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Plymouth, Devon [18]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Devonport, Devon [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Cornwall England [5]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Winchester, Hampshire [5]

Barnstaple, Devon [4]

London England [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Kent England [3]

Kingsbridge, Devon [3]

Abbotsford Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Bembridge Isle of Wight [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Folkestone, Kent, England [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Ingham Queensland [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Medstead, Hampshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Mortlake, Surrey [2]

Nevertire New South Wales [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Southwick, Sussex, England [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

Suffolk England [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Albion Queensland [1]

Anlaby Station South Australia [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [776]

Gunner [94]

Serjeant [77]

Corporal [66]

Sapper [65]

Driver [54]

Lance Corporal [41]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Pioneer [19]

Captain [16]

Lieutenant [16]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Bombardier [14]

Acting Corporal [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Sister [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bombardier /Acting/Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [140]

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Labour Corps [92]

Army Service Corps [90]

Devonshire Regiment [58]

London Regiment [56]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

Rifle Brigade [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [26]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Gloucestershire Regiment [19]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Military Foot Police [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Artillery [8]

Service

British Army [1250]

Royal Navy [227]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [123]

Australian Imperial Force [115]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

J [1861]

M [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1816]

Merchant Navy [34]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Australia [1]

Belize [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [18] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Devonport, Devon [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Cornwall England [5] Maidstone, Kent [5] Winchester, Hampshire [5] Barnstaple, Devon [4] London England [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Kent England [3] Kingsbridge, Devon [3] Abbotsford Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Alton, Hampshire [2] Bembridge Isle of Wight [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Folkestone, Kent, England [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hackney, London [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Ingham Queensland [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Medstead, Hampshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mile End, London [2] Mortlake, Surrey [2] Nevertire New South Wales [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Southwick, Sussex, England [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Suffolk England [2] Westminster, London [2] Aberdeen [1] Albion Queensland [1] Anlaby Station South Australia [1] Antony, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [776] Gunner [94] Serjeant [77] Corporal [66] Sapper [65] Driver [54] Lance Corporal [41] Second Lieutenant [26] Pioneer [19] Captain [16] Lieutenant [16] Acting Serjeant [15] Bombardier [14] Acting Corporal [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Sister [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Petty Officer [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Engineer [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bombardier /Acting/Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [140] Royal Field Artillery [106] Labour Corps [92] Army Service Corps [90] Devonshire Regiment [58] London Regiment [56] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Royal Fusiliers [39] Rifle Brigade [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Machine Gun Corps [31] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [26] Hampshire Regiment [25] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] Essex Regiment [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Gloucestershire Regiment [19] The Queen's Regiment [18] East Surrey Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] East Kent Regiment [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] Suffolk Regiment [15] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Manchester Regiment [13] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Military Foot Police [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Marine Artillery [8]

Service

British Army [1250] Royal Navy [227] Canadian Expeditionary Force [123] Australian Imperial Force [115] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

J [1861] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1816] Merchant Navy [34] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Australia [1] Belize [1] Canada [1]

William Ewart Jeffery

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 6891 Private London Regiment

British Army 533567 Private London Regiment

British Army 533567 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Herbert William Jeffery

Died 1917

British Army 3955 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 391217 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 391217 Serjeant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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Robert L Jeffery

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army EMT/42987 Private Royal Army Service Corps Depot

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Ernest Abraham Jeffery

Died 1914

British Army 7023 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Joseph Jeffery

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 264022 Sapper Royal Engineers 607th Plymouth Fortress Coy.

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Robert Jeffery

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 235076 Petty Officer HMS Victory

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George Arthur Jeffery

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220407

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Frank Benjamin Jeffery

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224955

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Frederick Thomas Jeffery

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 217722 Able Seaman HMS Victory

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Nathaniel Jeffery

Born 1891

British Army 16175 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Charles Jeffery

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443490

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443490 Private Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Norman Fitzgerald Jeffery

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 108th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 15 Squadron

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Arthur Edwards Jeffery

Born 1899

Died 1957

Royal Navy J42275

Royal Navy J42275 Boy 2nd Class HMS POWERFUL

Royal Navy J42275 Boy 2nd Class HMS VIVID I

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John Edgar Jeffery

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126196

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Philip Louis Jeffery

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55274

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William Jeffery

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310910

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Albert Ernest Jeffery

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408905

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John George Jeffery

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219526

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Ernest Arthur Godfrey Jeffery

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226690

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Henry Charles Jeffery

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226657

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