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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Adelaide South Australia [11]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Devonport, Devon [10]

Plymouth, Devon [9]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [8]

Exeter, Devon [7]

London England [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Torquay, Devon [5]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Darlington, Durham [4]

Islington, London [4]

Liskeard, Cornwall [4]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Devonport [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Axminster, Devon [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bristol England [2]

Burnside South Australia [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Christchurch NZ [2]

Cornwall England [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glastonbury, Somerset [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [2]

Kapunda South Australia [2]

Kersbrook South Australia [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [1295]

Gunner [150]

Driver [131]

Serjeant [105]

Corporal [104]

Sapper [93]

Lance Corporal [62]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Lieutenant [42]

Captain [36]

Pioneer [27]

Acting Corporal [23]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Bombardier [12]

Major [12]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Rifleman [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Worker [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Farrier Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Armament Serjeant Major [2]

Bandsman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Garrison Serjeant Major [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [185]

Royal Engineers [183]

Army Service Corps [153]

Labour Corps [139]

Devonshire Regiment [112]

London Regiment [100]

Royal Garrison Artillery [94]

Somerset Light Infantry [81]

Royal Army Medical Corps [74]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [63]

Gloucestershire Regiment [59]

Hampshire Regiment [58]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

Welsh Regiment [49]

Worcestershire Regiment [45]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Dorsetshire Regiment [37]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Rifle Brigade [28]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

Wiltshire Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [24]

The Queen's Regiment [23]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

South Wales Borderers [19]

Coldstream Guards [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

Royal Air Force [17]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Hussars [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2095]

Royal Navy [316]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [174]

Australian Imperial Force [172]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [172]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [3053]

B [1]

D [1]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2976]

Merchant Navy [51]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

Canada [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Adelaide South Australia [11] Melbourne Victoria [11] Devonport, Devon [10] Plymouth, Devon [9] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Southampton, Hampshire, England [8] Exeter, Devon [7] London England [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] London, Middlesex [6] Brighton, Sussex [5] Torquay, Devon [5] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Darlington, Durham [4] Islington, London [4] Liskeard, Cornwall [4] Wadebridge, Cornwall [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Devonport [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Axminster, Devon [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol England [2] Burnside South Australia [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Christchurch NZ [2] Cornwall England [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glastonbury, Somerset [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hobart Tas Tasmania [2] Kapunda South Australia [2] Kersbrook South Australia [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [1295] Gunner [150] Driver [131] Serjeant [105] Corporal [104] Sapper [93] Lance Corporal [62] Second Lieutenant [61] Lieutenant [42] Captain [36] Pioneer [27] Acting Corporal [23] Acting Serjeant [20] Bombardier [12] Major [12] Staff Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Corporal 2nd [8] Rifleman [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Worker [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Sister [4] Staff Nurse [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Farrier Corporal [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Armament Serjeant Major [2] Bandsman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Commander [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Garrison Serjeant Major [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [185] Royal Engineers [183] Army Service Corps [153] Labour Corps [139] Devonshire Regiment [112] London Regiment [100] Royal Garrison Artillery [94] Somerset Light Infantry [81] Royal Army Medical Corps [74] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [63] Gloucestershire Regiment [59] Hampshire Regiment [58] Machine Gun Corps [51] Welsh Regiment [49] Worcestershire Regiment [45] Royal Fusiliers [43] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Dorsetshire Regiment [37] Middlesex Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Rifle Brigade [28] Army Ordnance Corps [25] Wiltshire Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [24] The Queen's Regiment [23] East Surrey Regiment [22] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] Royal Defence Corps [22] Essex Regiment [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Liverpool Regiment [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] South Wales Borderers [19] Coldstream Guards [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] Royal Air Force [17] Royal Berkshire Regiment [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Hussars [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2095] Royal Navy [316] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [174] Australian Imperial Force [172] Canadian Expeditionary Force [172] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [3053] B [1] D [1] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2976] Merchant Navy [51] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [64] Canada [2]

Geoffrey Michael Hooper

Born 1886

Died 1972

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment

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Ronald Morley Hooper

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 3/FLD SURVEY COY

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles George Hooper

Born 1888

Died 1920

Royal Navy 2509 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Edgar Charles Hooper

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6513 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Walter Thomas Hooper

Born 1878

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 12th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers),

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Henry Hoskin Hooper

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army GS/23282 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Frederick Robert Hooper

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army G/20613 Private Middlesex Regiment 14th Battalion

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Charles Hooper

Born 1893

British Army 3135 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

British Army 3135 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Battalion

British Army 3135 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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William Hooper

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 26836 Private Cheshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frank Hastings Hooper

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 5803 Private London Regiment

British Army 322892 Private London Regiment

British Army 322892 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Arthur Henry Hooper

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

British Army 202878 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Hector Mcdonald Hooper

Born 1899

Died 1920

Royal Navy F46033 Air Craftman Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246033 Air Mechanic, 1st Class Royal Air Force Crystal Palace

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Oliver Hooper

Born 1884

British Army 7853 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7853 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7853 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Robert George Hooper

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1410 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370146 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Percy John Hooper

Born 1886

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 201399

Canadian Expeditionary Force 201399 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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William Richard Hooper

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 70471 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army 135574 Private Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

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Philip Hooper

Born 1865

Died 1915

Royal Navy 105038 Sick Berth Steward HMS Goliath

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Bert Hooper

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 27300 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 42243 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles Frederick Aubrey Albert Anderson Hooper

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army WS/2303 Garrison Serjeant Major Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Wiltshire Regiment/ Staff

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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William Hooper

Born 1891

Died 1936

Canadian Expeditionary Force 67243

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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