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Sydney New South Wales [38]

Leeds, Yorkshire [16]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

Melbourne Victoria [14]

London England [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Bradford, Yorkshire [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

London, Middlesex [9]

Maidstone, Kent [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Norwich, Norfolk [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [5]

Derby, Derbyshire [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5]

Islington, London [5]

Rockhampton Queensland [5]

York, Yorkshire [5]

Canning Town, London [4]

Chelmsford, Essex [4]

Derby [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Grafton New South Wales [4]

Handsworth, Staffs [4]

Hanwell, Middlesex [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Roma Queensland [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Armadale Victoria [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Charleville Queensland [3]

Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [3]

Fenton, Staffordshire [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Rank

Private [4416]

Gunner [513]

Driver [396]

Corporal [379]

Serjeant [317]

Sapper [268]

Lance Corporal [160]

Second Lieutenant [155]

Lieutenant [128]

Captain [81]

Pioneer [74]

Acting Corporal [70]

Acting Serjeant [50]

Bombardier [50]

Major [33]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [25]

Rifleman [22]

Able Seaman [20]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Staff Serjeant [15]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Sergeant [10]

Sister [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Trooper [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Guardsman [7]

Nursing Sister [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Corporal 2nd [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Assistant Matron [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Drummer [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [611]

Royal Engineers [573]

Labour Corps [483]

Army Service Corps [463]

Royal Garrison Artillery [306]

Royal Army Medical Corps [222]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [211]

Machine Gun Corps [206]

West Yorkshire Regiment [205]

London Regiment [202]

Northumberland Fusiliers [190]

West Riding Regiment [137]

Durham Light Infantry [123]

Royal Fusiliers [123]

Manchester Regiment [117]

York and Lancaster Regiment [108]

Lincolnshire Regiment [103]

East Yorkshire Regiment [101]

Liverpool Regiment [95]

Lancashire Fusiliers [93]

Middlesex Regiment [93]

Rifle Brigade [91]

Leicestershire Regiment [90]

Cheshire Regiment [87]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [85]

Yorkshire Regiment [85]

North Staffordshire Regiment [72]

Royal Army Service Corps [71]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

South Staffordshire Regiment [69]

Royal Naval Division [66]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [66]

East Lancashire Regiment [64]

Border Regiment [63]

Worcestershire Regiment [63]

Northamptonshire Regiment [62]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [62]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [61]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [61]

Suffolk Regiment [61]

Essex Regiment [59]

Army Ordnance Corps [58]

Norfolk Regiment [56]

South Lancashire Regiment [56]

The Queen's Regiment [56]

Gloucestershire Regiment [53]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [53]

Royal Defence Corps [52]

Tank Corps [52]

Highland Light Infantry [51]

Service

British Army [6845]

Royal Navy [622]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [531]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [501]

Australian Imperial Force [326]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [88]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [9061]

C [2]

M [2]

S [2]

W [2]

B [1]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8894]

Merchant Navy [115]

Conscientious Objector [39]

Country

United Kingdom [200]

Canada [7]

Ireland [4]

Australia [2]

New Zealand [2]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Kenya [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [38] Leeds, Yorkshire [16] London, Middlesex, England [15] Melbourne Victoria [14] London England [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Bradford, Yorkshire [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] London, Middlesex [9] Maidstone, Kent [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Plymouth, Devon [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Norwich, Norfolk [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Bethnal Green, London [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [5] Derby, Derbyshire [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5] Islington, London [5] Rockhampton Queensland [5] York, Yorkshire [5] Canning Town, London [4] Chelmsford, Essex [4] Derby [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Grafton New South Wales [4] Handsworth, Staffs [4] Hanwell, Middlesex [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Roma Queensland [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Armadale Victoria [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Camberwell, London [3] Charleville Queensland [3] Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [3] Fenton, Staffordshire [3] Folkestone, Kent [3]

