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Melbourne Victoria [25]

Sydney New South Wales [20]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [18]

Sunderland, Durham [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Brisbane Queensland [12]

Edinburgh Scotland [12]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11]

Gateshead, Durham [10]

London England [10]

Manchester, Lancashire [10]

Shetland, Scotland [10]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Edinburgh [9]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [9]

South Shields, Durham, England [9]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Bendigo Victoria [7]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [7]

Glasgow Scotland [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Geelong Victoria [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Castlemaine Victoria [5]

Glasgow [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Lanarkshire [4]

Liverpool [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Northumberland [4]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [4]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [3]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [3]

Balgownie New South Wales [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Durham [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Erith, Kent [3]

Forbes New South Wales [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [3]

Lancashire England [3]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [3]

Mackay Queensland [3]

Rank

Private [3423]

Gunner [361]

Serjeant [269]

Corporal [253]

Driver [247]

Sapper [212]

Second Lieutenant [161]

Lance Corporal [145]

Lieutenant [143]

Captain [112]

Acting Corporal [60]

Acting Serjeant [42]

Pioneer [42]

Bombardier [33]

Major [33]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Company Serjeant Major [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Corporal 2nd [16]

Rifleman [14]

Sergeant [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Worker [13]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

Trooper [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Nurse [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Nursing Sister [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Private Acting Corporal [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Temporary Major [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Brigadier General [6]

Sister [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [434]

Royal Field Artillery [422]

Labour Corps [364]

Army Service Corps [320]

Royal Garrison Artillery [221]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [215]

Royal Army Medical Corps [210]

Northumberland Fusiliers [205]

Royal Scots [204]

Highland Light Infantry [193]

Machine Gun Corps [175]

Durham Light Infantry [160]

Royal Highlanders [155]

Gordon Highlanders [136]

Scottish Rifles [131]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [127]

London Regiment [114]

Seaforth Highlanders [112]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [108]

Cameron Highlanders [87]

Yorkshire Regiment [79]

Liverpool Regiment [78]

Royal Irish Rifles [74]

West Yorkshire Regiment [74]

Royal Naval Division [72]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65]

East Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Canadian Infantry [61]

Royal Fusiliers [61]

Army Ordnance Corps [57]

Border Regiment [56]

Royal Army Service Corps [55]

Manchester Regiment [42]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [41]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [40]

York and Lancaster Regiment [40]

South Lancashire Regiment [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Middlesex Regiment [36]

West Riding Regiment [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [34]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

Essex Regiment [33]

Royal Defence Corps [33]

Scots Guards [33]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Tank Corps [29]

Royal Air Force [27]

Royal Flying Corps [27]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [27]

Service

British Army [5360]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [637]

Royal Navy [449]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [414]

Australian Imperial Force [385]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [155]

Other Empire Force [8]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [2]

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A [1]

G [1]

J [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7381]

Merchant Navy [214]

Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [157]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Egypt [1]

Greece [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [25] Sydney New South Wales [20] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [18] Sunderland, Durham [16] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Brisbane Queensland [12] Edinburgh Scotland [12] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11] Gateshead, Durham [10] London England [10] Manchester, Lancashire [10] Shetland, Scotland [10] Ballarat Victoria [9] Edinburgh [9] North Shields, Northumberland, England [9] South Shields, Durham, England [9] Adelaide South Australia [8] Bendigo Victoria [7] Edinburgh, Midlothian [7] Glasgow Scotland [7] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Geelong Victoria [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Castlemaine Victoria [5] Glasgow [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Lanarkshire [4] Liverpool [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Northumberland [4] Scarborough, Yorkshire [4] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [3] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [3] Balgownie New South Wales [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Dublin [3] Durham [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Erith, Kent [3] Forbes New South Wales [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [3] Lancashire England [3] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [3] Mackay Queensland [3]

