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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]

John Henry

Born 1896

British Army 2201 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Rene Norman Henry

Born 1896

British Army 375 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Henry

Died 1916

British Army 3/5421 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Theophilus Nathaniel Henry

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 13800 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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James Alfred Henry

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2652 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/40444 Private Royal Highlanders 8th Bn

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James Henry

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97254

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William Henry

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143679

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Dudley De La Force Henry

Born 1897

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Captain A.A.M.C

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William Thomas Henry

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193637

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Walter Henry

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97276

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Austin Patrick Henry

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21122

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William Henry

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38308

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Harry Eden Henry

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147141

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James Henry

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69321

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John Henry

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127795

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Clifford Henry

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 8405 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 8405 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Stanmitz Alpheus Henry

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3481 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles H Henry

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army 32464 Private Royal Defence Corps 203rd ¨Protection Coy

British Army 20702 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Henry

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294203

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Harry Joseph Henry

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8425

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