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Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Cork [7]

Belfast, Antrim [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Brentford, Middlesex [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Pingelly Western Australia [4]

Sligo [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Braidwood New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Coolah New South Wales [3]

Dublin [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brockley England [2]

Busselton Western Australia [2]

Callal New South Wales [2]

Camden Town, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Charles, Devon [2]

Cobden Victoria [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Forbes New South Wales [2]

Galway [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glossop, Derbyshire [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [2258]

Gunner [210]

Driver [161]

Serjeant [151]

Corporal [145]

Sapper [116]

Lance Corporal [76]

Second Lieutenant [58]

Lieutenant [53]

Acting Corporal [42]

Pioneer [34]

Captain [33]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Bombardier [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Rifleman [13]

Major [12]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Staff Serjeant [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Guardsman [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [290]

Royal Engineers [253]

Royal Field Artillery [232]

Army Service Corps [195]

Royal Garrison Artillery [124]

Royal Army Medical Corps [95]

Machine Gun Corps [87]

London Regiment [84]

Manchester Regiment [77]

Liverpool Regiment [73]

Highland Light Infantry [64]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Royal Scots [62]

Cheshire Regiment [61]

Northumberland Fusiliers [60]

Connaught Rangers [55]

Lancashire Fusiliers [54]

West Yorkshire Regiment [54]

Durham Light Infantry [48]

York and Lancaster Regiment [48]

Rifle Brigade [47]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [47]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [47]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [42]

Royal Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Irish Regiment [40]

Middlesex Regiment [39]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [37]

Royal Irish Rifles [37]

Worcestershire Regiment [37]

Royal Naval Division [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Scottish Rifles [35]

Somerset Light Infantry [35]

Royal Highlanders [33]

South Lancashire Regiment [33]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [29]

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Border Regiment [27]

East Kent Regiment [27]

Royal Defence Corps [27]

South Staffordshire Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [26]

Service

British Army [3272]

Royal Navy [312]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [289]

Australian Imperial Force [229]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [4419]

S [3]

P [2]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4322]

Merchant Navy [77]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Sydney New South Wales [12] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Melbourne Victoria [9] Cork [7] Belfast, Antrim [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Brentford, Middlesex [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Pingelly Western Australia [4] Sligo [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Braidwood New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Coolah New South Wales [3] Dublin [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Liverpool England [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brockley England [2] Busselton Western Australia [2] Callal New South Wales [2] Camden Town, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Charles, Devon [2] Cobden Victoria [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Forbes New South Wales [2] Galway [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glossop, Derbyshire [2] Grays, Essex [2] Gympie Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [2258] Gunner [210] Driver [161] Serjeant [151] Corporal [145] Sapper [116] Lance Corporal [76] Second Lieutenant [58] Lieutenant [53] Acting Corporal [42] Pioneer [34] Captain [33] Acting Serjeant [20] Bombardier [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Rifleman [13] Major [12] Corporal 2nd [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Staff Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Staff Serjeant [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Temporary Captain [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Brigadier General [3] Guardsman [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [290] Royal Engineers [253] Royal Field Artillery [232] Army Service Corps [195] Royal Garrison Artillery [124] Royal Army Medical Corps [95] Machine Gun Corps [87] London Regiment [84] Manchester Regiment [77] Liverpool Regiment [73] Highland Light Infantry [64] Royal Fusiliers [64] Royal Scots [62] Cheshire Regiment [61] Northumberland Fusiliers [60] Connaught Rangers [55] Lancashire Fusiliers [54] West Yorkshire Regiment [54] Durham Light Infantry [48] York and Lancaster Regiment [48] Rifle Brigade [47] Royal Irish Fusiliers [47] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [47] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [42] Royal Army Service Corps [41] Royal Irish Regiment [40] Middlesex Regiment [39] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [37] Royal Irish Rifles [37] Worcestershire Regiment [37] Royal Naval Division [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Scottish Rifles [35] Somerset Light Infantry [35] Royal Highlanders [33] South Lancashire Regiment [33] Royal Scots Fusiliers [32] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [29] Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Border Regiment [27] East Kent Regiment [27] Royal Defence Corps [27] South Staffordshire Regiment [27] Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] Seaforth Highlanders [26]

Service

British Army [3272] Royal Navy [312] Canadian Expeditionary Force [289] Australian Imperial Force [229] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [4419] S [3] P [2] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4322] Merchant Navy [77] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [78] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

William Edwin Higgins

Born 1895

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 49 Sergeant 44th Australian Infantry battalion

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Ernest James Higgins

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 1377 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Higgins

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 34859 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Gerald Lyle Higgins

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2406 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 'D' Battery. 123rd Brigade

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William Higgins

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army M2/079437 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/079437 Private Army Service Corps 50 ASC

British Army M2/079437 Private Army Service Corps attached 72 Field Ambulance RAMC

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James Henry Higgins

Born 1878

British Army SR/151 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 5706 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 275151 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Peter Higgins

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13478 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6672 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 13478 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Harry Leslie Higgins

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Claude Wilfred Higgins

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 30857 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 30857 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Stafford Higgins

Born 1883

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 50 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Frederick Henry Higgins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 10084 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10084 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Service Battalion

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Mathew Burnard Higgins

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 888 Private Australian Infantry 43rd Battalion

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Charles Higgins

Born 1890

British Army 4206 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4206 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Herman Bernal Higgins

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 1699 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3177 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Edward Higgins

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3142 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Jacob Higgins

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 14127 Private Border Regiment 9th Battalion

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Arthur Henry Higgins

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 134137 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 258th Siege Battery

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Edward Higgins

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3/8239 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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William Higgins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3320 Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4th, 2nd Battalion

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Cuthbert George Higgins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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