Rank

Private [3423] Gunner [361] Serjeant [269] Corporal [253] Driver [247] Sapper [212] Second Lieutenant [161] Lance Corporal [145] Lieutenant [143] Captain [112] Acting Corporal [60] Acting Serjeant [42] Pioneer [42] Bombardier [33] Major [33] Lance Serjeant [19] Company Serjeant Major [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Corporal 2nd [16] Rifleman [14] Sergeant [14] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Worker [13] Colour Serjeant [12] Temporary Captain [12] Trooper [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Nurse [11] Able Seaman [10] Acting Bombardier [10] Nursing Sister [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Temporary Second Lieutenant [9] Acting Captain [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Private Acting Corporal [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Temporary Major [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Brigadier General [6] Sister [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Nurse [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Deck Hand [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [434] Royal Field Artillery [422] Labour Corps [364] Army Service Corps [320] Royal Garrison Artillery [221] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [215] Royal Army Medical Corps [210] Northumberland Fusiliers [205] Royal Scots [204] Highland Light Infantry [193] Machine Gun Corps [175] Durham Light Infantry [160] Royal Highlanders [155] Gordon Highlanders [136] Scottish Rifles [131] Royal Scots Fusiliers [127] London Regiment [114] Seaforth Highlanders [112] King's Own Scottish Borderers [108] Cameron Highlanders [87] Yorkshire Regiment [79] Liverpool Regiment [78] Royal Irish Rifles [74] West Yorkshire Regiment [74] Royal Naval Division [72] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65] East Yorkshire Regiment [62] Canadian Infantry [61] Royal Fusiliers [61] Army Ordnance Corps [57] Border Regiment [56] Royal Army Service Corps [55] Manchester Regiment [42] King's Royal Rifle Corps [41] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [40] York and Lancaster Regiment [40] South Lancashire Regiment [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] Middlesex Regiment [36] West Riding Regiment [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [34] Cheshire Regiment [33] Essex Regiment [33] Royal Defence Corps [33] Scots Guards [33] Rifle Brigade [32] Tank Corps [29] Royal Air Force [27] Royal Flying Corps [27] Royal Lancaster Regiment [27]

Service

British Army [5360] Canadian Expeditionary Force [637] Royal Navy [449] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [414] Australian Imperial Force [385] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [155] Other Empire Force [8] South African Services [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [7644] A [1] G [1] J [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7381] Merchant Navy [214] Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [157] Canada [2] France [2] Egypt [1] Greece [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick Hunter

Born 1897

British Army 48750 Private Northumberland Fuseliers 1st Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 46360 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st (Garrison) Battalion

British Army 46360 Private West Yorkshire regiment 21st Bn

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Arthur Thomas Hunter

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4726 Private London Regiment

British Army 4726 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372212 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harry Hunter

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/3812 Royal Naval Division Cyclist Corps

Royal Navy Z/3812 Royal Naval Division 2nd Drake Battalion

Royal Navy Z/3812 Royal Naval Divison Howe Battalion

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Lucy Alexandra Hunter

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy G2508 Steward Women's Royal Naval Service

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Harold Henry Hunter

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 1735 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 293097 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Ernest Hunter

Born 1882

Died 1927

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52368

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Robert Swan Hunter

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22154

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22154 pte monitoba regt 8th battalion canadian inf

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Robert Swan Hunter

Born 1985

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22154 pte monitoba regt. 8th battalion canadian inf

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22154 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22154 Private Manitoba Regiment

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Joseph Hunter

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7/3790 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3790 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Campbell Hunter

Born 1883

Died 1935

Australian Imperial Force 935 Private 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Charles Hunter

Born 1887

Died 1922

British Army 45773 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Abraham Hunter

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 306432 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 306432 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st/7th Battalion

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Ernest Hunter

Born 1895

British Army 1374 Private (Duke of Wellington's) West Riding Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 24621 Private (Duke of Wellington's) West Riding Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 777173 Fitter Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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William Hunter

Born 1861

Died 1937

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Colonel Staff

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George Adolphus Hunter

Born 1877

Died 1954

Australian Imperial Force 1601 Sergeant 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion

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William J Hunter

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196531

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John B Hunter

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43117

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Frank Herbert Hunter

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3181 Private London Regiment 1/15

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John Hunter

Died 1916

British Army 11212 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 11212 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 2 Battalion

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Joseph Finlayson Hunter

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2582 Private Lancers

British Army 29911 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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