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London, Middlesex [5]

Fitzroy Victoria [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Whitechapel, London [4]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Mile End, London [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Whitechapel, London, Middlesex [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Enmore New South Wales [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Margaret River Western Australia [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [2]

Petersham New South Wales [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aitutaki [1]

Aldgate, London [1]

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight [1]

Antigua [1]

Auckland [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Burbage, Wilts [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Coudong New South Wales [1]

Cumberland New South Wales [1]

Deepwater New South Wales [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dublin [1]

Dumfries [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Rank

Private [361]

Gunner [22]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [19]

Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Sapper [16]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Temporary Sub Conductor [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Sub Conductor [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler [1]

Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [46]

Army Service Corps [40]

London Regiment [40]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Engineers [28]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

British West Indies Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

County of London Yeomanry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Indian Defence Force [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Service

British Army [512]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

Royal Navy [67]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

I [724]

D [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [708]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex [5] Fitzroy Victoria [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Whitechapel, London [4] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Mile End, London [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Whitechapel, London, Middlesex [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Enmore New South Wales [2] Fulham, London [2] Margaret River Western Australia [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mile End, London, Middlesex [2] Petersham New South Wales [2] Stepney, London [2] Yeovil, Somerset [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aitutaki [1] Aldgate, London [1] Alum Bay, Isle of Wight [1] Antigua [1] Auckland [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bow, London [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Burbage, Wilts [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Coudong New South Wales [1] Cumberland New South Wales [1] Deepwater New South Wales [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dublin [1] Dumfries [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Rank

Private [361] Gunner [22] Driver [21] Serjeant [19] Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [17] Sapper [16] Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pioneer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Temporary Sub Conductor [1] Ship's Cook [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Sub Conductor [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler [1] Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [46] Army Service Corps [40] London Regiment [40] Royal Fusiliers [30] Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Engineers [28] Machine Gun Corps [19] Middlesex Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] British West Indies Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] County of London Yeomanry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Indian Defence Force [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Flying Corps [3]

Service

British Army [512] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] Royal Navy [67] Australian Imperial Force [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

I [724] D [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [708] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Australia [1]

Solomon Isaacs

Born 1894

Died 1923

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1033 Private New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion

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George Henry Isaacs

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 9542 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 9542 Private Worcestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 9542 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Henry Tuckwell Isaacs

Born 1884

Died 1955

British Army M/272657 Private Army Service Corps M.T.

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Frank Moore Isaacs

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army WR/347481 Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Thomas Isaacs

Born 1891

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/398 Auckland Infantry Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/398 Private Auckland Infantry Battalion

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A Isaacs

Born 1865

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Ship's Cook Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Ship's Cook Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Livonia" (London)

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Maurice Seymour-Isaacs

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7129 Cadet 15 (Artists Rifles) Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Border Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Isaacs

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 17650 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion.

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Alfred Abraham Isaacs

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/8322 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Charles Herbert Isaacs

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27550

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Michael Angel Isaacs

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137409

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Edward Isaacs

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197673

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Joseph Isaacs

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15682

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Frederick Holloway Isaacs

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 26593 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 203069 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jacob Isaacs

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87246

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Mark Myer Isaacs

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79380

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Alexander Isaacs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213854

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Arthur Isaacs

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66496

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Harry Isaacs

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31456

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Isaac Isaacs

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56267

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