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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Birkenhead England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bridgewater Tas Tasmania [2]

Charing, Kent [2]

Clare [2]

Dolgelly, Merionethshire [2]

Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [2]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

London England [2]

New Town Tas Tasmania [2]

Newark, Nottinghamshire [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Rugby, Warwickshire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Walworth, Surrey [2]

Warwickshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Argyle Western Australia [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bilbas [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bletchington, Oxon [1]

Bloodworth, Durham [1]

Bosham, Sussex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [604]

Gunner [78]

Driver [52]

Corporal [45]

Serjeant [43]

Sapper [36]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [19]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Captain [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [9]

Pioneer [9]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Major General [2]

Nurse [2]

Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General /Retired Pay [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [107]

Labour Corps [82]

Royal Engineers [66]

Army Service Corps [62]

South Staffordshire Regiment [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Worcestershire Regiment [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

London Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [13]

Corps of Hussars [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7]

Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Service

British Army [932]

Royal Navy [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1218]

G [4]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1192]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] London, Middlesex, England [3] Birkenhead England [2] Birmingham [2] Bridgewater Tas Tasmania [2] Charing, Kent [2] Clare [2] Dolgelly, Merionethshire [2] Dudley, Staffordshire [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2] Handsworth, Staffordshire [2] Hobart Tas Tasmania [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] London England [2] New Town Tas Tasmania [2] Newark, Nottinghamshire [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Paddington, London [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Rugby, Warwickshire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Southwark, London [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Walworth, Surrey [2] Warwickshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Argyle Western Australia [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bilbas [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bletchington, Oxon [1] Bloodworth, Durham [1] Bosham, Sussex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [604] Gunner [78] Driver [52] Corporal [45] Serjeant [43] Sapper [36] Second Lieutenant [24] Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [19] Acting Serjeant [17] Captain [10] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [9] Pioneer [9] Staff Serjeant [6] Rifleman [5] Able Seaman [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Major [2] Major General [2] Nurse [2] Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain Major [1] Chaplain [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General /Retired Pay [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [107] Labour Corps [82] Royal Engineers [66] Army Service Corps [62] South Staffordshire Regiment [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Worcestershire Regiment [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] London Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Royal Fusiliers [26] Hampshire Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [17] Leicestershire Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [13] Corps of Hussars [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7] Shropshire Light Infantry [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Flying Corps [6]

Service

British Army [932] Royal Navy [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Australian Imperial Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1218] G [4] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1192] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1]

Charles Frederick Hickman

Born 1885

Died 1947

British Army 546803 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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John Thomas Hickman

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry 44th

Canadian Expeditionary Force 292452 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 292452 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Hickman

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy London Z/3382 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/3382 Able Seaman RNVR London - HMS Barham 5th Battle Squadron

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James Maxwell Hickman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21313

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Thomas Halghton Trevor Hickman

Born 1881

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/914 Trooper Auckland Mounted Rifles

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James Hickman

Born 1876

Died 1920

British Army 138933 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Hickman

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 269347 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 265150 Private Army Service Corps

British Army TR/4/21276 Private Training Battalion

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Ernest George Hickman

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2269 Private Queen's Own Royal West Kent Yeomanry

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Benjamin Hickman

Born 1889

Died 1956

British Army 28562 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 4939 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 28562 Private Kings Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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Arthur Hickman

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 9723 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 9723 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Ernest Hickman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187695

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William Frank Hickman

Born 1877

British Army 2316 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2316 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285465 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Henry Hickman

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189599

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Albert Edward Hickman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87058

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Albert Edward Hickman

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34678

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Thomas George Hickman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112870

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Ernest Arthur Hickman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26242

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Ernest Arthur Hickman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282134

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Ernest Alfred Hickman

Died 1917

British Army 7174 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 14042 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Alfred Edgar Hickman

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 202648 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1/4th Battalion.

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