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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Reading, Berkshire [6]

Adaminaby New South Wales [5]

London, Middlesex [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Camden Town, London [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3]

Leicester England [3]

London England [3]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Malmesbury, Wiltshire [3]

Oxford [3]

Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Chudleigh Tas Tasmania [2]

Erith, Kent [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Halesowen, Worcestershire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

Oakley, Bucks [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Woolwich, London [2]

Abergavenny [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Admington, Gloucestershire [1]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Bilston, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackwick, Dublin [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bowmans South Australia [1]

Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Bright Victoria [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [624]

Gunner [73]

Serjeant [66]

Corporal [60]

Driver [60]

Sapper [42]

Lance Corporal [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Pioneer [13]

Captain [9]

Bombardier [7]

Able Seaman [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Assistant Inspector of Ordnance Machinery and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Pd/Lance Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Band Boy [1]

Bandsman [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [95]

Royal Engineers [93]

Labour Corps [79]

Army Service Corps [74]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

London Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [24]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Worcestershire Regiment [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Monmouthshire Regiment [12]

Welsh Regiment [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Hussars [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Marine Artillery [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Service

British Army [1007]

Royal Navy [127]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1371]

J [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1349]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Melbourne Victoria [9] Reading, Berkshire [6] Adaminaby New South Wales [5] London, Middlesex [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Camden Town, London [3] Hammersmith, London [3] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3] Leicester England [3] London England [3] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Malmesbury, Wiltshire [3] Oxford [3] Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Chudleigh Tas Tasmania [2] Erith, Kent [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Halesowen, Worcestershire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] Oakley, Bucks [2] Paddington, London [2] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Woolwich, London [2] Abergavenny [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Admington, Gloucestershire [1] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Bilston, Lancashire [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackwick, Dublin [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Bow, London [1] Bowmans South Australia [1] Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Bright Victoria [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [624] Gunner [73] Serjeant [66] Corporal [60] Driver [60] Sapper [42] Lance Corporal [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Acting Serjeant [15] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [13] Pioneer [13] Captain [9] Bombardier [7] Able Seaman [4] Sister [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Assistant Inspector of Ordnance Machinery and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Pd/Lance Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Band Boy [1] Bandsman [1] Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [95] Royal Engineers [93] Labour Corps [79] Army Service Corps [74] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] London Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Fusiliers [31] Machine Gun Corps [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [24] Royal Berkshire Regiment [24] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Rifle Brigade [18] Worcestershire Regiment [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] The Queen's Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Monmouthshire Regiment [12] Welsh Regiment [12] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] South Wales Borderers [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Hussars [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Marine Artillery [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Service

British Army [1007] Royal Navy [127] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] Australian Imperial Force [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1371] J [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1349] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Ernest Wilson Higgs

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165015

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Charles Edward Higgs

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31904

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Joseph William Higgs

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283975

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Thomas Charles Higgs

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260644

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Leander Cecil Higgs

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218283

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Henry Higgs

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 658

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John Higgs

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293093

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Thomas Ivanhoe Higgs

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227446

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Henry John Higgs

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231149

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William Higgs

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233363

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Joseph Henry Higgs

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army 21243 Private Coldstream Guards

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John Higgs

Died 1916

British Army 1586 Lance Corporal King's Liverpool Regiment 1st/7th Bn.

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Arthur Walter Higgs

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 22452 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 22452 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 3rd Reserve Brigade

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Augustus Silvester Higgs

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 26406 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Tom Higgs

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 8883 Private Coldstream Guards

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Albert Higgs

Died 1918

British Army 241487 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Joseph Higgs

Born 1895

British Army 2483 Private London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 510268 Private London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 510268 Acting Corporal London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

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William Higgs

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2074 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Higgs

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112612

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William Roland Higgs

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313122

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