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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

London England [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Ashburton, Devon [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Fulham, London [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Islington, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Middlesex England [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Wellington New South Wales [4]

Acocks Green, Birmingham [3]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

South Shields, Durham [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Arnolds Bridge Victoria [2]

Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bayswater Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Bristol [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Bude, Cornwall [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chard, Somerset [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Cumberland New South Wales [2]

Drysdale Victoria [2]

Dunedin [2]

Essex [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1861]

Gunner [207]

Corporal [191]

Driver [159]

Serjeant [135]

Sapper [112]

Lance Corporal [82]

Second Lieutenant [59]

Lieutenant [48]

Acting Serjeant [40]

Acting Corporal [31]

Pioneer [31]

Bombardier [30]

Captain [22]

Rifleman [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Major [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Worker [5]

Petty Officer [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Colonel [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Fitter [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Sub Conductor [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [251]

Labour Corps [240]

Royal Engineers [230]

Army Service Corps [193]

Royal Garrison Artillery [118]

Royal Army Medical Corps [104]

London Regiment [100]

Machine Gun Corps [91]

Liverpool Regiment [76]

Middlesex Regiment [72]

Royal Fusiliers [71]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [68]

Northumberland Fusiliers [61]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [50]

Gloucestershire Regiment [48]

West Riding Regiment [47]

West Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Essex Regiment [46]

Worcestershire Regiment [44]

Manchester Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Somerset Light Infantry [37]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

Cheshire Regiment [35]

The Queen's Regiment [34]

Royal Defence Corps [33]

East Surrey Regiment [31]

Hampshire Regiment [29]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Royal Army Service Corps [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Suffolk Regiment [26]

East Lancashire Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23]

East Kent Regiment [21]

Royal West Kent Regiment [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Tank Corps [20]

Wiltshire Regiment [20]

Corps of Hussars [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Service

British Army [2932]

Royal Navy [289]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [216]

Australian Imperial Force [188]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [3963]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3871]

Merchant Navy [59]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] London England [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Adelaide South Australia [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Ashburton, Devon [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Fulham, London [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Islington, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Middlesex England [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Poplar, London [4] Wellington New South Wales [4] Acocks Green, Birmingham [3] Albury New South Wales [3] Benalla Victoria [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Kensington, London [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] South Shields, Durham [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Arnolds Bridge Victoria [2] Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [2] Barking, Essex [2] Battersea, London [2] Bayswater Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bow, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Bristol [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Bude, Cornwall [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chard, Somerset [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Cumberland New South Wales [2] Drysdale Victoria [2] Dunedin [2] Essex [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1861] Gunner [207] Corporal [191] Driver [159] Serjeant [135] Sapper [112] Lance Corporal [82] Second Lieutenant [59] Lieutenant [48] Acting Serjeant [40] Acting Corporal [31] Pioneer [31] Bombardier [30] Captain [22] Rifleman [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Major [12] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Corporal 2nd [10] Staff Serjeant [9] Colour Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Worker [5] Petty Officer [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Sister [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Colonel [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Fitter [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Sub Conductor [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [251] Labour Corps [240] Royal Engineers [230] Army Service Corps [193] Royal Garrison Artillery [118] Royal Army Medical Corps [104] London Regiment [100] Machine Gun Corps [91] Liverpool Regiment [76] Middlesex Regiment [72] Royal Fusiliers [71] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [68] Northumberland Fusiliers [61] King's Royal Rifle Corps [50] Gloucestershire Regiment [48] West Riding Regiment [47] West Yorkshire Regiment [47] Essex Regiment [46] Worcestershire Regiment [44] Manchester Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] Rifle Brigade [38] Durham Light Infantry [37] Somerset Light Infantry [37] Devonshire Regiment [36] Cheshire Regiment [35] The Queen's Regiment [34] Royal Defence Corps [33] East Surrey Regiment [31] Hampshire Regiment [29] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Royal Army Service Corps [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Welsh Regiment [27] Yorkshire Regiment [27] Suffolk Regiment [26] East Lancashire Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23] East Kent Regiment [21] Royal West Kent Regiment [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] Tank Corps [20] Wiltshire Regiment [20] Corps of Hussars [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Service

British Army [2932] Royal Navy [289] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218] Canadian Expeditionary Force [216] Australian Imperial Force [188] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [3963] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3871] Merchant Navy [59] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [66] Canada [1] France [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Lancelot Shadwell Jennings

Born 1888

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2502 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2502 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2502 Captain Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick George Jennings

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 4264 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 373704 Private Labour Corps

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Walter Stanley Jennings

Born 1884

Died 1944

British Army 495020 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T4069 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 495020 Sapper Royal Engineers 19th Division

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George Jennings

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 1043 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1043 Private Royal Field Artillery 2nd South Midland Brigade, 3rd Work Battalion

British Army 830176 Royal Field Artillery C/241st Brigade

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Charles Ernest Jennings

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1285 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1285 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1285 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Bertram Jennings

Born 1899

Died 1936

British Army 46700 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 575391 Private London Regiment

British Army 10803 Private Royal West Kent

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Maurice Henry Jennings

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army 8315 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 8315 Gunner 12th Division RFA B Battery 65 Brigade

British Army 8315 Gunner 12th Division RFA C Battery 63 Brigade

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Thomas James Jennings

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army 20390 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 20390 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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Thomas Henry Jennings

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299978 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits' Training Wing (Blandford)

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Alfred Reginald Jennings

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 18926 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 18926 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 1/5th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet 23rd Training Squadron

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Howard Jennings

Born 1899

Died 1978

British Army 19775 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Bertie Mellor Jennings

Born 1886

Died 1985

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208135

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William Edward Jennings

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 16696 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Kickweed Jennings

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 17409 Acting Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 17409 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 17409 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment 13th Battalion

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Albert Victor Jennings

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 19267 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Charles Henry Jennings

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3345 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army

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John Edward Jennings

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5123 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 16th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 5123 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Frederick G Jennings

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 2728 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 285084 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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Edward Jennings

Born 1898

Died 1960

Royal Navy J60668

Royal Navy J60668 HMS Sandhurst

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George Jennings

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28071

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