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Southampton, Hampshire, England [15]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Wigan, Lancashire [8]

Bolton, Lancashire [6]

London England [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Boyanup Western Australia [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hillston New South Wales [3]

Hinckley, Leicestershire [3]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Leicester [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Balranald New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bradford [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Dalserk, Lanark [2]

Durham [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Gulargambone New South Wales [2]

Hambledon, Hampshire [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Limehurst, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Macarthur Victoria [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [2]

Prescot, Lancashire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

12 Neckinger Street, St James Parish, Bermondsey, Southwark. [1]

2 Mill Green Cottages, Beddington Corner, Wallington, Mitchum, Surrey. [1]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Akeley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Antrim [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1188]

Gunner [127]

Driver [109]

Serjeant [97]

Corporal [94]

Sapper [60]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lieutenant [30]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [18]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Major [9]

Rifleman [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [8]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

1st Class Military Assistant Surgeon [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Reverend [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Writer [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [158]

Labour Corps [140]

Army Service Corps [139]

Royal Engineers [130]

Manchester Regiment [78]

Royal Army Medical Corps [74]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

London Regiment [61]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Lancashire Fusiliers [48]

Leicestershire Regiment [45]

Liverpool Regiment [45]

Cheshire Regiment [43]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

South Lancashire Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

The Queen's Regiment [24]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Coldstream Guards [19]

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

Border Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Marine Artillery [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1772]

Royal Navy [177]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [127]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117]

Australian Imperial Force [88]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [2346]

D [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2284]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [15] Sydney New South Wales [9] Wigan, Lancashire [8] Bolton, Lancashire [6] London England [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Boyanup Western Australia [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Hackney, London [3] Hillston New South Wales [3] Hinckley, Leicestershire [3] Hobart Tas Tasmania [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Leicester [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Balranald New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bradford [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Dalserk, Lanark [2] Durham [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Gulargambone New South Wales [2] Hambledon, Hampshire [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Limehurst, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Macarthur Victoria [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [2] Prescot, Lancashire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] 12 Neckinger Street, St James Parish, Bermondsey, Southwark. [1] 2 Mill Green Cottages, Beddington Corner, Wallington, Mitchum, Surrey. [1] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Akeley, Buckinghamshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Antrim [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1188] Gunner [127] Driver [109] Serjeant [97] Corporal [94] Sapper [60] Second Lieutenant [38] Lieutenant [30] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [18] Pioneer [17] Acting Serjeant [15] Major [9] Rifleman [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [8] Company Serjeant Major [6] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] 1st Class Military Assistant Surgeon [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Reverend [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Writer [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [158] Labour Corps [140] Army Service Corps [139] Royal Engineers [130] Manchester Regiment [78] Royal Army Medical Corps [74] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] London Regiment [61] Machine Gun Corps [54] Lancashire Fusiliers [48] Leicestershire Regiment [45] Liverpool Regiment [45] Cheshire Regiment [43] Royal Fusiliers [42] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] South Lancashire Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Durham Light Infantry [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] The Queen's Regiment [24] Middlesex Regiment [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Coldstream Guards [19] East Lancashire Regiment [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] Border Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Defence Corps [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [11] Royal Marine Artillery [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1772] Royal Navy [177] Canadian Expeditionary Force [127] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117] Australian Imperial Force [88] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [2346] D [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2284] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [47] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Herbert Hurst

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104260

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Henry James Hurst

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164904

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Frederick James Hurst

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36003

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William Hurst

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285305

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Gerald Walter Hurst

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 15033 Royal Marine Artillery

British Army 95919 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/15033 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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William Robert Hurst

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409489

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Charles William Hurst

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115028

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Horace George Hurst

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40637

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Walter Bevan Hurst

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283064

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Percy Haslewood Hurst

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 4278 Private London Regiment

British Army 551565 Private London Regiment

British Army 4278 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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John William Hurst

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41815

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Frank Hurst

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS116407 Stoker 1st Class HMS Broke

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Henry Thomas Hurst

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238719

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Charles Alfred Hurst

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242335

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Arthur Hurst

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 53706 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 52927 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Henry Hurst

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2439 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2439 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2439 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Frank Arthur Willis Hurst

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2009 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frank Hurst

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army S/12186 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/12186 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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Richard Hurst

Died 1918

British Army 12247 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 12247 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Bertram Hurst

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 22189 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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