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Private [87]

Driver [11]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [8]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

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London Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

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Labour Corps [10]

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Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Attached Columns Operating in Togoland [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1]

Chicago Unit Nursing Staff [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

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Egyptian Labour Corps [1]

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Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Euryalus [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Lancers Fort Royal Engineers [1]

Life Guards [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

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British Army [136]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [88]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Royal Navy [7]

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Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

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Adelaide South Australia [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Blumberg South Australia [2] Killarney Queensland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Rotterdam [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Blackheath Victoria [1] Bowraville New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cape Town [1] Catford, Kent [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Clare South Australia [1] Dalgety New South Wales [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Hoxton, London [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Maldon Victoria [1] Misa Queensland [1] Moonta South Australia [1] New York [1] Nhill Victoria [1] Podol [1] Port Adelaide South Australia [1] Port Shields England [1] Sale Victoria [1] Silverton New South Wales [1] Trevethin, Pontypool [1] Walla Walla New South Wales [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Warwick Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [87] Driver [11] Serjeant [9] Corporal [8] Gunner [8] Sapper [8] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Foreman [1] Drummer [1] Nurse [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] Labour Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Engineers [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Engineers [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marines Band [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Attached Columns Operating in Togoland [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1] Chicago Unit Nursing Staff [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Egyptian Labour Corps [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Euryalus [1] King's African Rifles [1] Lancers Fort Royal Engineers [1] Life Guards [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [136] Canadian Expeditionary Force [88] Australian Imperial Force [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Royal Navy [7]

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Contribution

Military Service [290] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

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United Kingdom [4]

Jeremiah Hoffman

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 10235 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Hoffman

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7864

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7864 Sapper Canadian Engineers 6 Field Company.

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Herbert Hoffman

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31619

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Ernest Hoffman

Died 1918

British Army 242789 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 242789 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Roy Hoffman

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3232411

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3232411 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Hoffman

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 688227

Canadian Expeditionary Force 688227 Private Canadian Infantry

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William H E Hoffman

Died 1918

British Army 7519 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 633719 Corporal London Regiment

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Harry Hoffman

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 204509 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William John Francis Hoffman

Died 1917

British Army 17926 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph W. Hoffman

Died 1916

British Army 3541 Essex Regiment

British Army 5527 Border Regiment

British Army 27577 Private Border Regiment

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William Hoffman

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 12370 Private Manchester Regiment

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Clyde Hoffman

Australian Imperial Force 1031

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Oscar Berthold Hoffman

Australian Imperial Force 2583

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Robert Hoffman

Australian Imperial Force 3548

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James Hoffman

Australian Imperial Force 3358

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William Frederick Hoffman

Born 1881

Royal Navy 195940

Royal Navy B/2650 Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 195940 (R.F.R. Chat., B.2650) Able Seaman HMS Euryalus

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John Coffer Hoffman

Australian Imperial Force 6408

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Howard Edgar De Graff Hoffman

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 157030

Canadian Expeditionary Force 157030 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Oscar Hoffman

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 257043

Canadian Expeditionary Force 257043 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Franklin Hoffman

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425561

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425561 Private Canadian Infantry

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