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Sydney New South Wales [24]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Adelaide South Australia [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Nottingham [7]

London England [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Stockport, Cheshire [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Dublin [4]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Boston, Lincolnshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Wareham, Dorset [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Athy, Co. Kildare [2]

Auckland NZ [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Bombala New South Wales [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brixham, Devon, England [2]

Bunyip Victoria [2]

Coonamble New South Wales [2]

Crewe England [2]

Derby [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Egham, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [2581]

Gunner [274]

Driver [219]

Corporal [202]

Serjeant [167]

Sapper [144]

Lance Corporal [95]

Second Lieutenant [95]

Lieutenant [72]

Captain [65]

Pioneer [34]

Bombardier [33]

Acting Serjeant [32]

Acting Corporal [31]

Major [24]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Rifleman [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Worker [13]

Able Seaman [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Temporary Captain [9]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

StaffSerjeant [7]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Commander [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sergeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Coal Mine Worker [4]

Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Deck Hand [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Bombardier /Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [350]

Labour Corps [302]

Royal Engineers [279]

Army Service Corps [255]

Royal Garrison Artillery [158]

London Regiment [139]

Manchester Regiment [111]

Cheshire Regiment [110]

Machine Gun Corps [109]

Royal Army Medical Corps [104]

Lancashire Fusiliers [86]

Royal Fusiliers [84]

Liverpool Regiment [81]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [76]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [64]

Leicestershire Regiment [61]

South Lancashire Regiment [61]

North Staffordshire Regiment [54]

Northumberland Fusiliers [54]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

Rifle Brigade [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Welsh Regiment [46]

Worcestershire Regiment [44]

York and Lancaster Regiment [44]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

Essex Regiment [43]

Royal Army Service Corps [42]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [42]

West Yorkshire Regiment [42]

Army Ordnance Corps [40]

Gloucestershire Regiment [40]

Hampshire Regiment [40]

Lincolnshire Regiment [40]

East Lancashire Regiment [38]

South Staffordshire Regiment [37]

The Queen's Regiment [37]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [36]

East Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Royal West Kent Regiment [34]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [33]

Royal Defence Corps [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

Royal Sussex Regiment [29]

West Riding Regiment [29]

Border Regiment [28]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Service

British Army [3952]

Royal Navy [373]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [282]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [272]

Australian Imperial Force [224]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [5249]

D [2]

S [2]

F [1]

M [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5137]

Merchant Navy [87]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [100]

Germany [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [24] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [20] London, Middlesex, England [13] Melbourne Victoria [11] Adelaide South Australia [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Sheffield, Yorkshire [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Nottingham [7] London England [6] London, Middlesex [6] Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Stockport, Cheshire [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Dublin [4] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Bath, Somerset [3] Boston, Lincolnshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Stepney, London [3] Wareham, Dorset [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2] Acton, Middlesex [2] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Athy, Co. Kildare [2] Auckland NZ [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Battersea, London [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Bombala New South Wales [2] Bow, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brixham, Devon, England [2] Bunyip Victoria [2] Coonamble New South Wales [2] Crewe England [2] Derby [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Egham, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [2581] Gunner [274] Driver [219] Corporal [202] Serjeant [167] Sapper [144] Lance Corporal [95] Second Lieutenant [95] Lieutenant [72] Captain [65] Pioneer [34] Bombardier [33] Acting Serjeant [32] Acting Corporal [31] Major [24] Company Serjeant Major [17] Rifleman [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Worker [13] Able Seaman [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Temporary Captain [9] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Colour Serjeant [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Staff Serjeant [8] StaffSerjeant [7] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Commander [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sergeant [5] Trooper [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Brigadier General [4] Coal Mine Worker [4] Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Major [4] Deck Hand [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant Major [2] Bombardier /Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [350] Labour Corps [302] Royal Engineers [279] Army Service Corps [255] Royal Garrison Artillery [158] London Regiment [139] Manchester Regiment [111] Cheshire Regiment [110] Machine Gun Corps [109] Royal Army Medical Corps [104] Lancashire Fusiliers [86] Royal Fusiliers [84] Liverpool Regiment [81] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [76] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [64] Leicestershire Regiment [61] South Lancashire Regiment [61] North Staffordshire Regiment [54] Northumberland Fusiliers [54] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52] Middlesex Regiment [49] Rifle Brigade [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Welsh Regiment [46] Worcestershire Regiment [44] York and Lancaster Regiment [44] Durham Light Infantry [43] Essex Regiment [43] Royal Army Service Corps [42] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [42] West Yorkshire Regiment [42] Army Ordnance Corps [40] Gloucestershire Regiment [40] Hampshire Regiment [40] Lincolnshire Regiment [40] East Lancashire Regiment [38] South Staffordshire Regiment [37] The Queen's Regiment [37] Devonshire Regiment [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [36] East Yorkshire Regiment [35] Royal West Kent Regiment [34] Yorkshire Light Infantry [33] Royal Defence Corps [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] Royal Sussex Regiment [29] West Riding Regiment [29] Border Regiment [28] Royal Naval Division [28]

Service

British Army [3952] Royal Navy [373] Canadian Expeditionary Force [282] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [272] Australian Imperial Force [224] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [3] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [5249] D [2] S [2] F [1] M [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5137] Merchant Navy [87] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [100] Germany [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] Egypt [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Redvers Holland

Born 1900

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Bernard Holland

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Rowland Holland

Born 1901

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Edward Shatwell Holland

Born 1899

Died 1964

Royal Navy J31333 Boy

Royal Navy J31333 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy J31333 Able Seaman

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Charles John Holland

Born 1899

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104799 AM3 RFC 190 DS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104799 AM2 RAF 190 Squadron

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Charles Stewart Holland

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 120th Battery

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Harold Holland

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 203379 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Roy Holland

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35886

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Lawrence Holland

Died 1915

British Army 20338 Private South Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Holland

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 10044 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 10044 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Hargreaves Holland

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2386 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/7th Battalion.

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Elijah Holland

Born 1888

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Edwin Rickard Holland

Born 1877

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2226 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Lancelot Ernest Holland

Born 1887

Died 1941

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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John Holland

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 6312 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202602 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202602 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Holland

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 16675 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Moses Holland

Died 1918

British Army 30572 Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 44545 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred Lancelot Holland

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77397

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77397 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Holland

Born 1871

Died 1915

Royal Navy 520V Stoker HMS Goliath

Royal Navy V 520 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 520V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Edward Hugo Holland

Died 1917

British Army PS/6394 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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