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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Guildford [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Ontario [1]

West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

West Malling [1]

Westmorland [1]

Wombwell, Near Barnsley, West Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

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Private [109]

Gunner [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Corporal [9]

Driver [8]

Sapper [6]

Major [5]

Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Surgeon Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Quartermaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bugler [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Filter [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (acting Major) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Member [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Reserve of Officers/ Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [175]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Other Empire Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

K [223]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [214]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] York, Yorkshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Guildford [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Kensington, London [1] Lancashire England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Ontario [1] West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex [1] West Malling [1] Westmorland [1] Wombwell, Near Barnsley, West Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [109] Gunner [11] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Corporal [9] Driver [8] Sapper [6] Major [5] Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Surgeon Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Quartermaster [1] Bombardier [1] Bugler [1] Cook [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Filter [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter/Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (acting Major) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Medical Officer [1] Member [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Voluntary Aid Detachment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Reserve of Officers/ Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [175] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Other Empire Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

K [223] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [214] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Willoughby Kilner

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292971

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William Hirst Kilner

Australian Imperial Force

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Frederick Charles Kilner

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148281

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Clarence Carroll Kilner

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70067

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William Kilner

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 783 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24767 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 24767 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Samuel Kilner

Died 1917

British Army 12176 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21643 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 12176 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Edmund Kilner

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 39007 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Sebastian Saville Kilner

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 28562 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 28562 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Henry Kilner

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 7232 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242880 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242880 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Clarence Carroll Kilner

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Henry Arnold Kilner

Born 1882

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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Charles Harold Kilner

Born 1864

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery

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Henry Bernard Kilner

Australian Imperial Force 16079

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Cecil Francis Kilner

Born 1883

Royal Navy Major

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Harold Kilner

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division - Anson Battalion

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Howard Kilner

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 400718

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Charles Arnold Kilner

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321082

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Thomas Ross Kilner

Born 1883

Died 1944

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769974

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Christopher Kilner

Australian Imperial Force 15143

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William Kilner

Australian Imperial Force 390

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