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London England [12]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Hackney, London [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Newport, Monmouthshire [4]

Willunga South Australia [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Sale Victoria [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Berkshire [2]

Brading, Isle of Wight [2]

Branxton New South Wales [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Cherry Gardens South Australia [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cumberland New South Wales [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Holt, Norfolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Lucknow New South Wales [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Sunderland [2]

Wyrallah New South Wales [2]

Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [998]

Gunner [91]

Driver [82]

Serjeant [71]

Corporal [66]

Sapper [50]

Lance Corporal [39]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lieutenant [28]

Captain [20]

Acting Corporal [17]

Rifleman [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [10]

Pioneer [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Trooper [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Major [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Carpenter [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [131]

Labour Corps [125]

Royal Field Artillery [109]

Royal Engineers [102]

London Regiment [97]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Hampshire Regiment [60]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [37]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Essex Regiment [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [18]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

British West Indies Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14]

East Kent Regiment [14]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Horse Artillery [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Belgian Agents [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Service

British Army [1513]

Royal Navy [163]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [135]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

Australian Imperial Force [118]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [2091]

W [2]

C [1]

E [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2051]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Jamaica [1]

Netherlands [1]

United States [1]

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London England [12] Melbourne Victoria [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] Hackney, London [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Newport, Monmouthshire [4] Willunga South Australia [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Sale Victoria [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Stepney, London [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Berkshire [2] Brading, Isle of Wight [2] Branxton New South Wales [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Canning Town, London [2] Cherry Gardens South Australia [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cumberland New South Wales [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Holt, Norfolk [2] Islington, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Lucknow New South Wales [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Sunderland [2] Wyrallah New South Wales [2] Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [998] Gunner [91] Driver [82] Serjeant [71] Corporal [66] Sapper [50] Lance Corporal [39] Second Lieutenant [32] Lieutenant [28] Captain [20] Acting Corporal [17] Rifleman [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [10] Pioneer [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Able Seaman [6] Trooper [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Major [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Carpenter [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [131] Labour Corps [125] Royal Field Artillery [109] Royal Engineers [102] London Regiment [97] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Hampshire Regiment [60] Royal Fusiliers [53] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Middlesex Regiment [43] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [37] Machine Gun Corps [37] Rifle Brigade [29] Suffolk Regiment [29] The Queen's Regiment [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Essex Regiment [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [18] Manchester Regiment [17] Royal Defence Corps [17] British West Indies Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Devonshire Regiment [15] Wiltshire Regiment [15] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14] East Kent Regiment [14] East Surrey Regiment [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [13] Royal Horse Artillery [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Royal Naval Division [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11] Welsh Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Belgian Agents [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Service

British Army [1513] Royal Navy [163] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [135] Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] Australian Imperial Force [118] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [2091] W [2] C [1] E [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2051] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Australia [1] Belgium [1] Canada [1] Germany [1] Jamaica [1] Netherlands [1] United States [1]

Henry Frank Jacobs

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army G/1366 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Alfred John Ambrose Jacobs

Born 1883

Died 1965

British Army 280760 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Harold Jacobs

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29136

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Albert Jacobs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266799

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Arthur Jacobs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221121

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Ronald Bernard Vince Jacobs

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 330014 Corporal Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Albert Henry Jacobs

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 961

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James Jacobs

Died 1918

British Army 16783 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 16783 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Ernest Jacobs

Born 1895

British Army 4/2037 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 205461 Sergeant Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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George H Jacobs

Died 1916

British Army 385 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Jacobs

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 321361 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th

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George Henry Jacobs

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28966

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Arthur Jacobs

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107753

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William Jacobs

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123259

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123259 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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Arthur Ewart Jacobs

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907177

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907177 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Jacobs

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122135

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Claude Myer Jacobs

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232563

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Edward Henry Jacobs

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242778

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Bernard Oscar Jacobs

Died 1916

British Army 2354 Private London Regiment

British Army 2354 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Charles Edmund Jacobs

Died 1916

British Army G/964 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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