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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]

Ellis Grice Jordan

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82258

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Frederick Jordan

Born 1890

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 479

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Ephraim Jordan

Died 1963

British Army 241222 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 53246 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308800 Private II

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Edward John Jordan

Died 1915

British Army 3802 Private London Regiment 22nd

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Richard Jordan

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy S 4347 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4347S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Magpie."

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Charles W Jordan

Died 1917

British Army 3850 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3850 Private 13th Hussars

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Laurie Charles Jordan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5091

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Edric Allan Jordan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5738

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George H Jordan

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army L/7478 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Harry Jordan

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407814

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Percy James Jordan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145739

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David Rees Jordan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101085

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Thomas Emanuel Jordan

Born 1890

British Army 1031 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4062941 Corporal Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment) 1st Depot Battalion

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Walter Robert Jordan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120433

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Albert Edward Jordan

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1088 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 1088 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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B Jordan

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 27395 Acting Corporal Essex Regiment

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Arthur S Jordan

Died 1915

British Army 11696 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Albert Edward Jordan

Died 1915

British Army 3117 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Jordan

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19815 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Cyril John Jordan

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4287 Private London Regiment

British Army 531760 Private London Regiment

British Army 4287 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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