

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Cecil William Haydon

Born 1896

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

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Lee Haydon

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army TF/2446 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Herbert Ernest Haydon

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3315 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, 55th Bn.

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Sidney Harold Haydon

Born 1895

British Army 70622 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 70622 Royal Horse & Field Artillery

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Robert Haydon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38543

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David Henry Haydon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67500

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Thomas Haydon

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army 25882 Private Royal Army Medical Corps.

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Harold Haydon

Born 1899

Died 1960

British Army 50431 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William George Haydon

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3054 Private Hampshire Regiment 3rd/7th Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Haydon

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231222

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William Bowles Haydon

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 14924 Private South Wales Borderers

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Fred Haydon

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 8033 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army SR/8033 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Ronald Gordon Haydon

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 2756 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 241061 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George Haydon

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army A/308446 Private Army Service Corps (Canteens)

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Albert Edward Haydon

Born 1863

Died 1914

Royal Navy 146068 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS Onyx

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Herbert Haydon

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17134

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