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Southampton, Hampshire, England [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

London England [7]

Alton, Hampshire [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Callington, Cornwall [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Dover, Kent [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Mundooran New South Wales [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Abingdon, Berkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Frome, Somerset [3]

Gladstone South Australia [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [3]

Quorn South Australia [3]

Stonehouse, Devon [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Swingfield, Kent [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Bridport Dorset [2]

Bristol [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Cromhall, Gloucestershire [2]

Cuckfield, Sussex [2]

Devonport, Devon, England [2]

Rank

Private [1304]

Gunner [162]

Driver [127]

Sapper [110]

Corporal [107]

Serjeant [89]

Lance Corporal [50]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lieutenant [39]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Captain [27]

Bombardier [25]

Acting Corporal [20]

Pioneer [20]

Major [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Able Seaman [8]

Rifleman [8]

Sister [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nurse [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Colonel [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major General [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [193]

Royal Field Artillery [186]

Army Service Corps [162]

Labour Corps [139]

Royal Garrison Artillery [117]

London Regiment [116]

Hampshire Regiment [84]

Royal Fusiliers [67]

Devonshire Regiment [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Somerset Light Infantry [51]

Gloucestershire Regiment [50]

Middlesex Regiment [48]

Wiltshire Regiment [41]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

East Kent Regiment [37]

Royal Sussex Regiment [37]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [35]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Welsh Regiment [31]

Essex Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [29]

The Queen's Regiment [29]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

Northamptonshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [18]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [18]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Grenadier Guards [15]

South Wales Borderers [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [14]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

Corps of Hussars [13]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Hussars [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2139]

Royal Navy [321]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [136]

Australian Imperial Force [111]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [2973]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2895]

Merchant Navy [61]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Canada [3]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

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Southampton, Hampshire, England [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] London England [7] Alton, Hampshire [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Cardiff, Glamorgan [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Callington, Cornwall [4] Camberwell, London [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Dover, Kent [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Mundooran New South Wales [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Abingdon, Berkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Frome, Somerset [3] Gladstone South Australia [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [3] Quorn South Australia [3] Stonehouse, Devon [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Swingfield, Kent [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Bridport Dorset [2] Bristol [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chelsea, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Cromhall, Gloucestershire [2] Cuckfield, Sussex [2] Devonport, Devon, England [2]

Rank

Private [1304] Gunner [162] Driver [127] Sapper [110] Corporal [107] Serjeant [89] Lance Corporal [50] Second Lieutenant [40] Lieutenant [39] Acting Serjeant [31] Captain [27] Bombardier [25] Acting Corporal [20] Pioneer [20] Major [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Staff Serjeant [11] Able Seaman [8] Rifleman [8] Sister [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nurse [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Trooper [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Colonel [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major General [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [193] Royal Field Artillery [186] Army Service Corps [162] Labour Corps [139] Royal Garrison Artillery [117] London Regiment [116] Hampshire Regiment [84] Royal Fusiliers [67] Devonshire Regiment [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Machine Gun Corps [56] Somerset Light Infantry [51] Gloucestershire Regiment [50] Middlesex Regiment [48] Wiltshire Regiment [41] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] East Kent Regiment [37] Royal Sussex Regiment [37] Rifle Brigade [36] Royal Berkshire Regiment [35] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Welsh Regiment [31] Essex Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [29] The Queen's Regiment [29] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] East Surrey Regiment [22] Northamptonshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Suffolk Regiment [21] Royal Defence Corps [19] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [18] Liverpool Regiment [18] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [18] Royal Naval Division [16] Grenadier Guards [15] South Wales Borderers [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Army Veterinary Corps [14] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] Corps of Hussars [13] Durham Light Infantry [13] Hussars [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2139] Royal Navy [321] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] Canadian Expeditionary Force [136] Australian Imperial Force [111] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [2973] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2895] Merchant Navy [61] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [78] Canada [3] Egypt [1] France [1]

Thomas Henry Hobbs

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20792 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd

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Tom Hobbs

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2164 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Isaac William Hobbs

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 661220 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

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Reginald George Denning Hobbs

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 46217 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles James Willoughby Hobbs

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lt Colonel Notts & Derby Regt (Sherwood Foresters) 2nd Bn

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Bernard Francis Hobbs

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4924 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1st/14th London Scottish

British Army Private London Scottish 1/14th Battalion

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Edward Coomber Hobbs

Born 1876

Died 1953

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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David Hobbs

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 14305 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 9 Battalion

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Robert M Hobbs

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6850 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200362 Private Scottish Rifles 1st Battalion

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John Thomas Hobbs

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 19728 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alan Victor Hobbs

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Battalion

Other Empire Force Lance Corporal (NCO) Officer Training Corps Tonbridge School

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Frederick William Hobbs

Born 1868

Died 1948

British Army 32161 Driver Royal Engineers 13th Battalion

British Army 22939 Machine Gun Corp

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Edwin Hobbs

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10312 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Thomas Hobbs

Born 1865

Died 1914

Royal Navy 114754 (RFR PO A1181) Chief Petty Officer HMS Vernon

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Ernest James Hobbs

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 151821 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick James Hobbs

Died 1918

British Army G/1853 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/1853 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Frederick Charles Hobbs

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 57806 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Herbert Matthew Hobbs

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38491 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 43609 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Hobbs

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1862 Private South Irish Horse

British Army 25376 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Joseph Robert Hobbs

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4108 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

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