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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Maidstone, Kent [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Lymington, Hampshire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London England [3]

Norfolk [3]

Warrington, Lancashire [3]

Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Balaklava South Australia [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bere Regis, Dorset [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Coventry England [2]

Derby [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goole [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ilfracombe, Devon [2]

Kilkenny South Australia [2]

Knutsford, Cheshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Milton New South Wales [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Rank

Private [1987]

Gunner [237]

Driver [160]

Sapper [155]

Corporal [148]

Serjeant [143]

Lance Corporal [92]

Second Lieutenant [57]

Lieutenant [42]

Acting Corporal [40]

Captain [34]

Pioneer [25]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [22]

Rifleman [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Major [12]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Trooper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Filter [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [266]

Royal Field Artillery [266]

Labour Corps [210]

Army Service Corps [201]

Royal Garrison Artillery [131]

Machine Gun Corps [110]

Royal Army Medical Corps [101]

London Regiment [89]

Durham Light Infantry [77]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [74]

Manchester Regiment [73]

Cheshire Regiment [70]

Liverpool Regiment [69]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Norfolk Regiment [60]

West Yorkshire Regiment [55]

Northumberland Fusiliers [54]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [53]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Leicestershire Regiment [45]

South Lancashire Regiment [45]

East Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

York and Lancaster Regiment [33]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Border Regiment [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Royal Irish Rifles [28]

West Riding Regiment [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [28]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [28]

Essex Regiment [27]

Royal Defence Corps [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Suffolk Regiment [26]

Royal Scots [25]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

Northamptonshire Regiment [24]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [24]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

The Queen's Regiment [23]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

Training Reserve Battalion [22]

Devonshire Regiment [21]

Grenadier Guards [21]

Service

British Army [3043]

Royal Navy [252]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [217]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [180]

Australian Imperial Force [125]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [39]

South African Services [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [3931]

L [5]

B [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3841]

Merchant Navy [67]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Melbourne Victoria [10] Maidstone, Kent [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Lymington, Hampshire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Battersea, London [3] Belfast, Northern Ireland [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Chester, Cheshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London England [3] Norfolk [3] Warrington, Lancashire [3] Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Balaklava South Australia [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bere Regis, Dorset [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Coventry England [2] Derby [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goole [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ilfracombe, Devon [2] Kilkenny South Australia [2] Knutsford, Cheshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Margate, Kent [2] Milton New South Wales [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Paddington, London [2]

Rank

Private [1987] Gunner [237] Driver [160] Sapper [155] Corporal [148] Serjeant [143] Lance Corporal [92] Second Lieutenant [57] Lieutenant [42] Acting Corporal [40] Captain [34] Pioneer [25] Acting Serjeant [22] Bombardier [22] Rifleman [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Major [12] Acting Bombardier [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Acting Captain [5] Staff Nurse [5] Trooper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Captain /Temporary Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Filter [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [266] Royal Field Artillery [266] Labour Corps [210] Army Service Corps [201] Royal Garrison Artillery [131] Machine Gun Corps [110] Royal Army Medical Corps [101] London Regiment [89] Durham Light Infantry [77] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [74] Manchester Regiment [73] Cheshire Regiment [70] Liverpool Regiment [69] Royal Fusiliers [63] Norfolk Regiment [60] West Yorkshire Regiment [55] Northumberland Fusiliers [54] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [53] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Leicestershire Regiment [45] South Lancashire Regiment [45] East Yorkshire Regiment [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] York and Lancaster Regiment [33] Rifle Brigade [32] Hampshire Regiment [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Border Regiment [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Royal Irish Rifles [28] West Riding Regiment [28] Worcestershire Regiment [28] Yorkshire Light Infantry [28] Essex Regiment [27] Royal Defence Corps [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] Suffolk Regiment [26] Royal Scots [25] Middlesex Regiment [24] Northamptonshire Regiment [24] Royal Lancaster Regiment [24] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] The Queen's Regiment [23] Royal Irish Fusiliers [22] Royal Naval Division [22] Training Reserve Battalion [22] Devonshire Regiment [21] Grenadier Guards [21]

Service

British Army [3043] Royal Navy [252] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [217] Canadian Expeditionary Force [180] Australian Imperial Force [125] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [39] South African Services [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [3931] L [5] B [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3841] Merchant Navy [67] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [90] Malta [1] South Africa [1]

Ernest Edward Hewitt

Born 1891

Died 1965

British Army 9443 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200979 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army The Essex Regiment 6th battalion

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Cyril Ernest Hewitt

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13/506 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13/506 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 4th Battalion

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Ernest Henry Hewitt

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Lazarus Hewitt

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13/415 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 15th Reserve Battalion

British Army 13/415 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion (1st Barnsley)

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Frederick John Hewitt

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 375565 Private London Regiment

British Army 375565 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 397 Sergeant Post Office Corps 8 London Rifles

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Holt Montgomery Hewitt

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 17872 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Lionel Hewitt

Born 1875

Died 1925

British Army 2295 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 374818 Serjeant Labour Corps

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William Arthur Hewitt

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9 Battalion

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Arthur Hewitt

Born 1888

Died 1936

British Army G/37700 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Sergeant Major Royal West Surrey Regiment 7ththe queen,s (royal west Battalion

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Thomas Edward Hewitt

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army T3259 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 461141 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Hewitt

Died 1915

British Army 10688 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 10688 Pte South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Rupert Morton Hewitt

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2661

Australian Imperial Force 26615 Sergeant

Australian Imperial Force 7th Battallion

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John Hewitt

Born 1892

British Army 97232 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 97232 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery RA Command Depot, South Camp, Ripon

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 182 Siege Battery

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George Alfred Guest Hewitt

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

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Samuel Hewitt

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army 173383 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 173383 Acting Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 35 Heavy Btn

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William Henry Hewitt

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57783

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William Hewitt

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2401 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7 Battalion

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William Harman Noah Hewitt

Born 1872

Died 1920

British Army SE/13260 Private Army Veterinary Corps No. 4th Reserve Veterinary Hospital

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William Henry Hewitt

Born 1884

Died 1966

South African Services 8162 Lance Corporal 2nd South African Light Infantry

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Reginald Hewitt

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 21177 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 21177 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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