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Sydney New South Wales [23]

Liverpool, Lancashire [18]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [15]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [14]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [13]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Newcastle New South Wales [12]

London England [11]

Swansea, Glamorgan [11]

Bendigo Victoria [10]

Bristol, Somerset [10]

Glamorganshire [10]

Plymouth, Devon [10]

Newport, Monmouthshire [9]

Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [7]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [7]

Devonport, Devon [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Fitzroy Victoria [6]

Geelong Victoria [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales [5]

Dartford, Kent [5]

Faversham, Kent [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Monmouthshire [5]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [4]

Carmarthen [4]

Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Kennington, London [4]

Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Neath, Glamorgan [4]

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [4]

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire [3]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Borth, Cardiganshire, Wales [3]

Bristol [3]

Briton Ferry, Glamorgan [3]

Christchurch, Hampshire [3]

Gisborne Victoria [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Rank

Private [3380]

Gunner [421]

Driver [307]

Corporal [262]

Sapper [242]

Serjeant [227]

Lance Corporal [158]

Second Lieutenant [114]

Lieutenant [95]

Captain [74]

Acting Corporal [64]

Pioneer [60]

Bombardier [42]

Acting Serjeant [39]

Major [22]

Staff Serjeant [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Trooper [14]

Rifleman [13]

Worker [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Shoeing Smith [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Lance Bombardier [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Nurse [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Sergeant [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Gunner [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [513]

Royal Field Artillery [488]

Royal Engineers [477]

Labour Corps [417]

Army Service Corps [368]

South Wales Borderers [247]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [241]

Royal Garrison Artillery [226]

Royal Army Medical Corps [192]

London Regiment [156]

Machine Gun Corps [126]

Gloucestershire Regiment [113]

Royal Fusiliers [112]

Monmouthshire Regiment [89]

Liverpool Regiment [87]

Devonshire Regiment [69]

Royal Naval Division [69]

Middlesex Regiment [66]

Worcestershire Regiment [66]

Royal Army Service Corps [65]

Rifle Brigade [61]

Cheshire Regiment [58]

Somerset Light Infantry [58]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [52]

Lancashire Fusiliers [51]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [48]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48]

Hampshire Regiment [42]

Royal Defence Corps [39]

Welsh Guards [39]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [38]

Manchester Regiment [37]

The Queen's Regiment [37]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [35]

South Lancashire Regiment [35]

Durham Light Infantry [34]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [34]

Essex Regiment [33]

East Surrey Regiment [32]

Wiltshire Regiment [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [31]

Highland Light Infantry [30]

Seaforth Highlanders [30]

Royal Irish Rifles [29]

Dorsetshire Regiment [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

Royal Flying Corps [28]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

Tank Corps [28]

Service

British Army [5320]

Royal Navy [563]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [383]

Australian Imperial Force [356]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [306]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [90]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [7241]

W [3]

G [2]

M [2]

A [1]

D [1]

H [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6985]

Merchant Navy [199]

Conscientious Objector [27]

Country

United Kingdom [177]

France [2]

Germany [2]

New Zealand [2]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

China [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Switzerland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [23] Liverpool, Lancashire [18] Bristol, Gloucestershire [15] London, Middlesex, England [14] Portsmouth, Hampshire [14] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [13] Melbourne Victoria [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Newcastle New South Wales [12] London England [11] Swansea, Glamorgan [11] Bendigo Victoria [10] Bristol, Somerset [10] Glamorganshire [10] Plymouth, Devon [10] Newport, Monmouthshire [9] Aberporth, Cardiganshire, Wales [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [7] Cardiff, Glamorgan [7] Devonport, Devon [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Fitzroy Victoria [6] Geelong Victoria [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales [5] Dartford, Kent [5] Faversham, Kent [5] London, Middlesex [5] Monmouthshire [5] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [4] Carmarthen [4] Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Kennington, London [4] Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Neath, Glamorgan [4] Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [4] Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire [3] Bath, Somerset [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Borth, Cardiganshire, Wales [3] Bristol [3] Briton Ferry, Glamorgan [3] Christchurch, Hampshire [3] Gisborne Victoria [3] Hackney, London [3]

