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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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Place of birth

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]

S Jordan

British Army 241875/ 241875 Private Infantry/ East Kent Regiment

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O L Jordan

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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A Jordan

British Army 909 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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C W Jordan

British Army 1851 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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E Jordan

British Army Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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L J Jordan

British Army 73 Lance Corporal Australian Engineers

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J W Jordan

British Army 11733 Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

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F Jordan

British Army 63550 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Olding Jordan

British Army 205493 Rifleman Devonshire Regiment

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Marcus Alexander Jordan

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William Holman Jordan

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Christine Eleanora Jordan

Born 1875

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Arthur John Goldsmith Jordan

Born 1886

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Jordan Filippou

British Army Macedonian Mule Corps

British Army 9902 Muleteer Macedonian Mule Corps

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C E Jordan-Bell

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers/ Staff

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Effie Elizabeth Jordan

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Jordan Philippou

British Army Macedonian Mule Corps

British Army 3016 Muleteer Macedonian Mule Corps

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Jordan Uladi

British Army King's African Rifles

British Army 1281 Private King's African Rifles

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