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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Poplar, London [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Newport, Isle of Wight [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Cowes Isle of Wight [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Laura South Australia [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Port MacQuarie New South Wales [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [2]

Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Auckland NZ [1]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

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Bedfordshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

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Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Brighton [1]

Brixton, London [1]

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Bromley-by-Bow, London [1]

Bullarto Victoria [1]

Burton-On-Trent [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Charlbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Dural New South Wales [1]

East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1]

East Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [507]

Gunner [66]

Driver [44]

Corporal [40]

Serjeant [38]

Sapper [30]

Lieutenant [21]

Lance Corporal [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Chaplain 4 Class [1]

Commandant General [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Daffadar [1]

Deputy Administrator [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Drummer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [71]

Army Service Corps [61]

Royal Engineers [60]

Labour Corps [50]

London Regiment [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Horse Artillery [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [795]

Royal Navy [83]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1027]

Contribution

Military Service [1010]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Poplar, London [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Newport, Isle of Wight [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Cowes Isle of Wight [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Laura South Australia [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Port MacQuarie New South Wales [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Ryde, Isle of Wight [2] Southwark, London [2] Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland [2] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [2] Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Auckland NZ [1] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Beckenham, London [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Brighton [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, London [1] Bromley-by-Bow, London [1] Bullarto Victoria [1] Burton-On-Trent [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Canning Town, London [1] Charlbury, Oxfordshire [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Dural New South Wales [1] East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1] East Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [507] Gunner [66] Driver [44] Corporal [40] Serjeant [38] Sapper [30] Lieutenant [21] Lance Corporal [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Captain [11] Pioneer [9] Able Seaman [7] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Acting Gunner [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteen Worker [1] Chaplain 4 Class [1] Commandant General [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Daffadar [1] Deputy Administrator [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Drummer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [71] Army Service Corps [61] Royal Engineers [60] Labour Corps [50] London Regiment [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Machine Gun Corps [28] Royal Fusiliers [25] Worcestershire Regiment [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Essex Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Royal Horse Artillery [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Cheshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [795] Royal Navy [83] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47] Australian Imperial Force [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1027]

Contribution

Military Service [1010] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Australia [1] India [1]

Clifford Marrack Hollis

Born 1901

Died 1982

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Pembroke I

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John Hollis

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4172 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/42315 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred Edwin Hollis

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army 9253 Private Border Regiment

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Walter Frederick Hollis

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2510 Private London Regiment

British Army 2510 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment

British Army 2510 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John James Hollis

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5086 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 266664 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

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Victor William Hollis

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 507 Serjeant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Charles Hollis

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7928 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7928 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward Joseph Hollis

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 27873 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army P/8999 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps Military Foot Police

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William Joseph Hollis

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269520

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Henry Theodore Hollis

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65568

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Arthur Hollis

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83672

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Charles Frederick Griffiths Hollis

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Henry Hollis

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 124221 Gunner Royal Field Artillery b/110th Battalion

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John Hollis

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281831

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Kathleen Mary Hollis

Born 1896

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment No 3 New Zealand General Hospital

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Sidney Herbert Hollis

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57473

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Frank Albert Hollis

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299403

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Walter Charles Hollis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85070

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Thomas Hollis

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129963

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Alfred John Henry Hollis

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188997

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