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Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Dover, Kent [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bembridge, Isle of Wight [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Streatham [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Temple Cloud, Somerset [2]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blaengwynfi, Glamorgan [1]

Brading Isle of Wight [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Caboolture Queensland [1]

Cardiff [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clapton Middlesex England [1]

Coseley, Staffordshire [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Fishponds, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Flintshire [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [1]

Hornchurch, Essex [1]

Inworth, Essex [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Kingswood, Bristol [1]

Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lowestoft [1]

Maesley, Glamorgan [1]

Maindee, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Murray Flats South Australia [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ontario [1]

Peckham England [1]

Rank

Private [275]

Gunner [32]

Serjeant [29]

Sapper [25]

Driver [22]

Corporal [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

2nd Armourer's Crew [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Clerk [1]

Driver/ Sapper [1]

Filter [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Gunner/ Sapper [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Staff Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Royal Engineers [35]

Labour Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

London Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Herefordshire Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Tank Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps/ Staff [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [433]

Royal Navy [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [561]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [549]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Dover, Kent [4] London, Middlesex [4] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bembridge, Isle of Wight [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Ryde, Isle of Wight [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Streatham [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Temple Cloud, Somerset [2] Allansford Victoria [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blaengwynfi, Glamorgan [1] Brading Isle of Wight [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Caboolture Queensland [1] Cardiff [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clapton Middlesex England [1] Coseley, Staffordshire [1] East Ham, London [1] Fishponds, Gloucestershire, England [1] Flintshire [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Gloucestershire [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hobart Tas Tasmania [1] Hornchurch, Essex [1] Inworth, Essex [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Kingswood, Bristol [1] Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lowestoft [1] Maesley, Glamorgan [1] Maindee, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Murray Flats South Australia [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Ontario [1] Peckham England [1]

Rank

Private [275] Gunner [32] Serjeant [29] Sapper [25] Driver [22] Corporal [17] Lance Corporal [15] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Major [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] 2nd Armourer's Crew [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Clerk [1] Driver/ Sapper [1] Filter [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Gunner/ Sapper [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Rear Admiral [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Staff Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40] Royal Engineers [35] Labour Corps [26] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Hampshire Regiment [13] Manchester Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] London Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Herefordshire Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Tank Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Service Corps/ Staff [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [433] Royal Navy [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [561] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [549] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Frederick John Holbrook

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 30649 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 30649 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army Royal Engineers

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Joseph Holbrook

Born 1883

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46135 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Thomas Joseph Holbrook

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 16959 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34747 Private West Riding Regiment,

British Army GS/129210 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Holbrook

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1257 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Holbrook

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army G/11656 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army PS/7516 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/11656 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Holbrook

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276586

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Charles Andrew Holbrook

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103801

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Thomas Shone Holbrook

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275374

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Richard Holbrook

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46456

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Harry Phillip Holbrook

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 11206 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 11206 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Samuel Horace Holbrook

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62440

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Artemus Stanley Holbrook

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234082

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Herbert Holbrook

Died 1916

British Army 25321 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Bert Holbrook

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226131

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Percy Holbrook

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190233

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Charles William Oliver Holbrook

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216165

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Henry Oliver Holbrook

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237600

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Geoffrey Holbrook

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118671

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Frederick John Holbrook

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60983

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James Holbrook

Born 1890

British Army 202265 Acting Corporal Manchester Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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