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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Cornwall England [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Box, Wiltshire [2]

Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Cairns Queensland [2]

Camberwell [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Islington, London [2]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [2]

Liss, Hampshire [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mitcham, Surrey [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Tenterfield New South Wales [2]

Tollesbury, Essex [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Bakewell, Derbyshire [1]

Bloxwich, Staffordshire [1]

Bow, East London [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bucklebury, Berkshire [1]

Builth Wells, Radnorshire [1]

COBHAM.SURREY [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Corsham, Wiltshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Duiton Vale New South Wales [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Enfield, London, Middlesex [1]

Falmouth [1]

Rank

Private [542]

Gunner [61]

Driver [44]

Sapper [31]

Serjeant [30]

Corporal [24]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Engineer Clerk Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier Temporary Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Corporal/Paid Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [72]

Labour Corps [65]

Royal Engineers [63]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

British West Indies Regiment [31]

London Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [18]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [783]

Royal Navy [82]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [57]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [1035]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

New Zealand [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Cornwall England [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Birmingham [2] Birmingham England [2] Box, Wiltshire [2] Braidwood New South Wales [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Burra South Australia [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Camberwell [2] Cambridge [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Islington, London [2] Launceston Tas Tasmania [2] Liss, Hampshire [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mitcham, Surrey [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Southwark, London [2] Tenterfield New South Wales [2] Tollesbury, Essex [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Bakewell, Derbyshire [1] Bloxwich, Staffordshire [1] Bow, East London [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bucklebury, Berkshire [1] Builth Wells, Radnorshire [1] COBHAM.SURREY [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Colac Victoria [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Corsham, Wiltshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Duiton Vale New South Wales [1] Enfield, London [1] Enfield, London, Middlesex [1] Falmouth [1]

Rank

Private [542] Gunner [61] Driver [44] Sapper [31] Serjeant [30] Corporal [24] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Engineer Clerk Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier Temporary Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Corporal/Paid Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Ship's Cook [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [72] Labour Corps [65] Royal Engineers [63] Royal Field Artillery [59] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] British West Indies Regiment [31] London Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [24] The Queen's Regiment [20] Somerset Light Infantry [18] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Wiltshire Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] South Wales Borderers [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal West Surrey Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [783] Royal Navy [82] Canadian Expeditionary Force [57] Australian Imperial Force [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [1053]

Contribution

Military Service [1035] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21] New Zealand [2] Trinidad and Tobago [2] United States [1]

Frank Holder

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 1643 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 75149 Corporal Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army 75149 Private Derby Yeomanry

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William Rueben Holder

Born 1886

Died 1948

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144444

British Army 20441 gloucester reg

British Army 206934 labour corps

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Edward Holder

Born 1881

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Ship's Cook Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Sabia" (London)

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Edward Ernest Holder

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 841194 Private London Regiment

British Army 841194 Private London Regiment 32nd London Battalion

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Thomas George William Holder

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 3rd Stat Hospital

British Army 10270 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 10270 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd Stationary Hospital , Rouen

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Charles Holder

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army WR552550 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 199614 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Horace Charles Holder

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 5978 Private London Regiment B Company

British Army 5978 Private London Regiment 2/13th kensington bn,lond Battalion

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Percy Ewart Holder

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 7673 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army L/16833 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Mark Holder

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 27626 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Henry Theodore Holder

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2603 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Grinell Holder

Born 1885

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William Rueben Holder

Born 1886

Died 1948

British Army 20441 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 144444 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 206934 Private Labour Corps

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George A E Holder

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1420 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert A Holder

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 16410 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Reginald Charles Holder

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 41011 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Claud Truran Holder

Born 1889

Died 1958

British Army 7101 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Albert Henry Holder

Born 1873

Died 1953

Royal Navy CH/6734 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Reginald George William Holder

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2642 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Francis James Holder

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3394

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Randolph Holder

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84084

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