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London England [8]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Donald Victoria [4]

Mt Egerton Victoria [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Alton, Hampshire [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [3]

Alberton South Australia [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Barcaldine Queensland [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackwater, Hampshire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bromley, Middlesex [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Dorset [2]

Dunedin NZ [2]

East Dulwich, London [2]

Egerton Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Langport, Somerset [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Rush, Dublin [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Woolwich England [2]

Apsley Victoria [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Axminster England [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Beenham, Berkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [750]

Gunner [88]

Corporal [65]

Serjeant [60]

Driver [55]

Sapper [53]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Lieutenant [38]

Captain [36]

Lance Corporal [36]

Pioneer [13]

Major [11]

Temporary Captain [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Rifleman [6]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Engineer Rear Admiral [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Orderly [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

3rd Class Inspector Of Mechanical Transport and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [112]

Royal Engineers [105]

Royal Field Artillery [95]

Labour Corps [74]

London Regiment [65]

Hampshire Regiment [58]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [40]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

East Kent Regiment [24]

Welsh Regiment [23]

Rifle Brigade [21]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Somerset Light Infantry [19]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Connaught Rangers [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Grenadier Guards [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Hussars [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [9]

Army Cyclist Corps [8]

Royal Artillery [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1245]

Royal Navy [156]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [110]

Australian Imperial Force [101]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [74]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1748]

Contribution

Military Service [1705]

Merchant Navy [26]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Australia [1]

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London England [8] London, Middlesex, England [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Donald Victoria [4] Mt Egerton Victoria [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Alton, Hampshire [3] Battersea, London [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Fulham, London [3] Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [3] Alberton South Australia [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Barcaldine Queensland [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Birmingham [2] Blackwater, Hampshire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bromley, Middlesex [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Dorset [2] Dunedin NZ [2] East Dulwich, London [2] Egerton Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Holloway, London [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Langport, Somerset [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Rush, Dublin [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Woolwich England [2] Apsley Victoria [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Axminster England [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Beenham, Berkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [750] Gunner [88] Corporal [65] Serjeant [60] Driver [55] Sapper [53] Second Lieutenant [39] Lieutenant [38] Captain [36] Lance Corporal [36] Pioneer [13] Major [11] Temporary Captain [9] Able Seaman [8] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Rifleman [6] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Trooper [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Brigadier General [3] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Temporary Major [3] Worker [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brigade Major [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Engineer Rear Admiral [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Orderly [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 3rd Class Inspector Of Mechanical Transport and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [112] Royal Engineers [105] Royal Field Artillery [95] Labour Corps [74] London Regiment [65] Hampshire Regiment [58] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [40] Royal Fusiliers [36] Machine Gun Corps [31] Middlesex Regiment [26] Devonshire Regiment [24] East Kent Regiment [24] Welsh Regiment [23] Rifle Brigade [21] The Queen's Regiment [21] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Liverpool Regiment [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Somerset Light Infantry [19] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [16] Connaught Rangers [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Wiltshire Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Grenadier Guards [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Hussars [9] Royal Horse Artillery [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [9] Army Cyclist Corps [8] Royal Artillery [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1245] Royal Navy [156] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [110] Australian Imperial Force [101] Canadian Expeditionary Force [74] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1748]

Contribution

Military Service [1705] Merchant Navy [26] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Australia [1]

Oswald Charles William Hoare

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J14064

Royal Navy J14064 Able Seaman HMS Fortune

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Edith Phyllis Hoare

Born 1890

Died 1983

Other Empire Force VAD Member British Red Cross

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Vincent Robertson Hoare

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army Major London Regiment

British Army Major London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

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Alexander Bryson Hoare

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192914

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Walter Hoare

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139208

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John Alfred Hoare

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260661

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Charles Harry Hoare

Born 1874

Died 1954

Other Empire Force Civilian War Work

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Henry John Frederick Hoare

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17909

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Henry Hoare

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235976

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George Henry Hoare

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238505

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Reginald Percy Hoare

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 537409 Private London Regiment 15 lond Battalion

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William John Richard Hoare

Died 1914

British Army 9808 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Percival Hugh Trench Hoare

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Joseph Hoare

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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W R Hoare

Died 1915

British Army L/9015 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9015 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9015 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Phillips Hoare

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 24031 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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William Hoare

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15624 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 15624 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Defence

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James Hoare

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26623

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Archibald Hoare

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 9190 Company Serjeant Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Hoare

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87338

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