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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

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Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Uckfield, Sussex [3]

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Sandwich, Kent [1]

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Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

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Tonbridge Wells, Kent, 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]

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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]

John Charles Hemsley

Born 1867

Died 1920

British Army S2/015095 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S2/015095 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S2/015095 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

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Harry Hemsley

Born 1874

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 177314

Canadian Expeditionary Force 177314 Private Canadian Infantry

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Cecil Edward Hemsley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142410

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Frank Hemsley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70470

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Frank Middleton Hemsley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178102

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Noel Hemsley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1148

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William Hemsley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3340

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Charles Richard Hemsley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4654

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Richard Hemsley

Born 1893

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39231 New Zealand Training Unit, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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Ernest James Hemsley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment attached Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Joseph Hemsley

Died 1916

British Army 84544 Corporal Royal Engineers

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John L Hemsley

Died 1918

British Army 8/6377 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 301997 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st/8th Battalion

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George Hemsley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 22485 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 22485 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Alfred Hemsley

Died 1917

British Army 11543 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 21736 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Albert Hemsley

Died 1914

British Army 4528 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 4528 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Walter James Hemsley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 55742 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Arthur Hemsley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2584 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2584 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2584 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Hemsley

Died 1917

British Army 20542 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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George Hemsley

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 997 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 997 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Peter Hemsley

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 654 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 547912 Private Labour Corps

British Army 654 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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