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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]

William Algernon Louis Holland

Born 1877

Died 1957

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert Holland

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army SD/2206 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/6696 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Samuel J Holland

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army WT4/123060 Driver Army Service Corps

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John Holland

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404395

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Albert Holland

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285154

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John Holland

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116971

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William James Holland

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41452

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Alfred William Holland

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299381

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William Holland

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82979

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Frederick Holland

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90885

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Henry Holland

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11807 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Victor Holland

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198718

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Oscar John Alfred Holland

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army 205 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 415330 Serjeant London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 370023 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Holland

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148561

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John Charles Holland

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269246

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Gerald Edward Holland

Born 1861

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Brigadier General Royal Engineers

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Henry Holland

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40668

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Frank Holland

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302263

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Mark Holland

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267294

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Charles Holland

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407963

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