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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]

Joseph Horner

British Army 56555 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 23555 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 9th Mobile Anti-Aircraft Battery

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William Frederick Horner

Born 1893

Died 1986

British Army 15369 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15369 Private York and Lanaster Regiment

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Frederick Julian Horner

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Percy Horner

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 20781 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 20781 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Harold Horner

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3224 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Egbert Horner

Born 1886

Died 1952

British Army Temporary Chaplain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Temporary Chaplain Attached British West Indies Regiment

British Army 101024.

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Violet May Horner

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 45051 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Hostel (Bristol)

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Mat Horner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194562

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Edward Horner

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99210

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Albert Ernest Horner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142182

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Charles Horner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79390

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Charles William Horner

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268523

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James Hird Horner

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112965

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William Samuel Horner

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142450

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Albert Horner

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147373

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Albert Edward Horner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122534

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Alfred John Horner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27306

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William Horner

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116970

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Arthur Horner

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208813

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Andrew Horner

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49854

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