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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

London England [7]

Hackney, London [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Barking, London [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [3]

Gillingham, Kent [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Mingenew Western Australia [3]

Nantawarra South Australia [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Barwell, Leicestershire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Chalford, Glos [2]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cressy Tas Tasmania [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Durham, Durham [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Enfield England [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Kadina South Australia [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Rank

Private [1296]

Gunner [123]

Driver [119]

Corporal [115]

Serjeant [104]

Sapper [82]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Lieutenant [56]

Captain [51]

Lance Corporal [39]

Major [20]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Corporal [15]

Bombardier [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Brigadier General [6]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Rifleman [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Sister [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Commander [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [201]

Royal Field Artillery [161]

Labour Corps [160]

Army Service Corps [147]

London Regiment [89]

Royal Garrison Artillery [89]

Royal Army Medical Corps [81]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Middlesex Regiment [46]

Leicestershire Regiment [43]

Gloucestershire Regiment [42]

Welsh Regiment [37]

Hampshire Regiment [36]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [32]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Northamptonshire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

South Wales Borderers [22]

Devonshire Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [20]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

Bedfordshire Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Wiltshire Regiment [16]

Hussars [15]

Monmouthshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2089]

Royal Navy [223]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170]

Australian Imperial Force [145]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [127]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [2871]

A [1]

D [1]

E [1]

K [1]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2801]

Merchant Navy [58]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Italy [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Melbourne Victoria [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] London England [7] Hackney, London [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex, England [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Barking, London [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Coonabarabran New South Wales [3] Gillingham, Kent [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Mingenew Western Australia [3] Nantawarra South Australia [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Barwell, Leicestershire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Chalford, Glos [2] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cressy Tas Tasmania [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Durham, Durham [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Edinburgh [2] Enfield England [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Kadina South Australia [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Marylebone, London [2]

Rank

Private [1296] Gunner [123] Driver [119] Corporal [115] Serjeant [104] Sapper [82] Second Lieutenant [73] Lieutenant [56] Captain [51] Lance Corporal [39] Major [20] Pioneer [20] Acting Corporal [15] Bombardier [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Serjeant Major [9] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Brigadier General [6] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Rifleman [5] Temporary Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Sister [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colonel [3] Commander [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Worker [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2] Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [201] Royal Field Artillery [161] Labour Corps [160] Army Service Corps [147] London Regiment [89] Royal Garrison Artillery [89] Royal Army Medical Corps [81] Machine Gun Corps [54] Royal Fusiliers [53] Middlesex Regiment [46] Leicestershire Regiment [43] Gloucestershire Regiment [42] Welsh Regiment [37] Hampshire Regiment [36] Rifle Brigade [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [32] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] Northamptonshire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Essex Regiment [28] The Queen's Regiment [27] Liverpool Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Manchester Regiment [23] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] South Wales Borderers [22] Devonshire Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [20] Royal Naval Division [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Somerset Light Infantry [20] Suffolk Regiment [20] Bedfordshire Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Royal Defence Corps [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Wiltshire Regiment [16] Hussars [15] Monmouthshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2089] Royal Navy [223] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170] Australian Imperial Force [145] Canadian Expeditionary Force [127] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [2871] A [1] D [1] E [1] K [1] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2801] Merchant Navy [58] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [57] Australia [1] France [1] Germany [1] Italy [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Alexander Duncan Herbert

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39233 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Herbert

Born 1884

Died 1963

British Army 240555 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2400555 Private, promoted to Sargeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment Royal Engineers

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Andrew Gordon Herbert

Born 1886

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/831 Trooper Otago Mounted Rifles

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Isaac Edward Herbert

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army 9 Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant Welsh Horse

British Army 355518 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Robert Stannard Herbert

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95575

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 108th Squadron

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Thomas John Herbert

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9709 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9709 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9709 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Albert Edward Herbert

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 14485 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 14485 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 14485 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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James Edward Herbert

Born 1881

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant

Australian Imperial Force Captain

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Edward Grafton Herbert

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2545 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment Machine Gun Corps

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Oliver Oswald Herbert

Born 1899

British Army 15067 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th

British Army 15067 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

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George William Herbert

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 26142 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James Herbert

Born 1896

British Army 3/11456 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11456 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Leonard N Herbert

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 8661 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Depot

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George Herbert

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 1655 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 174420 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Albert Herbert

Born 1894

British Army 10904 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10904 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Herbert Herbert

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 5203 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 13039 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Henry Herbert

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 26433 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert Herbert

Born 1886

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4849

Australian Imperial Force 4849 Private Australian Pioneers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Herbert

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 189862 (RFR CH B2093) Able Seaman HMS Aboukir

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Leslie Ivan Herbert

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265108

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