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Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Kington England [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Coraki New South Wales [3]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bognor, Sussex [2]

Dorset [2]

Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Allesley, Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [1]

Blayney New South Wales [1]

Bloomsbury Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton [1]

Bradley Heath, Staffordshire [1]

Burraga New South Wales [1]

Castlefield, Yorkshire [1]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [1]

Cradley Heath, Staffordshire [1]

Cradley, Staffordshire [1]

Derby [1]

Dorchester [1]

Ewe Hill, Ouston, County Durham [1]

Gulgong New South Wales [1]

Halesowen, Worcestershire [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Hednesford, Staffordshire [1]

Herefordshire England [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Lucknow New South Wales [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Mudgee New South Wales [1]

Mundurama New South Wales [1]

Old Hill, Staffs [1]

Oldbury, Worcestershire [1]

Pendleton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Preston, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [408]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [30]

Driver [27]

Sapper [20]

Lance Corporal [14]

Serjeant [14]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Captain [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Drummer [3]

Pioneer [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Private Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chemist [1]

Civilian Medical Practitioner [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sapper /Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lance Corporal [1]

Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel/ Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [64]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40]

Royal Engineers [39]

Labour Corps [38]

South Staffordshire Regiment [38]

Army Service Corps [35]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Hussars [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [564]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [703]

Contribution

Military Service [691]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Kington England [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Coraki New South Wales [3] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bognor, Sussex [2] Dorset [2] Dudley, Worcestershire [2] Hobart Tas Tasmania [2] Staffordshire [2] Allesley, Warwickshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bedworth, Warwickshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blackheath, Staffordshire [1] Blayney New South Wales [1] Bloomsbury Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton [1] Bradley Heath, Staffordshire [1] Burraga New South Wales [1] Castlefield, Yorkshire [1] Coonabarabran New South Wales [1] Cradley Heath, Staffordshire [1] Cradley, Staffordshire [1] Derby [1] Dorchester [1] Ewe Hill, Ouston, County Durham [1] Gulgong New South Wales [1] Halesowen, Worcestershire [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Hednesford, Staffordshire [1] Herefordshire England [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Limehouse, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Lucknow New South Wales [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Mudgee New South Wales [1] Mundurama New South Wales [1] Old Hill, Staffs [1] Oldbury, Worcestershire [1] Pendleton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Preston, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [408] Gunner [36] Corporal [30] Driver [27] Sapper [20] Lance Corporal [14] Serjeant [14] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Captain [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Drummer [3] Pioneer [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Private Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Chemist [1] Civilian Medical Practitioner [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sapper /Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lance Corporal [1] Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel/ Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [64] Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40] Royal Engineers [39] Labour Corps [38] South Staffordshire Regiment [38] Army Service Corps [35] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Essex Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Hussars [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [564] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Australian Imperial Force [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [703]

Contribution

Military Service [691] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [11] New Zealand [1]

Alfred George Homer

Died 1915

British Army 992 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

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Daniel Homer

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 84319 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Henry Homer

Died 1914

British Army 7454 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Homer

Died 1916

British Army 7149 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Homer

Died 1917

British Army 34911 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Norman Homer

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 7527 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 17192 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7527 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest T Homer

Died 1918

British Army 8292 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 14618 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 8292 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Homer

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4488 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Sydney Rupert Homer

Australian Imperial Force 4694

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Charles Homer

Died 1918

British Army 30754 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 30754 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Gordon Thomas Homer

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60590

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Frederick Horatio Homer

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 36341 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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William Howard Claude Homer

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 7354 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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Frederick Homer

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 10976 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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John Wilfred Homer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5905 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202807 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202807 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Annie Homer

Born 1884

Died 1953

Other Empire Force Chemist Pharmaceutical Production

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Jeremiah Homer

Died 1915

British Army 14094 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Homer

Died 1915

British Army 210 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Harrison Homer

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 739543

Canadian Expeditionary Force 739543 Private Canadian Pioneers

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Ralph Homer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283139

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