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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Uckfield, Sussex [3]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Leeds [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Tunbridge Wells England [2]

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Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Sandwich, Kent [1]

Sheffield [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Singleton New South Wales [1]

Stawell Victoria [1]

Tonbridge Wells, Kent, England [1]

Tumbridge Wells England [1]

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Private [182]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [22]

Serjeant [20]

Driver [19]

Lance Corporal [11]

Sapper [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Saddler [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Sergeant Major [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Labour Corps [29]

Royal Sussex Regiment [28]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Army Service Corps [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

64th Pioneers [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [325]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [423]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [415]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Uckfield, Sussex [3] Croydon, Surrey [2] Leeds [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Tunbridge Wells England [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Beford [1] Blayney New South Wales [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Buxted [1] Crowhurst, Sussex [1] Derby [1] Ditchling, Sussex [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Grinstead, Sussex [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hawkhurst, Kent [1] Heanor, Derbyshire [1] Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Kilburn, London [1] Knottingley, Yorkshire [1] Lincoln [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mayfield, Sussex [1] Mossvale New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newhaven, Sussex [1] Prospect South Australia [1] Ringmer [1] Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Sandwich, Kent [1] Sheffield [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Singleton New South Wales [1] Stawell Victoria [1] Tonbridge Wells, Kent, England [1] Tumbridge Wells England [1]

Rank

Private [182] Gunner [36] Corporal [22] Serjeant [20] Driver [19] Lance Corporal [11] Sapper [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Acting Captain [2] Saddler [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bandmaster [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Sergeant Major [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40] Labour Corps [29] Royal Sussex Regiment [28] Royal Engineers [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Army Service Corps [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] East Kent Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 64th Pioneers [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Military Foot Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [325] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [423] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [415] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11] United States [1]

Maurice Swinnerton Hemsley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 205671 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 205671 Private Kent Regiment queen's own 7th. (royal west Battalion

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Frederick Hemsley

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283725

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Godfrey Hamilton Hemsley

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Canadian Expeditionary Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force Staff Sergeant 10th Battalion Canadian Field Ambulance

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James William Hemsley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199856

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Herbert Hemsley

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 78366 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Field Artillery 1st Home Counties Brigade

British Army 256982 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Norris Hemsley

Born 1889

Died 1934

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment attached London Regiment

British Army Major London Regiment General List

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Bernal Thomas Hemsley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 117796

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Harold George Hemsley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115701

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Noel Butler Hemsley, M.b.e.

Born 1892

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1148 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1148 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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Walter Hemsley

Died 1916

British Army 29406 Acting Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 29406 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Hemsley

Died 1916

British Army G/1322 Lance Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/1322 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/1322 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Robert Hemsley

Died 1918

British Army G/7693 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Francis Hemsley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 16996 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 16996 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Charles Hemsley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/7667 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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John W Hemsley

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 200707 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Harry Hemsley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234733

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Thomas Hemsley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234671

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Charles Hemsley

Born 1884

Died 1961

Indian Army Captain 64th Pioneers

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached list

British Army Captain Indian Army / Staff and Head Quarters

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George Hemsley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405402

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Walter Paul Hemsley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138455

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