Rank

Private [3380] Gunner [421] Driver [307] Corporal [262] Sapper [242] Serjeant [227] Lance Corporal [158] Second Lieutenant [114] Lieutenant [95] Captain [74] Acting Corporal [64] Pioneer [60] Bombardier [42] Acting Serjeant [39] Major [22] Staff Serjeant [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Company Serjeant Major [14] Trooper [14] Rifleman [13] Worker [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Shoeing Smith [12] Able Seaman [11] Lance Bombardier [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Colour Serjeant [8] Nurse [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Sergeant [7] Staff Nurse [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Temporary Major [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Gunner [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Nursing Sister [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [513] Royal Field Artillery [488] Royal Engineers [477] Labour Corps [417] Army Service Corps [368] South Wales Borderers [247] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [241] Royal Garrison Artillery [226] Royal Army Medical Corps [192] London Regiment [156] Machine Gun Corps [126] Gloucestershire Regiment [113] Royal Fusiliers [112] Monmouthshire Regiment [89] Liverpool Regiment [87] Devonshire Regiment [69] Royal Naval Division [69] Middlesex Regiment [66] Worcestershire Regiment [66] Royal Army Service Corps [65] Rifle Brigade [61] Cheshire Regiment [58] Somerset Light Infantry [58] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [52] Lancashire Fusiliers [51] King's Royal Rifle Corps [48] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48] Hampshire Regiment [42] Royal Defence Corps [39] Welsh Guards [39] Royal Berkshire Regiment [38] Manchester Regiment [37] The Queen's Regiment [37] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [35] South Lancashire Regiment [35] Durham Light Infantry [34] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [34] Essex Regiment [33] East Surrey Regiment [32] Wiltshire Regiment [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [31] Highland Light Infantry [30] Seaforth Highlanders [30] Royal Irish Rifles [29] Dorsetshire Regiment [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] Royal Flying Corps [28] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] Tank Corps [28]

Service

British Army [5320] Royal Navy [563] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [383] Australian Imperial Force [356] Canadian Expeditionary Force [306] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [90] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [7241] W [3] G [2] M [2] A [1] D [1] H [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6985] Merchant Navy [199] Conscientious Objector [27]

Country

United Kingdom [177] France [2] Germany [2] New Zealand [2] South Africa [2] United States [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] China [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Switzerland [1]

William Jenkins

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 7149 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7149 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7149 Private South Wales Borderers depot

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Richard William Jenkins

Born 1878

Died 1955

Royal Navy 173774 Ship's Steward's Boy

Royal Navy 173774 Ship's Steward's Assistant

Royal Navy 173774 Acting Ship's Steward

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David Jenkins

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 28525 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 28525 GUNNER ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 51ST BTY, 39BDE,

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Bertram Hewitt Jenkins

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3161 Lance Corporal 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Edward Thomas Jenkins

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 32190 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 203196 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 243422 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Joseph Nelson Jenkins

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 40960 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Jenkins

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 6865 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 6865 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st

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Francis Edgar Jenkins

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 8286 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps No 1st Reserve Squadron

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Arthur Lewis Jenkins

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Second-Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Jenkins

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23557 Private Otago Infantry Regiment

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Arthur W Jenkins

Born 1870

Died 1950

British Army 515927 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 51680 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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William John Jenkins

Born 1872

Died 1934

British Army 14774 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 446367 Private Royal Welch Fusiliers Depot

British Army 446367 Sergeant Royal Welch Fusiliers 11th

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George Jenkins

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 317069 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 200817 Private Welsh Regiment

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David Benjamin Jenkins

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 26423 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Lewis John Jenkins

Born 1878

Died 1951

British Army 5/17689 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 5/17689 Private South Wales Borderers

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Owen Jenkins

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 40754 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 22nd Battalion

British Army 35538 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 35538 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Sydney Randell Jenkins

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1607 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

British Army 1607 Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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Howard Jenkins

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 57034 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 1942 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Harry Gideon Jenkins

Born 1877

Died 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7100

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Howard Newton Jenkins

Born 1889

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3039665

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2007219 clarified by Canadian Record List Sapper Canadian Engineers 'C' Coy. 8th Battalion

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