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Gateshead, Durham [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Ipswich Queensland [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Irvine, Ayrshire [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Barrington Tasmania [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Maffra Victoria [2]

Moore Twp., Lambton, Ontario [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Ash Island New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bannockburn Scotland [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Berwick-On-Tweed [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bluefields, Westmoreland, Jamaica [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire [1]

Boorowa New South Wales [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Brechin [1]

Brent Pelham [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol England [1]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bunbury Western Australia [1]

Calverley [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Cape Town [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chiltern Victoria [1]

Clare, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [740]

Gunner [71]

Sapper [60]

Driver [53]

Corporal [49]

Serjeant [49]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Bombardier [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Captain [8]

Pioneer [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Reverend [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Subordinate Conductor [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjerant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

Drummer [1]

Honorary Assistant Conductor [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107]

Army Service Corps [96]

Labour Corps [84]

Royal Field Artillery [84]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [37]

Royal Scots [36]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [28]

London Regiment [28]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Gordon Highlanders [23]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20]

Highland Light Infantry [20]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Scottish Rifles [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [18]

Royal Highlanders [18]

Seaforth Highlanders [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1112]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [103]

Australian Imperial Force [78]

Royal Navy [69]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [1459]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1430]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Belize [1]

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Gateshead, Durham [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Ipswich Queensland [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Irvine, Ayrshire [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Barrington Tasmania [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Maffra Victoria [2] Moore Twp., Lambton, Ontario [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Aberdeen [1] Adelong New South Wales [1] Ash Island New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bannockburn Scotland [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Berwick-On-Tweed [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bluefields, Westmoreland, Jamaica [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire [1] Boorowa New South Wales [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Brechin [1] Brent Pelham [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol England [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bunbury Western Australia [1] Calverley [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Cape Town [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chiltern Victoria [1] Clare, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [740] Gunner [71] Sapper [60] Driver [53] Corporal [49] Serjeant [49] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Bombardier [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Captain [8] Pioneer [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Reverend [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Subordinate Conductor [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjerant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Saddler [1] Drummer [1] Honorary Assistant Conductor [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107] Army Service Corps [96] Labour Corps [84] Royal Field Artillery [84] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [37] Royal Scots [36] Machine Gun Corps [34] King's Own Scottish Borderers [28] London Regiment [28] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Royal Fusiliers [25] Gordon Highlanders [23] Devonshire Regiment [22] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [20] Highland Light Infantry [20] Rifle Brigade [20] Scottish Rifles [20] Army Veterinary Corps [18] Royal Highlanders [18] Seaforth Highlanders [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Royal Scots Fusiliers [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [12] East Kent Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1112] Canadian Expeditionary Force [103] Australian Imperial Force [78] Royal Navy [69] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [1459] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1430] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Belize [1]

Walter James Jeffrey

Born 1888

Died 1956

British Army 39760 Driver Royal Field Artillery 93 Battalion

British Army 39760 Driver Royal Field Artillery 120 Battalion

British Army 39760 Army Reserve 2 Reinforcement

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Harper Jeffrey

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 20240 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion.

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Thomas Jeffrey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 14806 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Thomas Middleton Jeffrey

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army P/4358 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps

British Army P4358 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

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Ernest Jeffrey

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167620

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Arthur Ephriam Ernest Jeffrey

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36094

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William George Stock Jeffrey

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169300

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George Edward Jeffrey

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228857

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Arthur Thompson Jeffrey

Born 1883

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44912

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Reginald Percy Jeffrey

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20053

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William Robert Jeffrey

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111138

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Arthur George Jeffrey

Born 1897

Died 1943

British Army 66590 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Jeffrey

Died 1915

British Army 1878 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 1878 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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John Jeffrey

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 19391 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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James William Jeffrey

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2008 1st Life Guards

British Army 40 Corporal of Horse Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) Household Battalion

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Fred Jeffrey

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/12358 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army G/12358 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Herbert Edward Jeffrey

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32009

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George Jeffrey

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124524

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Albert Jeffrey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148645

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Francis Jeffrey

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131031

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