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Rotherhithe, London, England [3]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Betheson, Carnarvon [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Duddeston, Birmingham [1]

Dymock, Gloucestershire [1]

Freston Suffolk [1]

Galway [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Islington, London [1]

Ithaca Queensland [1]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Madeley, Staffordshire [1]

Mossvale New South Wales [1]

Mussoorie, Bengal [1]

Oaken Gates, Salop [1]

Poolsbrook, Derbyshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Preston, Shropshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Stafford [1]

Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Suffolk [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Woorndoo Victoria [1]

Wrockwardine Wood, Oakengates, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [233]

Gunner [28]

Corporal [21]

Sapper [20]

Driver [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

/Acting Serjeant Major Private [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Petty Officer (Coast Guard) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Member [1]

Orderly [1]

Private /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42]

Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Labour Corps [27]

North Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [410]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Royal Navy [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [499]

P [5]

L [4]

Contribution

Military Service [497]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Rotherhithe, London, England [3] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Betheson, Carnarvon [1] Cheshire England [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Duddeston, Birmingham [1] Dymock, Gloucestershire [1] Freston Suffolk [1] Galway [1] Gloucestershire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Islington, London [1] Ithaca Queensland [1] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Kensington, London [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Madeley, Staffordshire [1] Mossvale New South Wales [1] Mussoorie, Bengal [1] Oaken Gates, Salop [1] Poolsbrook, Derbyshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Preston, Shropshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] St Helens, Lancashire [1] Stafford [1] Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Suffolk [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Woorndoo Victoria [1] Wrockwardine Wood, Oakengates, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [233] Gunner [28] Corporal [21] Sapper [20] Driver [18] Lieutenant [16] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] /Acting Serjeant Major Private [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Chief Petty Officer (Coast Guard) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Member [1] Orderly [1] Private /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [42] Army Service Corps [39] Royal Field Artillery [30] Labour Corps [27] North Staffordshire Regiment [24] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [410] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Royal Navy [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [499] P [5] L [4]

Contribution

Military Service [497] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Australia [1] India [1]

Frederick Joseph Jervis

Born 1901

Died 1973

Royal Navy J78274 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

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Norman Edward Jervis

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion (3rd Birmingham)

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Edward Jervis

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 16682 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Joseph Jervis

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 31250 Army Service Corps

British Army 113258 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Bernard Aubrey Jervis

Born 1885

Died 1935

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Charles Newton Jervis

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 100919 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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John Cedric Jervis

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 2lst Battalion (4th Public Schools)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Henry Jervis

Died 1916

British Army 1559 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 1559 Lance Corporal Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Joseph Stephen Jervis

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 823 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 823 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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William Jervis

Born 1866

Died 1919

Royal Navy 115760 Chief Petty Officer (Coast Guard) H.M.C.G. Station (Par, Cornwall)

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John Jervis

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189219

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Edwin Jervis

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32808

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Frederick Jervis

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 29379 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 164256 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 164256 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 270 Company

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Cyril Henry Jervis

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67547

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St Vincent Jervis

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89032

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Percy William Jervis

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Alfred Jervis

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53509

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Daphne Jervis White Jervis

Born 1900

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Member Voluntary Aid Detachment Blair Castle, Scotland

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Fred Jervis

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30158

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Arthur James Jervis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50570

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