Rank

Private [4416] Gunner [513] Driver [396] Corporal [379] Serjeant [317] Sapper [268] Lance Corporal [160] Second Lieutenant [155] Lieutenant [128] Captain [81] Pioneer [74] Acting Corporal [70] Acting Serjeant [50] Bombardier [50] Major [33] Warrant Officer Class 2 [25] Rifleman [22] Able Seaman [20] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Staff Serjeant [15] Colour Serjeant [13] Company Serjeant Major [13] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Sergeant [10] Sister [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Trooper [9] Deck Hand [8] Staff Nurse [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Guardsman [7] Nursing Sister [7] Temporary Captain [7] Worker [7] Acting Corporal 2nd [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Assistant Matron [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Drummer [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [611] Royal Engineers [573] Labour Corps [483] Army Service Corps [463] Royal Garrison Artillery [306] Royal Army Medical Corps [222] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [211] Machine Gun Corps [206] West Yorkshire Regiment [205] London Regiment [202] Northumberland Fusiliers [190] West Riding Regiment [137] Durham Light Infantry [123] Royal Fusiliers [123] Manchester Regiment [117] York and Lancaster Regiment [108] Lincolnshire Regiment [103] East Yorkshire Regiment [101] Liverpool Regiment [95] Lancashire Fusiliers [93] Middlesex Regiment [93] Rifle Brigade [91] Leicestershire Regiment [90] Cheshire Regiment [87] King's Royal Rifle Corps [85] Yorkshire Regiment [85] North Staffordshire Regiment [72] Royal Army Service Corps [71] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] South Staffordshire Regiment [69] Royal Naval Division [66] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [66] East Lancashire Regiment [64] Border Regiment [63] Worcestershire Regiment [63] Northamptonshire Regiment [62] Royal Berkshire Regiment [62] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [61] Royal Lancaster Regiment [61] Suffolk Regiment [61] Essex Regiment [59] Army Ordnance Corps [58] Norfolk Regiment [56] South Lancashire Regiment [56] The Queen's Regiment [56] Gloucestershire Regiment [53] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [53] Royal Defence Corps [52] Tank Corps [52] Highland Light Infantry [51]

Service

British Army [6845] Royal Navy [622] Canadian Expeditionary Force [531] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [501] Australian Imperial Force [326] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [88] Indian Army [3] South African Services [3] Canadian Navy [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [9061] C [2] M [2] S [2] W [2] B [1] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8894] Merchant Navy [115] Conscientious Objector [39]

Country

United Kingdom [200] Canada [7] Ireland [4] Australia [2] New Zealand [2] Egypt [1] India [1] Kenya [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

William Dumbleton Holmes

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant

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Ernest Edwin Holmes

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 52800 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 52800 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Btn

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Frederick Holmes

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2475 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 331224 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)

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William B Holmes

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 5848 Private Irish Guards 1st Batn

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Charles Edward Holmes

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 8975 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8975 Lance Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force 3rd Battalion

British Army 8975 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Thomas Holmes

Born 1874

British Army 8508 Serjeant Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8508 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8508 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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William George Holmes

Born 1895

British Army 473660 Rifleman London Regiment 12 Battalion

British Army 7495 Private London Regiment

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George William Holmes

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 371777 Private London Regiment

British Army 371777 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Percival Herbert Holmes

Born 1899

Died 1921

British Army 3914 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3/8th, 7th Battalion

British Army 285255 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Trevor Holmes

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Labour Corps

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Albert Henry Holmes

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 9475 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Francis John Holmes

Born 1869

Died 1915

Royal Navy 132549 Chief Petty Officer H.M.S. "Challenger."

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John Frederick William Holmes

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 641 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 641 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Philip George Holmes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 44994 Private Manchester Regiment

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Seymour Holmes

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1187 Private London Regiment

British Army 1187 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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Alfred Holmes

Born 1881

Died 1947

British Army 6754 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 6754 South Wales Borderers

British Army 6754 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

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William Holmes

Born 1889

Died 1940

British Army 1660 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 400352 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Frederick Holmes

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army 70623 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Henry Holmes

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 27900 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 27900 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 27900 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Samuel Holmes

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 13449 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13449 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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