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London, Middlesex [9]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Dublin [7]

Launceston Tasmania [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Deal, Kent [5]

Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

London England [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Newton Abbot, Devon [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Faversham, Kent [3]

Galway [3]

Plumstead, Kent [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

Westbury Tasmania [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Allendale Victoria [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Bridgewater South Australia [2]

Broomehill Western Australia [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Buckhurst Hill, Essex [2]

Canning Town, Essex, England [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Deal, Kent, England [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Oxfordshire [2]

Dorset, England [2]

Rank

Private [1870]

Gunner [186]

Corporal [159]

Driver [156]

Serjeant [138]

Sapper [121]

Lance Corporal [68]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [35]

Captain [28]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Corporal [27]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [18]

Rifleman [15]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Trooper [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Drummer [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Worker [5]

Engineer Clerk Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Sister [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [236]

Labour Corps [220]

Royal Field Artillery [212]

Army Service Corps [196]

Royal Garrison Artillery [108]

London Regiment [95]

Machine Gun Corps [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [81]

Royal Fusiliers [71]

Middlesex Regiment [61]

Northumberland Fusiliers [56]

Gloucestershire Regiment [53]

Durham Light Infantry [47]

Essex Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [47]

Rifle Brigade [46]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43]

East Kent Regiment [42]

The Queen's Regiment [42]

Suffolk Regiment [39]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

South Staffordshire Regiment [37]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

East Surrey Regiment [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Leicestershire Regiment [35]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Royal Defence Corps [32]

Royal Irish Rifles [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [28]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

East Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

British West Indies Regiment [26]

Royal Irish Regiment [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [25]

Hussars [24]

Manchester Regiment [24]

Royal Scots [24]

Welsh Regiment [24]

Lincolnshire Regiment [23]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21]

South Wales Borderers [21]

Service

British Army [2804]

Royal Navy [295]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [257]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [231]

Australian Imperial Force [172]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

J [3897]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3793]

Merchant Navy [88]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [75]

Canada [5]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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London, Middlesex [9] London, Middlesex, England [8] Sydney New South Wales [8] Dublin [7] Launceston Tasmania [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Deal, Kent [5] Leicester, Leicestershire [5] London England [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Newton Abbot, Devon [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Faversham, Kent [3] Galway [3] Plumstead, Kent [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Richmond Victoria [3] Sittingbourne, Kent [3] Westbury Tasmania [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Allendale Victoria [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Bridgewater South Australia [2] Broomehill Western Australia [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Buckhurst Hill, Essex [2] Canning Town, Essex, England [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Deal, Kent, England [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dorchester, Oxfordshire [2] Dorset, England [2]

Rank

Private [1870] Gunner [186] Corporal [159] Driver [156] Serjeant [138] Sapper [121] Lance Corporal [68] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [35] Captain [28] Pioneer [28] Acting Corporal [27] Acting Serjeant [22] Bombardier [18] Rifleman [15] Staff Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Trooper [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Drummer [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Worker [5] Engineer Clerk Serjeant [4] Major [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Sister [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [236] Labour Corps [220] Royal Field Artillery [212] Army Service Corps [196] Royal Garrison Artillery [108] London Regiment [95] Machine Gun Corps [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [81] Royal Fusiliers [71] Middlesex Regiment [61] Northumberland Fusiliers [56] Gloucestershire Regiment [53] Durham Light Infantry [47] Essex Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [47] Rifle Brigade [46] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43] East Kent Regiment [42] The Queen's Regiment [42] Suffolk Regiment [39] Cheshire Regiment [38] South Staffordshire Regiment [37] Devonshire Regiment [36] East Surrey Regiment [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Leicestershire Regiment [35] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Royal Defence Corps [32] Royal Irish Rifles [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [28] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] East Yorkshire Regiment [27] Liverpool Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Somerset Light Infantry [27] British West Indies Regiment [26] Royal Irish Regiment [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [25] Hussars [24] Manchester Regiment [24] Royal Scots [24] Welsh Regiment [24] Lincolnshire Regiment [23] Royal Naval Division [23] Hampshire Regiment [22] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21] South Wales Borderers [21]

Service

British Army [2804] Royal Navy [295] Canadian Expeditionary Force [257] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [231] Australian Imperial Force [172] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

J [3897] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3793] Merchant Navy [88] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [75] Canada [5] United States [2] Australia [1] India [1]

Charles W Jordan

Born 1884

Died 1929

British Army S2/016251 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S2/016251 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S2/016251 Private Royal Army Service Corp

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Thomas Jordan

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army T/22499 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T22499 Driver Army Service Corp

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John Jordan

Born 1872

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force N17512

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John Francis Jordan

Born 1888

Died 1973

British Army 765 Wheeler Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 830058 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 765 Wheeler Royal Field Artillery 2nd South Midlands Brigade

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William Lancelot Jordan

Born 1895

Died 1925

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200308

Royal Navy F308 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II

Royal Navy F308 Air Mechanic HMS Pembroke III

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Victor Jordan

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy Leading Stoker

Royal Navy Acting Leading Stoker HMS Victory

Royal Navy K22513 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Edwin Jordan

Born 1865

Died 1914

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Smack "L.S.D" (Ramsgate)

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Alfred Albert Jordan

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 10L/4503 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Montague Jordan

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 9849 Boy Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 9849 Driver Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 71066 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Peter Jordan

Born 1896

Died 1943

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2130024

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2130024 Manitoba 1st Depot Battalion

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Henry Jabez Jordan

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 6711 Colour Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 723288 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 6711 Private to Serjeant London Regiment 1/24th Battalion

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Arthur Jordan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army B/23135 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 13th Battalion

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Henry George Jordan

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 12769 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Herbert Jordan

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 42680 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 42680 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 42680 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Robert James Jordan

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army

British Army 136688 Driver Royal Engineers 71st Field Company

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Henry Charles Jordan

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 398004 2nd Corporal Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers

British Army 35105 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion.

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William Jordan

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22207 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3/6th Battalion

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Herbert Jordan

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 473704 Private London Regiment

British Army 7543 Private London Regiment

British Army 473704(7543) Rifleman London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

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George Jordan

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 98111 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Gascoyne Jordan

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 11316 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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