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Plymouth, Devon [23]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Newcastle New South Wales [7]

Devonport, Devon [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Gympie Queensland [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Falmouth, Cornwall [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Swansea, Glamorgan [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Boyle, Roscommon [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [3]

Houghton South Australia [3]

Kennington, London [3]

Kingsbridge, Devon [3]

Ross Tasmania [3]

Totnes, Devon [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bowden South Australia [2]

Breage, Cornwall [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Bude, Cornwall [2]

Campbell Town Tasmania [2]

Cardiff Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cornwall [2]

Cornwall England [2]

Devon [2]

Devonport [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Liverpool [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [752]

Gunner [89]

Corporal [58]

Serjeant [57]

Driver [51]

Sapper [51]

Lance Corporal [38]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lieutenant [22]

Captain [19]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Bombardier [10]

Major [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Engineer Captain [2]

Fitter [2]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Officer Cadet [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

AB [1]

Able seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major Captain [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Writer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [102]

Royal Engineers [93]

Labour Corps [85]

Welsh Regiment [83]

Army Service Corps [78]

Devonshire Regiment [72]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

London Regiment [50]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

South Wales Borderers [35]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Monmouthshire Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers Transport [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1167]

Royal Navy [265]

Australian Imperial Force [167]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [103]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [1854]

P [13]

H [3]

S [3]

D [1]

G [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1824]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [23] Sydney New South Wales [11] Newcastle New South Wales [7] Devonport, Devon [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Gympie Queensland [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Falmouth, Cornwall [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Lambeth, London [4] London, Middlesex [4] Swansea, Glamorgan [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Boyle, Roscommon [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [3] Houghton South Australia [3] Kennington, London [3] Kingsbridge, Devon [3] Ross Tasmania [3] Totnes, Devon [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bowden South Australia [2] Breage, Cornwall [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Bude, Cornwall [2] Campbell Town Tasmania [2] Cardiff Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cornwall [2] Cornwall England [2] Devon [2] Devonport [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Liverpool [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [752] Gunner [89] Corporal [58] Serjeant [57] Driver [51] Sapper [51] Lance Corporal [38] Second Lieutenant [30] Lieutenant [22] Captain [19] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [10] Bombardier [10] Major [8] Able Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Engineer Captain [2] Fitter [2] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Officer Cadet [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] AB [1] Able seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major Captain [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Writer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [102] Royal Engineers [93] Labour Corps [85] Welsh Regiment [83] Army Service Corps [78] Devonshire Regiment [72] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] London Regiment [50] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] South Wales Borderers [35] Machine Gun Corps [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Liverpool Regiment [25] Royal Fusiliers [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Somerset Light Infantry [20] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Monmouthshire Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] East Kent Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers Transport [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1167] Royal Navy [265] Australian Imperial Force [167] Canadian Expeditionary Force [103] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [1854] P [13] H [3] S [3] D [1] G [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1824] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Australia [1] Canada [1] United States [1]

Alfred Johns

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25456

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John Alfred Johns

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168755

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Thomas George Johns

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy 154241 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Superb."

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Charles William Johns

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2006 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 2006 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Charles Archibald Johns

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3777 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 3777 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edwin Johns

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 235034 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 235287 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Protheroe Johns

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 266260 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Rawlings Johns

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235503

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Bertie Johns

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21187

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Henry Johns

Born 1893

British Army 9650 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9650 Boy South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 3903083 Private South Wales Borderers

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Thomas Johns

Born 1898

Died 1987

Australian Imperial Force 15224

Australian Imperial Force 15224 Gunner 13th Field Artillery Brigade

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Charles Henry Johns

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2037

Australian Imperial Force 2037 Private 12th Battalion

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Arthur David Johns

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13137

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Sidney Rupert Johns

Born 1897

Died 1948

Australian Imperial Force 6103

Australian Imperial Force 6103 Private 12th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 6103 Private 12 Battalion

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Albert Walter Johns

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212782

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Ivor Matthew Johns

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267408

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Preston Francis Johns

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225464

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William Johns

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249188

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George Colmer Johns

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 3528 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345460 Private Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Thomas Johns

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 10030 Private London Regiment

British Army 764031 Private London Regiment

British Army 764031 Private London Regiment 28 london regiment (artist Battalion

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