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Private [366]

Gunner [59]

Driver [48]

Serjeant [46]

Sapper [39]

Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Mechanic Serjeant Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Engineering Clerk Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

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Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

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Commander [1]

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Corporal/Acting Quarter Master Serjeant/Engineer Clerk [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [70]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Durham Light Infantry [60]

Army Service Corps [45]

Labour Corps [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

London Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [646]

Royal Navy [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

H [919]

Contribution

Military Service [895]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

India [1]

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Dover, Kent [7] Durham [4] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Gateshead, Durham [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Durham, Durham [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Herne Bay, Kent [2] Margate, Kent [2] Newcastle on Tyne [2] Newhaven, Sussex [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Yorkshire [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnaby Street, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland [1] Blean, Herne Bay, Kent [1] Bodham, Norfolk [1] Boonah Queensland [1] Boort Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol England [1] Brockley, London South East [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Charles Plymouth, Devon [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Coventry, Staffordshire [1] Dalston, Middlesex [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Deal, Kent [1] Dorset [1] Driffield, Yorkshire [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Ebberston [1] Faversham, Kent, England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [366] Gunner [59] Driver [48] Serjeant [46] Sapper [39] Corporal [32] Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Serjeant [8] Pioneer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Mechanic Serjeant Major [2] Nurse [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Engineering Clerk Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Quarter Master Serjeant/Engineer Clerk [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [70] Royal Field Artillery [67] Durham Light Infantry [60] Army Service Corps [45] Labour Corps [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] London Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] East Kent Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [646] Royal Navy [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

H [919]

Contribution

Military Service [895] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [27] India [1]

Stanley Joshua William Hopper

Born 1889

Died 1952

British Army 2778 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1st Reserve Battalion

British Army 2778 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Reserve Battalion (Infantry)

British Army 2778 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1st Reserve Battalion (Infantry)

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Leslie Hopper

Born 1893

Died 1948

British Army 4494 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

British Army 4494 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Battalion

British Army 4494 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Battalion

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George William Hopper

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 3811 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Ralph Hopper

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2613 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 92294 Private Tank Corps

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George Hopper

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 20895 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 39th Bty. 19th Bde

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James Frederick Hopper

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 163364

Canadian Expeditionary Force 163364 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Francis Hopper

Died 1917

British Army 1613 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 1613 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Edward Charles Hopper

Born 1893

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205113 Sergeant Royal Air Force

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Matthew Hopper

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123310

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David Hutchinson Hopper

Born 1898

Died 1949

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Rieveley Hopper

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169466

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John William Hopper

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200298

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Frederick Hopper

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3431

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George Hopper

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160504

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John George Hopper

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112601

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James Edmund Hopper

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54346

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George Hopper

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43060

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Albert Henry Hopper

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16570 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 16570 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Ibberson Hopper

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232179

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George Frederick Hopper

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236963

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