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Towcester, Northamptonshire [4]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Bordertown South Australia [2]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [2]

Saltburn by the Sea, Yorkshire [2]

Abthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Byker, Northumberland [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chelmsford, Sussex [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

East Norton, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Elland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Grove Park, Middlesex [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Ingleton Durham [1]

Jarrow, Durham, England [1]

Jilliby New South Wales [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leicester England [1]

Lillington, Warwickshire [1]

Lincoln [1]

London England [1]

Middleborough England [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Ontario [1]

Oxford [1]

Place of birth - Egerton New South Wales [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Saint Mary Newington, London [1]

Sawtry , Huntingdonshire [1]

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1]

Serviceton Victoria [1]

Shoeburyness, Essex [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Stamford, Lincolnshire [1]

Stockton, County Durham [1]

Surrey England [1]

Suton Bassett, Northamptonshire [1]

Thornaby, Durham [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Rank

Private [236]

Gunner [25]

Corporal [23]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [19]

Sapper [16]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lance Corporal [10]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Senior Nursing Sister [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Capt [1]

Capt and Special service Officer (attached) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lt [1]

Mechanic [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Nurse [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Warrant Shipwright [1]

Wheeler Corporal [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Labour Corps [24]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

City of London Yeomanry [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Lancers [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Service

British Army [380]

Royal Navy [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

H [484]

Contribution

Military Service [474]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Towcester, Northamptonshire [4] Devonport, Devon [3] Bordertown South Australia [2] Hobart Tas Tasmania [2] Saltburn by the Sea, Yorkshire [2] Abthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Battersea [1] Battersea, London [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Byker, Northumberland [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chelmsford, Sussex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] East Norton, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Elland [1] Fulham, London [1] Grove Park, Middlesex [1] Hampshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Ingleton Durham [1] Jarrow, Durham, England [1] Jilliby New South Wales [1] Lancashire [1] Leicester England [1] Lillington, Warwickshire [1] Lincoln [1] London England [1] Middleborough England [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Ontario [1] Oxford [1] Place of birth - Egerton New South Wales [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Saint Mary Newington, London [1] Sawtry , Huntingdonshire [1] Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1] Serviceton Victoria [1] Shoeburyness, Essex [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Stamford, Lincolnshire [1] Stockton, County Durham [1] Surrey England [1] Suton Bassett, Northamptonshire [1] Thornaby, Durham [1] Tottenham, London [1]

Rank

Private [236] Gunner [25] Corporal [23] Driver [21] Serjeant [19] Sapper [16] Second Lieutenant [13] Lance Corporal [10] Captain [9] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Senior Nursing Sister [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Capt [1] Capt and Special service Officer (attached) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lt [1] Mechanic [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Nurse [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Warrant Shipwright [1] Wheeler Corporal [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Field Artillery [29] Labour Corps [24] Durham Light Infantry [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] London Regiment [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Yorkshire Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] City of London Yeomanry [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Indian Army [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Lancers [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Service

British Army [380] Royal Navy [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Australian Imperial Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

H [484]

Contribution

Military Service [474] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

George W Hornsby

Born 1893

Died 1942

British Army 3693 Lance Corporal Lancers

British Army 47888 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 7816102 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Edgar Hornsby

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4965 Private London Regiment

British Army 4965 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372369 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harold Gibson Hornsby

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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John William Hornsby

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96933

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Arthur Hornsby

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83512

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Sidney Edgar Hornsby

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56456

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William Henry Hornsby

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57453

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Charles John Hornsby

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47736

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John Francis Hornsby

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38623

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Arthur Hornsby

Died 1914

British Army 7752 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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James Arthur Hornsby

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286069

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Harry Hornsby

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264200

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Henry Fyshe Palmer Hornsby

Born 1884

Died 1925

British Army Captain 5th Cavalry

British Army Lt East Surrey Regiment

Indian Army Capt 5th Cavalry

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James William Hornsby

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94137

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George Davis Hornsby

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43747

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Robinson Hornsby

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66499

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Arthur Hornsby

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472221

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472221 Private Saskatchewan Regiment 46th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472221 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Hornsby

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2612 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Bert Hornsby

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2710 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Walter Leonard Hornsby

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4992 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 201715 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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