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Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

London, Middlesex [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

London England [5]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Armidale New South Wales [4]

Avoca Victoria [3]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Holbrook New South Wales [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Chelsea, Middlesex [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Forbes New South Wales [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Luddenham New South Wales [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middleton South Australia [2]

Penrith New South Wales [2]

Plymouth, Devon, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Stafford [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Wye, Kent [2]

3 Midland Terrace, Hellifield, Settle, York [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Arborfield Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Armadale New South Wales [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Barbadoes [1]

Barrow in Furness England [1]

Rank

Private [1343]

Gunner [169]

Driver [120]

Corporal [117]

Serjeant [102]

Sapper [80]

Lance Corporal [59]

Pioneer [37]

Lieutenant [33]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Acting Corporal [30]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Captain [18]

Bombardier [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Rifleman [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Fitter [3]

Major [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

ALIAS Private [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major and Brevet Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [193]

Royal Engineers [183]

Labour Corps [173]

Army Service Corps [155]

London Regiment [104]

Royal Garrison Artillery [92]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

Royal Army Medical Corps [65]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Middlesex Regiment [55]

South Staffordshire Regiment [50]

Royal Fusiliers [48]

Northamptonshire Regiment [39]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [36]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Leicestershire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Devonshire Regiment [31]

Worcestershire Regiment [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [30]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Suffolk Regiment [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

North Staffordshire Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [24]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

Royal Horse Artillery [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Essex Regiment [22]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

British West Indies Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Royal Air Force [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Service

British Army [2131]

Royal Navy [202]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [177]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [115]

Australian Imperial Force [101]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [2776]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2725]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

India [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] London, Middlesex, England [7] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] London, Middlesex [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] London England [5] Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Armidale New South Wales [4] Avoca Victoria [3] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3] Camberwell, London [3] Holbrook New South Wales [3] Kensington, London [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Chelsea, Middlesex [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Forbes New South Wales [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Hobart Tas Tasmania [2] Kennington, London [2] Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Luddenham New South Wales [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middleton South Australia [2] Penrith New South Wales [2] Plymouth, Devon, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Stafford [2] Tottenham, London [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Wye, Kent [2] 3 Midland Terrace, Hellifield, Settle, York [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Arborfield Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Armadale New South Wales [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Auckland NZ [1] Barbadoes [1] Barrow in Furness England [1]

Rank

Private [1343] Gunner [169] Driver [120] Corporal [117] Serjeant [102] Sapper [80] Lance Corporal [59] Pioneer [37] Lieutenant [33] Second Lieutenant [32] Acting Corporal [30] Acting Serjeant [23] Captain [18] Bombardier [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Rifleman [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Worker [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Able Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Fitter [3] Major [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Sergeant [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] ALIAS Private [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Commander [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major and Brevet Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [193] Royal Engineers [183] Labour Corps [173] Army Service Corps [155] London Regiment [104] Royal Garrison Artillery [92] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] Royal Army Medical Corps [65] Machine Gun Corps [61] Middlesex Regiment [55] South Staffordshire Regiment [50] Royal Fusiliers [48] Northamptonshire Regiment [39] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38] Rifle Brigade [38] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [36] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Leicestershire Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Devonshire Regiment [31] Worcestershire Regiment [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [30] Royal Berkshire Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [28] Manchester Regiment [28] Suffolk Regiment [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] North Staffordshire Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [24] Hampshire Regiment [23] Royal Horse Artillery [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] Essex Regiment [22] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Army Veterinary Corps [17] British West Indies Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Royal Air Force [17] Army Ordnance Corps [16] East Kent Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [15] Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Service

British Army [2131] Royal Navy [202] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [177] Canadian Expeditionary Force [115] Australian Imperial Force [101] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [2776] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2725] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Australia [1] Barbados [1] India [1]

Albert Haynes

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 17294 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest J Haynes

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1651 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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George Haynes

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 323712 Private London Regiment

British Army 6937, 323712 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

British Army 323712 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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William Haynes

Died 1914

British Army 7593 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Walter Ernest Haynes

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199755

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Frederick George Haynes

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108182

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Thomas Haynes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227679

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Harry Albert Haynes

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44885

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Thomas Haynes

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49537

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Frank Haynes

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50336

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Henry William Haynes

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168286

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George Arthur Haynes

Born 1878

Died 1921

British Army 294003 Corporal of Horse 1st Life Guards

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Thomas Walter Haynes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41291

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George Henry Haynes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27981

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John Henry Haynes

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79361

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Frank Arthur Haynes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52142

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Charles Henry Haynes

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83465

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Stephen Haynes

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300558

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Robert Edgar Haynes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114269

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Joseph Haynes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293910

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