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Sydney New South Wales [20]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Shetland, Scotland [8]

Geelong Victoria [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Cobargo New South Wales [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Singleton New South Wales [5]

Sombra Twp., Lambton, Ontario [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Belfast [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Hamilton Victoria [3]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Beverley Western Australia [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Devonport Tas Tasmania [2]

Drogheda, Louth [2]

Durham [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Falkland Scotland [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Lisburn [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Nowra New South Wales [2]

Omeo Victoria [2]

Perth Scotland [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Seaham, Durham, England [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Walls, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

59 Morville St Bow E [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aboghill, Co. Antrim [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1089]

Driver [87]

Serjeant [82]

Gunner [78]

Corporal [76]

Lieutenant [47]

Sapper [47]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Captain [44]

Lance Corporal [37]

Acting Corporal [18]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Pioneer [14]

Bombardier [10]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Worker [5]

Second Corporal [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Doctor [3]

Forewoman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bearer [2]

Carrier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Headman [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Reverend [2]

Senior Chaplain [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [147]

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Royal Engineers [104]

Labour Corps [96]

Army Service Corps [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [54]

Royal Irish Rifles [52]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Royal Army Medical Corps [44]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Gordon Highlanders [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34]

London Regiment [32]

Royal Scots [31]

Highland Light Infantry [30]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Seaforth Highlanders [23]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Connaught Rangers [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Cameron Highlanders [19]

Royal Highlanders [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [19]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

Jamaica War Contingent [14]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

West India Regiment [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Leinster Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Irish Guards [10]

Service

British Army [1634]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [364]

Australian Imperial Force [202]

Royal Navy [132]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [110]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57]

Other Empire Force [20]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [2578]

W [7]

F [6]

A [4]

G [4]

M [4]

T [4]

S [3]

C [2]

R [2]

B [1]

E [1]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2499]

Merchant Navy [97]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [2]

Antigua and Barbuda [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

Panama [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [20] Melbourne Victoria [16] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Shetland, Scotland [8] Geelong Victoria [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Cobargo New South Wales [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Singleton New South Wales [5] Sombra Twp., Lambton, Ontario [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Belfast [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Hamilton Victoria [3] Hobart Tas Tasmania [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Beverley Western Australia [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Devonport Tas Tasmania [2] Drogheda, Louth [2] Durham [2] Edinburgh [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Euroa Victoria [2] Falkland Scotland [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Lisburn [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Nowra New South Wales [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Perth Scotland [2] Poplar, London [2] Seaham, Durham, England [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Walls, Shetland, Scotland [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] 59 Morville St Bow E [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aboghill, Co. Antrim [1] Albury New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1089] Driver [87] Serjeant [82] Gunner [78] Corporal [76] Lieutenant [47] Sapper [47] Second Lieutenant [45] Captain [44] Lance Corporal [37] Acting Corporal [18] Acting Serjeant [15] Pioneer [14] Bombardier [10] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Staff Nurse [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Worker [5] Second Corporal [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Doctor [3] Forewoman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Sister [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bearer [2] Carrier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Headman [2] Honorary Captain [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Reverend [2] Senior Chaplain [2] Shoeing Smith [2]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [147] Royal Field Artillery [106] Royal Engineers [104] Labour Corps [96] Army Service Corps [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [54] Royal Irish Rifles [52] Machine Gun Corps [44] Royal Army Medical Corps [44] Liverpool Regiment [39] Durham Light Infantry [36] Gordon Highlanders [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [34] London Regiment [32] Royal Scots [31] Highland Light Infantry [30] Royal Irish Fusiliers [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Manchester Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] Seaforth Highlanders [23] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22] Canadian Infantry [22] Connaught Rangers [22] Royal Naval Division [22] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Royal Fusiliers [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Cameron Highlanders [19] Royal Highlanders [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [19] Royal Defence Corps [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Cheshire Regiment [14] East Lancashire Regiment [14] Jamaica War Contingent [14] West Riding Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] West India Regiment [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Scottish Rifles [12] Leinster Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Irish Guards [10]

Service

British Army [1634] Canadian Expeditionary Force [364] Australian Imperial Force [202] Royal Navy [132] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [110] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57] Other Empire Force [20] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [2578] W [7] F [6] A [4] G [4] M [4] T [4] S [3] C [2] R [2] B [1] E [1] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2499] Merchant Navy [97] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [2] Antigua and Barbuda [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] Panama [1] United States [1]

Charles Henry

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 251414 Lancashire Hussars

British Army 40433 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 260431 Private Border Regiment 7th (Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion

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John Edward Henry

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 5/786A Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/786 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Henry

Born 1890

Other Empire Force 9396 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 13897 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Warren Yeulett Henry

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 912

Australian Imperial Force 912 Unit 3 Reg. Light Horse 1st Brigade

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James Wallace Henry

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3209 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Cyril Henry

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army SD/1359 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army SD/1359 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Robert Henry

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10850 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 10850 Private Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Andrew Leonard Henry

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army 1774 Private Border Regiment 1/4 battalion (attached to 1st Oxford & Bucks L.I.)

British Army 200496 Border Regiment

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Cecil George Henry

Born 1896

British Army 1962 Private British West Indies Regiment

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George Henry

Born 1887

Other Empire Force 6165 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7897 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 7897 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Charles Solomon Henry

Born 1860

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Member of Parliament and Philanthropist

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Charles George Henry

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1855 Private London Regiment

British Army 1855 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1855 Lance Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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James Bertram Henry

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8770 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 5066 Private Leinster Regiment 3rd

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Laurence Henry

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1213 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Olivia Henry

Born 1863

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Cork" (Dublin)

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Cyril C Henry

Died 1920

British Army 15399 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Charles Emanuel Henry

Born 1886

British Army 5363 West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

Other Empire Force 9130 Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 10137 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment

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John C Barnes Henry

British Army 1177 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Mitchell Henry

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S-40322 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 40322 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/40322 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 9th Battalion

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Charles W Henry

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 3141 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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