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Melbourne Victoria [7]

Burlingham St Andrew, Norfolk [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Stonehouse, Devon [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Richmond, Yorkshire [3]

West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Amberley, Sussex [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Blofield, Norfolk [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Carcoar New South Wales [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicestershire England [2]

Liversedge, Yorkshire [2]

London England [2]

Luddenden Foot, Yorkshire [2]

Middlesex [2]

Scoresby Victoria [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Swanmore, Hampshire [2]

Thirsk, Yorkshire [2]

Yorkshire England [2]

Amwell Holborn, London [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beer, Devon [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Bolsover, Derbyshire [1]

Branton Green, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol England [1]

Brotton, Yorkshire [1]

Bury England [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Canterbury England [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Charleville Queensland [1]

Chesterfield England [1]

Clunes Victoria [1]

Cromer, Norfolk [1]

Drypool, Hull [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunston Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [593]

Gunner [62]

Driver [57]

Corporal [46]

Serjeant [45]

Sapper [37]

Lieutenant [23]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [18]

Captain [16]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Pioneer [5]

Rifleman [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Corpora/Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal/Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [82]

Royal Engineers [80]

Army Service Corps [69]

Labour Corps [60]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

West Riding Regiment [47]

Royal Garrison Artillery [38]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

London Regiment [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Hussars [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Service

British Army [933]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81]

Royal Navy [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [71]

Australian Imperial Force [42]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

H [1238]

Contribution

Military Service [1214]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

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Melbourne Victoria [7] Burlingham St Andrew, Norfolk [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Stonehouse, Devon [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Richmond, Yorkshire [3] West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Amberley, Sussex [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Blofield, Norfolk [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Carcoar New South Wales [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicestershire England [2] Liversedge, Yorkshire [2] London England [2] Luddenden Foot, Yorkshire [2] Middlesex [2] Scoresby Victoria [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Swanmore, Hampshire [2] Thirsk, Yorkshire [2] Yorkshire England [2] Amwell Holborn, London [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beer, Devon [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Bolsover, Derbyshire [1] Branton Green, Yorkshire [1] Bristol England [1] Brotton, Yorkshire [1] Bury England [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Canterbury England [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Charleville Queensland [1] Chesterfield England [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Cromer, Norfolk [1] Drypool, Hull [1] Dublin [1] Dunston Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [593] Gunner [62] Driver [57] Corporal [46] Serjeant [45] Sapper [37] Lieutenant [23] Second Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [18] Captain [16] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Pioneer [5] Rifleman [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Corpora/Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal/Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Farrier Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [82] Royal Engineers [80] Army Service Corps [69] Labour Corps [60] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] West Riding Regiment [47] Royal Garrison Artillery [38] Durham Light Infantry [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] London Regiment [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] East Lancashire Regiment [16] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Norfolk Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Liverpool Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [10] Royal Irish Rifles [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Hussars [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Essex Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Royal Irish Fusiliers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Corps of Hussars [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [5]

Service

British Army [933] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81] Royal Navy [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [71] Australian Imperial Force [42] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

H [1238]

Contribution

Military Service [1214] Conscientious Objector [13] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Walter Aitkin Horner

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 15th Battalion

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Charles Horner

Died 1916

British Army 2753 Private London Regiment

British Army 2753 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st (City of London) Battalion

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Joe Horner

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44137

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Alexander Horner

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293716

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Charles William Horner

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249302

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Bernard Horner

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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John William Horner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96022

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Frederick Horner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278895

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Harry Horner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12482

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Charles Horner

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172568

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John Adam Horner

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100325

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Wilfred Horner

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104360

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Reginald Charles Horner

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6095

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Joseph Horner

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159841

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Arthur William Horner

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169551

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Frank Horner

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175925

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Frederick George Horner

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 252317

Canadian Expeditionary Force 252317 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Horner

Born 1880

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19 Lance Corporal Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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James Raymond Horner

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 291875

Canadian Expeditionary Force 291875 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Horner

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136487

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