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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]

Alice Winifred Jenkins

Born 1890

British Army 689 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Stanley Llewellyn Jenkins

Born 1880

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3687 Private Australian Infantry 11th Bn

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Albert Charles Jenkins

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army M/335070 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M / 335070 Acting Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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William John Jenkins

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 9593 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9593 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 527693 Private Labour Corps

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Edward Alexander Jenkins

Born 1841

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2622

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James Hallatt Jenkins

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 23373 Private WILTSHIRE REGIMENT

British Army 29637 Private Hampshire Regiment 3rd Bn.

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Gomer Jenkins

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 7242 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Jenkins

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 3354 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 3354 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 7th Coy. (Devon)

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John Jenkins

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 6592 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 305465 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/300229 Sapper Royal Engineers

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David John Jenkins

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 10728 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 3/10728 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Thomas Jenkins

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 8732 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 33869 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 8732 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Leonard Jenkins

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7814 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 7814 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Philip Dunsford Jenkins

Born 1886

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Merchant Navy

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Arthur Jenkins

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6591 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 6591 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Jenkins

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 38937 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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David Jones Capenhurst Jenkins

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12863

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12863 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Obed Jenkins

Born 1877

Died 1958

British Army 2606 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army 11871 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 4071371 Private Monmouthshire Regiment TF

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Enoch Jenkins

Born 1892

Royal Navy K/9309 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K/9309 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy Private Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion, Territorial Force

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Robert Henry Charles Jenkins

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward Jenkins

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 30101 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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