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Sydney New South Wales [49]

Melbourne Victoria [41]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [24]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

Cork [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Manchester, Lancashire [13]

London England [11]

Ballarat Victoria [10]

Brisbane Queensland [10]

Devonport, Devon [8]

Dublin [8]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [7]

Cooma New South Wales [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Liverpool England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Limerick [5]

Rosscarbery, Cork [5]

Young New South Wales [5]

Bega New South Wales [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Grafton New South Wales [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Woolwich, London [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Glandore, Cork [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Lancashire [3]

Leongatha Victoria [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Manchester [3]

Mudgee New South Wales [3]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [3]

Penguin Tas Tasmania [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Tipperary [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

Townsville Queensland [3]

Waterford [3]

Albion Park New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2761]

Gunner [300]

Driver [272]

Corporal [219]

Serjeant [186]

Sapper [171]

Lance Corporal [103]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lieutenant [64]

Captain [51]

Pioneer [50]

Acting Corporal [32]

Bombardier [28]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Major [14]

Sister [12]

Corporal 2nd [11]

Rifleman [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Captain Acting Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Conductor [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Dafadar [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Saddler [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [362]

Labour Corps [326]

Royal Engineers [321]

Army Service Corps [283]

Royal Garrison Artillery [188]

London Regiment [146]

Royal Army Medical Corps [131]

Liverpool Regiment [129]

Royal Fusiliers [113]

Machine Gun Corps [110]

Manchester Regiment [106]

Cheshire Regiment [91]

Middlesex Regiment [80]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [73]

Lancashire Fusiliers [70]

South Lancashire Regiment [67]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [66]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [65]

Rifle Brigade [64]

Royal Irish Regiment [63]

Royal Army Service Corps [54]

Hampshire Regiment [52]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [51]

Welsh Regiment [51]

Northumberland Fusiliers [50]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [45]

The Queen's Regiment [44]

West Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

York and Lancaster Regiment [42]

Durham Light Infantry [40]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

Worcestershire Regiment [40]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [39]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [38]

Leicestershire Regiment [37]

Connaught Rangers [36]

Royal Defence Corps [35]

Royal Irish Rifles [35]

Devonshire Regiment [34]

East Yorkshire Regiment [33]

North Staffordshire Regiment [33]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Canadian Infantry [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [32]

East Surrey Regiment [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [31]

South Wales Borderers [31]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4176]

Australian Imperial Force [451]

Royal Navy [412]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [406]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [274]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [81]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [5932]

B [1]

C [1]

D [1]

M [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5782]

Merchant Navy [124]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

Australia [3]

Canada [2]

Ireland [2]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [49] Melbourne Victoria [41] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [24] London, Middlesex, England [15] Cork [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Manchester, Lancashire [13] London England [11] Ballarat Victoria [10] Brisbane Queensland [10] Devonport, Devon [8] Dublin [8] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [7] Cooma New South Wales [7] London, Middlesex [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Liverpool England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Limerick [5] Rosscarbery, Cork [5] Young New South Wales [5] Bega New South Wales [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Grafton New South Wales [4] Poplar, London [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Woolwich, London [4] Battersea, London [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Glandore, Cork [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Lancashire [3] Leongatha Victoria [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Manchester [3] Mudgee New South Wales [3] Paddington, London, Middlesex [3] Penguin Tas Tasmania [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Tipperary [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] Townsville Queensland [3] Waterford [3] Albion Park New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2761] Gunner [300] Driver [272] Corporal [219] Serjeant [186] Sapper [171] Lance Corporal [103] Second Lieutenant [68] Lieutenant [64] Captain [51] Pioneer [50] Acting Corporal [32] Bombardier [28] Acting Serjeant [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Company Serjeant Major [14] Major [14] Sister [12] Corporal 2nd [11] Rifleman [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Acting Bombardier [9] Able Seaman [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Worker [5] Acting Captain [4] Serjeant Major [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Captain Acting Major [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Conductor [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Dafadar [3] Deck Hand [3] Saddler [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [362] Labour Corps [326] Royal Engineers [321] Army Service Corps [283] Royal Garrison Artillery [188] London Regiment [146] Royal Army Medical Corps [131] Liverpool Regiment [129] Royal Fusiliers [113] Machine Gun Corps [110] Manchester Regiment [106] Cheshire Regiment [91] Middlesex Regiment [80] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [73] Lancashire Fusiliers [70] South Lancashire Regiment [67] Royal Munster Fusiliers [66] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [65] Rifle Brigade [64] Royal Irish Regiment [63] Royal Army Service Corps [54] Hampshire Regiment [52] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [51] Welsh Regiment [51] Northumberland Fusiliers [50] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [45] The Queen's Regiment [44] West Yorkshire Regiment [43] Somerset Light Infantry [42] York and Lancaster Regiment [42] Durham Light Infantry [40] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] Worcestershire Regiment [40] Royal Irish Fusiliers [39] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [38] Leicestershire Regiment [37] Connaught Rangers [36] Royal Defence Corps [35] Royal Irish Rifles [35] Devonshire Regiment [34] East Yorkshire Regiment [33] North Staffordshire Regiment [33] Royal Naval Division [33] Canadian Infantry [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [32] East Surrey Regiment [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [31] South Wales Borderers [31] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4176] Australian Imperial Force [451] Royal Navy [412] Canadian Expeditionary Force [406] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [274] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [81] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [5932] B [1] C [1] D [1] M [1] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5782] Merchant Navy [124] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [84] Australia [3] Canada [2] Ireland [2] Germany [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Edward Hayes

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68392

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Frederick Hayes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408919

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George Hayes

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96583

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John Hayes

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145791

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Arthur Hayes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46308

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James Alfred Hayes

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197343

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Charles Henry Hayes

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116554

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John Edward Hayes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92261

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Alfred Thomas Hayes

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282332

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Robert Hayes

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73679

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Arthur Thomas Hayes

Born 1881

Died 1956

British Army M/322636 Private Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport Reserve

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John Edward Hayes

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112732

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John Henry Hayes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28195

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William Hayes

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 5070 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 43038 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Henry Hayes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146921

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Christopher Walter Hayes

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army M2/26504 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/268504 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport Spare parts Depot

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James Charles Hayes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132594

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Fred Hayes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36141

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Claude Julian Patrick Hayes

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Leo John Hayes

Died 1918

British Army M2/117143 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 3rd Bn., attd. 18th Bn.

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