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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]

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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]

William Hunter

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 6777 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Hunter

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9214 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 201186 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William C. Hunter

Born 1893

Died 1921

British Army 7222 Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army SR/7222 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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William Stephen Hunter

Born 1869

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1702U Stoker HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 1702U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1702U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Alexander Hunter

Born 1877

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Fireman and Trimmer Mercantile Marine H.M.T. "Hunsbrook" (London)

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Douglas Hunter

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 16/228 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/228 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/228 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 16th Battalion (1st Bradford Pals)

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Robert Hunter

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1394 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Martin Hunter

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Frank Wellman Hunter

Born 1897

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 91701 Corporal 1st Seige Battery

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Albert Edward Hunter

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60887

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William Hunter

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56969

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James Hunter

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3955

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Alexander Hunter

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161404

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J J Hunter

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 13334 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery C/77th Brigade

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George William Hunter

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268522

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Charles Hunter

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104370

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Norman Frederick Hunter

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Albert Allen Hunter

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144187

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Robert Hunter

Born 1892

Other Empire Force 3749 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4855 Private British West Indies Regiment

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David George Kay Hunter

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111675

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