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Tollesbury, Essex [5]

Tollesbury, Essex, England [5]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Callington, Cornwall [2]

Camden New South Wales [2]

Devon [2]

Essex, England [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Ightham, Kent [2]

Ilford, Essex [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mortlake Victoria [2]

Rochford, Essex [2]

Walworth, Surrey [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Westonzoyland, Somerset [2]

Wethersfield, Essex [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Angaston South Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Berrima New South Wales [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bude, Cornwall [1]

Bulli New South Wales [1]

Burnham, Essex [1]

Camberley, Surrey [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cardiff Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chorlton Hardy, Lancashire [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Clovelly, Devon, England [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Colwyn Bay Wales [1]

Crediton, Devon [1]

Cudgellico New South Wales [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Devonport [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonshire England [1]

Rank

Private [379]

Gunner [49]

Driver [37]

Sapper [29]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [27]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [14]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Major [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colonel [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Bombadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Corpor [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Waggoner [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner /Paid Lance Acting Corporal [1]

Intelligence Officer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Master [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [62]

Army Service Corps [52]

Royal Engineers [52]

Labour Corps [44]

Devonshire Regiment [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

London Regiment [26]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24]

Essex Regiment [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Service

British Army [623]

Royal Navy [76]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [875]

Contribution

Military Service [856]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

Tollesbury, Essex [5] Tollesbury, Essex, England [5] Bendigo Victoria [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Callington, Cornwall [2] Camden New South Wales [2] Devon [2] Essex, England [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Ightham, Kent [2] Ilford, Essex [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] Leytonstone, Essex [2] London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mortlake Victoria [2] Rochford, Essex [2] Walworth, Surrey [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Westonzoyland, Somerset [2] Wethersfield, Essex [2] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Angaston South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Berrima New South Wales [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bude, Cornwall [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Burnham, Essex [1] Camberley, Surrey [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cardiff Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chorlton Hardy, Lancashire [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Clovelly, Devon, England [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Colwyn Bay Wales [1] Crediton, Devon [1] Cudgellico New South Wales [1] Deal, Kent [1] Devonport [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonshire England [1]

Rank

Private [379] Gunner [49] Driver [37] Sapper [29] Serjeant [28] Corporal [27] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [14] Captain [11] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Major [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colonel [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Bombadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Corpor [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Waggoner [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner /Paid Lance Acting Corporal [1] Intelligence Officer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Master [1] Nursing Member [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [62] Army Service Corps [52] Royal Engineers [52] Labour Corps [44] Devonshire Regiment [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] London Regiment [26] Machine Gun Corps [25] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24] Essex Regiment [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Somerset Light Infantry [16] Middlesex Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Welsh Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Scots [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3]

Service

British Army [623] Royal Navy [76] Canadian Expeditionary Force [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Australian Imperial Force [45] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [875]

Contribution

Military Service [856] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Leslie Victor Heard

Died 1917

British Army 6256 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 533108 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 533108 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Robert Heard

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4318 Private 5th Brigade 20th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4318 Private 5th Brigade 20th Battalion

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Joseph Allen Heard

Born 1895

Died 1958

British Army 11566 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 11566 Private Devonshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Luxton Heard

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 4th City Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Ernest Heard

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 24500 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 24500 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Heard

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4872 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 202191 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st/7th Battalion.

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Alexander Stanley Heard

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 26121 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 26121 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles Miller Heard

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2226 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2226 1/5 Suffolks

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Alfred Heard

Died 1915

British Army 9257 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Walter Heard

Born 1891

Died 1979

British Army 128887 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Horace Isaac Heard

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262561

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Edward Terence Heard

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 1202 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 8 AAP

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Broom Heard

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79138

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Charles Willoughby Heard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260160

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Walter John Heard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57168

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William John Heard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147093

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John Thomas Heard

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147380

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Edward Carrington Heard

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204273

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Thomas Herbert Heard

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army S/71 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Stanley Fred Heard

Born 1893

Died 1944

British Army 141293 Driver Royal Engineers

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