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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]

Sombra Twp., Lambton, Ontario [6]

Cobargo New South Wales [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Singleton New South Wales [5]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [4]

Belfast [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Hamilton Victoria [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]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Nowra New South Wales [2]

Omeo Victoria [2]

Perth Scotland [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Poplar, London [2]

St. Ann, Middlesex [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Yorkshire [2]

59 Morville St Bow E [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aboghill, Co. Antrim [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] Sombra Twp., Lambton, Ontario [6] Cobargo New South Wales [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Singleton New South Wales [5] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Hobart Tas Tasmania [4] Belfast [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Hamilton Victoria [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] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Marylebone, London [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Nowra New South Wales [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Perth Scotland [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Poplar, London [2] St. Ann, Middlesex [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Yorkshire [2] 59 Morville St Bow E [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aboghill, Co. Antrim [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]

Thomas Henry

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228935

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George Henry

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91296

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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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Joseph Alexander Henry

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 4081 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 4081 Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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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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Dudley De La Force Henry

Born 1897

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Captain A.A.M.C

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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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John Henry Mcelroy

Born 1878

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 427 Private 1st Brigade 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 427 Lance Corporal 1st Brigade 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 427 Corporal 1st Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Isaac Henry

Died 1917

British Army 4040 Acting Corporal British West Indies Regiment

British Army 4040 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Albert Henry

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227591

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John Henry

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2551 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Louis Joseph Henry

Born 1872

Canadian Expeditionary Force 844547

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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John Henry

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210305

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John William Henry

Died 1917

British Army 59049 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Douglas Henry

Australian Imperial Force 688

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William J Henry

Died 1919

British Army 13913 Private Scots Guards

British Army 246284 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/266180 Private Royal Engineers

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Charles Henry

Born 1893

British Army 6406 Lance Corporal West India Regiment attached British West Indies Regiment attached 5th Battalion

British Army 6406 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Henry

Died 1916

British Army 1963 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 1963 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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